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Title: The Nursery, No. 169, January, 1881, Vol. XXIX
A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

Author: Various

Release Date: January 17, 2006 [EBook #17536]

Language: English

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No. 169. JANUARY, 1881. Vol. XXIX.

THE NURSERY

A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR YOUNGEST READERS

NURSERY PUBLISHING COMPANY. 36 BROMFIELD STREET, BOSTON

$1.50 a year, in advance. 15 cents a single copy.

Entered at the Post Office at Boston as Second-Class Matter.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by THE NURSERY
PUBLISHING CO., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at
Washington.

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CONTENTS OF NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE.

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THAT MERRY CHRISTMAS By _Uncle Charles_ 2

BABY'S QUIET FAMILY By _W.G._ 3

BABY AND THE BIRD By _A.B.C._ 4

A NEW YEAR'S DIALOGUE By _Marian Douglas_ 5

THE SHEEP FOLLOW THE SHEPHERD By _Dora Burnside_ 7

"A FRIEND IN NEED" By _Jane Oliver_ 8

"IN A MINUTE" By _Mary Addison_ 10

THE CHRISTMAS-TREE By _George S. Burleigh_ 12

DOWN THE RIVER AFTER THE BOY By _Alfred Stetson_ 14

"FLUTTER, FLUTTER!" By _Mary N. Prescott_ 16

DRAWING-LESSON By _Harrison Weir_ 17

CHRISTMAS BELLS By _George Cooper_ 18

JACK THE MAGPIE By _Aunt Sadie_ 19

PORTRAITS FOR LITTLE FOLKS By _K.G._ 21

AMONG THE HOLLY-B