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THE CHICKEN AND THE DOG By _Uncle Charles_ 158
GIRLS AND BOYS (_Music by T. Crampton_) 160

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EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO.

... Now is the time for Canvassers to begin their operations for 1876.
Now is the time for our friends to show their good will. We count all
our subscribers as our friends; and all of them may do us a service by
renewing their subscriptions immediately. A blank form for that purpose
is furnished herewith, and there is plenty of room on it to add the
names of a few new subscribers. We hope that every old subscriber will
try to send us at least one new one.

... On the last page of our cover will be found the advertisement of
"THE NURSERY PRIMER," the most charming book for children, considering
its cheapness, that has yet been put upon the market. Look at it, see
the beautiful and apt engravings, one or more on every page, and you
will want at least a dozen copies to distribute among your little
friends at Christmas.

... We call attention, also, to the advertisement of "THE EASY BOOK" and
"THE BEAUTIFUL BOOK." No more useful or delightful books for beginners
in reading have appeared. These, with "The Nursery Primer." form a cheap
but elegant library for childhood.

... _Progress, improvement_, will be our motto in the future as they
have been in the past. "The Nursery," we can assure our readers, is
younger and more full of life than ever, notwithstanding its nine years.

... Unaccepted articles will be returned to the writers _if stamps are
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will not be preserved, and subsequent requests for their return cannot
be complied with.

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[Illustration: Hand] ~New Subscribers for 1876, whose names and money
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