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No. 100. APRIL, 1875. Vol. XVII.
THE NURSERY A Monthly Magazine FOR YOUNGEST READERS.
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CONTENTS OF NUMBER ONE HUNDRED.

EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO[96]
THE BOY WHO LOVED HIS MOTHERBy Uncle Charles[97]
FROWING AWAY ONE.By E.M.S[99]
HUNTING FOR EASTER-EGGS[100]
THE BEAUTIFUL SPRINGBy George Cooper[101]
OUR CHRISTMAS PLAY[102]
BABY'S PINK THUMBSBy Olive A. Wadsworth[105]
ABOUT FLAX, BARLEY, AND RYE[107]
THE HARE WHO COULDN'T WAIT[111]
THE DRAWING-LESSON[112]
A SMART HORSE[114]
ABOUT SOME INDIANSBy Vaughn's Papa[115]
THE FIRST-COMERBy Marian Douglas[117]
WIDE AWAKEBy A.B.C[118]
THE FIRST ATTEMPT[120]
THE CATARACT OF LODOREBy Robert Southey[121]
BOILING MAPLE-SUGARBy Uncle Charles[123]
THE STOLEN BIRD'S-NESTBy Emily Carter[125]
THE FIRST BLUE-BIRDBy Clara Doty Bates[127]
THE LITTLE BIRD(Music by T. Grampian)[128]