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Title: The Nursery, March 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 3
A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

Author: Various

Release Date: February 20, 2009 [EBook #28142]

Language: English

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THE

NURSERY

_A Monthly Magazine_

FOR YOUNGEST READERS.

VOLUME XXIII.--No. 3.

Contents

In Prose

PAGE
In the Swing 67
How My Boys Helped Their Mother 69
"Stop That Quarrelling." 71
A Letter from Calcutta 73
Prairie Dogs 75
The Catbird 79
How to Draw a Cat 80
Playing Cook 81
How a Boy Caught a Fish with His Nose 82
An Old Fable 83
Our Fly 84
Grandpa's Watch 85
Helen's Bird 87
The Geese and the Hawk 90
Mabel's Secrets 91
The Snow Country 94

In Verse

PAGE
Nobody's Dog 66
The New Moon 68
The Girl Who is Always Good 72
The Street-Player 77
Three Little Chicks Born in a Shoe 89
The Little Student 93
The Froggie's Party (_with music_) 96

[Illustration: NOBODY'S DOG.]

NOBODY'S DOG.

[Illustration: O]NLY a dirty black-and-white dog!
You can see him any day,
Trotting meekly from street to street:
He almost seems to say,
As he looks in your face with wistful eyes,
"I don't mean to be in your way."