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Title: The Nursery, December 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 6

Author: Various

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THE

NURSERY

_A Monthly Magazine_

FOR YOUNGEST READERS.

VOLUME XIV.--No. 2

BOSTON:
JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36, BROMFIELD STREET.
1873.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by

JOHN L. SHOREY,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

BOSTON:
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY RAND, AVERY, & CO.

[Illustration: CONTENTS.]

IN PROSE.

PAGE.

Clear the Coast 161

A Letter to Santa Claus 165

The Boy and the Nuts 166

Eddy's Thanksgiving 167

Benny's Arithmetic Lesson 170

Grandpa's Boots 171

What Jessie Cortrell did 173

The Balloon 178

The Starling and the Sparrows 181

The Sprained Ankle 187

IN VERSE.

PAGE.

Who is it? 164

The Acorns 175

Grandmother's Birthday 176

What the Cat said to the Monkey 180

The Tea-Party 185

[Illustration]

[Illustration: "CLEAR THE COAST."]

"CLEAR THE COAST!"

"[Illustration: C]LEAR the coast! clear the coast!" cried Albert and
Frank, as they came down hill swiftly on Frank's new sled.

"Look out for that woman!" cri