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The Nursery, May 1881, Vol. XXIX

A Monthly Magazine For Youngest Readers.

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VOLUME XXIX.—No. 5. BOSTON: THE NURSERY PUBLISHING COMPANY, No. 36 Bromfield Street. 1881.

Illustration from The Nursery, May 1881, Vol. XXIX A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

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.

JOHN WILSON & SON. UNIVERSITY PRESS.
JOHN WILSON & SON. UNIVERSITY PRESS.
Illustration from The Nursery, May 1881, Vol. XXIX A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
Contents
Contents

IN PROSE.

PAGE

The Bold Soldier-Boys129

Papa Robin132

Carlo and the Ducks135

Picking Oranges139

Mary and Jenny144

Drawing-Lesson145

Piggy's Spoon146

Bouncer148

Harry and John154

"Inches"155

IN VERSE.

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The Army of Geese that Came over the Lea131

The Naughty Cat136

The May-Queen141

Sing, Pretty Birds143

The Traveller147

The Mouse-Trap151

One Cat and Two Pigs152

Small Beginning157

Jenny Wren159

Daddy Frog (with music)160

Girl reading surrounded by scrolls and vines and flowers
Girl reading surrounded by scrolls and vines and flowers
Illustration from The Nursery, May 1881, Vol. XXIX A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

VOL. XXIX.—NO. 5.

Four boys dressed as play soldiers, one on a rocking horse
Four boys dressed as play soldiers, one on a rocking horse
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