The Nursery, No. 103, July, 1875. Vol. XVIII. / A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

by Various

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by
John L. Shorey, in the Office of the Librarian
of Congress at Washington.

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CONTENTS OF NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND THREE.

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The Lost Rabbit	By Aunt Emma's Niece	[1]
A Tug Excursion	By Aunt Nellie	[3]
Tit, Tat, Toe!	By Olive A. Wadsworth	[5]
The Keeper Punished	By Uncle Charles	[7]
Neddy's Sand-Bank	By S. B. T.	[9]
Surf-Bathing at Coney Island	By F. H. W.	[13]
A Funny Fact	By M. A. C.	[14]
An Exciting Scene	By Mr. Periwinkle	[15]
'Make a Pie'	By Mary's Mamma	[16]
A Drawing Lesson		[17]
A Big Dog	By Bouncer	[18]
The Butterfly	By Marian Douglas	[19]
The Young Critic	By Arthur Selwyn	[20]
Playing Horse	By A. B. C.	[22]
Jack	By A.	[25]
A Letter from California	By Daisy	[27]
The Parrot who Played Master	By Victor Bluthgen	[29]
Catskill-Mountain House	By Anna Livingston	[31]
Sleeping in the Sunshine	(Music by Robert Mills)	[32]

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EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO.

The present number begins the eighteenth half-yearly volume of "The Nursery;" and we are happy to inform our friends that the magazine was never so successful as it is to-day. Thus far, we have entered upon every new volume with an increased circulation. We look for a still larger increase in the future; for there are thousands and thousands of children not yet supplied with the work, for whom no other magazine can take its place. We have something in preparation for coming numbers which will make the eyes of our little readers sparkle with delight. Now is the time for canvassers to go to work with a will.

The illustration by Merrill of the "Three Little Culprits" who were kept after school to study their spelling-lesson, is one of those happy touches of nature that every one can appreciate. The poem by Miss Wadsworth is worthy of the picture.