Chapter I: Front Matter

THE

NURSERY

_A Monthly Magazine_

FOR YOUNGEST READERS.

VOLUME XXX.--No. 3.

BOSTON:
THE NURSERY PUBLISHING COMPANY,
NO. 36 BROMFIELD STREET.
1881.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1881, by
THE NURSERY PUBLISHING COMPANY,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

IN PROSE.

PAGE
"Home in Sight" 257
Nellie and Kitty 259
The Prisoner 260
Two Pets 264
The Wounded Lamb 268
Lisa 270
Drawing-Lesson 273
The Pet Fawn 275
The little Flower-Girl 278
Feeding the Ducks 281
Lonely Jack 284

IN VERSE.

Contentment 261
The Brook 262
Blueberrying 265
The Soldiers 272
Jenny and Benny 274
How the Sheep found Bo-peep 277
Mabel and the Bust 280
"Tit for Tat" 283
Little Busybody 287
The Morning Sail (_with music_) 288

"HOME IN SIGHT."

"COME on deck, all hands, old and young, great and small, sick and well! Here is a sight that will do you good."

So said the bluff old captain to his passengers. Up they came, one after another, at the summons. The lady who was so worn down with sea-sickness sat with her head resting languidly on her husband's shoulder. The rest stood in groups, looking out upon the water.

The voyage had been a long one, and, though they were not all sea-sick, all were heartily sick of the sea,--all except two little children, a girl and a boy, whose faces were always bright and merry.

"What is there to be seen, captain?" said the children's mother, after trying in vain to make out any thing except sea and sky.

"Don't you know?" said the old man. "Let me point it out then to this little sailor."

So, taking little Willie in his arms while the vessel leaned before the breeze, he pointed with his forefinger, and said, "Do you see that dark-blue cloud right on the edge of the water, just where it meets the sky?"

"Yes, I see it," said the bright-eyed youngster.

"Well, do you know what it is, my lad? It isn't a cloud at all. That's land. Now do you know what land it is?"

"No, sir," said Willie.

"Then I'll tell you. It is old Cape Cod.--We are in sight of home, ladies and gentlemen," said the captain addressing his passengers. "We shall make Boston Light to-night, if this wind holds good."

This speech brought great applause. Then the captain sang out,--

"Cheer up, my lively lads, spite of wind and weather!
Cheer up, my lively lads, and we'll go home together!"

"Hold me up," said little Ellen, "and let me see."

Then the captain held her up too; and when the children's mother, who had a fine voice, started the song,--

"Home again, home again,
From a foreign shore,"

all the passengers, not even excepting the sick lady, took part in the chorus.

ANNA LIVINGSTON.

NELLIE AND KITTY.

SEE little Nellie playing with her kitten. She had waked up early; but nurse was not ready to dress her.

She was just going to cry, when the kitten jumped up on the bed, and stood there with such a comical look, that, instead of crying, Nellie could not help laughing.

Then she got a string and began to play with kitty; so that when the nurse came in she found them both quite happy.

One day, Nellie was playing with her doll, and put it down in her lap. Kitty, who had been watching her all the time, jumped up in Nellie's lap, pushed the doll out, and lay down, looking at her mistress, as if to say,--

"What did you take her up for? I am the only one that has any right here."