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The Nursery, April 1881, Vol. XXIX

DAME TROTT AND HER SON.

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In this little house lives good Dame Trott, who keeps eggs and milk for sale. She has two cows and a flock of hens. Her son John helps her to take care of them. He is a very good boy.

House
House

John is just ten years old. He goes to school. When the school is done for the day, he goes out to the field to drive home the cows. Here you may see him on a fence at the end of the lane. He wears a queer sort of frock. D. E. F.

Child sitting on fence
Child sitting on fence
Illustration from The Nursery, April 1881, Vol. XXIX A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
Bossy standing by a low fence
Bossy standing by a low fence
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