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Title: The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1
A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

Author: Various

Release Date: February 20, 2009 [EBook #28129]

Language: English

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THE

NURSERY

_A Monthly Magazine_

FOR YOUNGEST READERS.

VOLUME XXI.--No. 1.

BOSTON:
JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36 BROMFIELD STREET,
1877.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by

JOHN L. SHOREY,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

FRANKLIN PRESS:
RAND, AVERY, AND COMPANY,
117 FRANKLIN STREET,
BOSTON.

[Illustration: Contents.]

IN PROSE.

PAGE
Work and Play 1
Billy and Tom 5
The Wise Hare and her Pursuers 6
Gentle Jessie and the Wasp 8
Friends in Need 10
The Bear that put on Airs 14
Drawing-Lesson 17
What you do, do well 20
In the Winter 23
A Letter to Minnie 26
The Hedgehog 27
The Little Scissors-Grinder 30

[Illustration]

IN VERSE.

PAGE
Bumble-Bee 4
Gretchen 9
A Noonday Lullaby 12
A Squeak 18
My Little Sister 25
Little Black Monkey 29
The Old Year and New (_with music_) 32

[Illustration]

[Illustration: WORK AND PLAY.

VOL. XXI.--NO. 1.]

WORK AND PLAY.

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