_J._ Why, mama, my hair is always curled, and my hands always white, and I am sure that my clothes are always very pretty. _M._ Yes, my dear, that may be; but does any one love you more on this account? _J._ I should think they do, mama. _M._ Then let me tell you, my dear, that if a child be ever so pretty, and dressed ever so fine, he cannot be loved unless he is good. No person is pleasing to look at, who is naughty. A person who is naughty has a bad heart, and a bad heart usually spoils the face. ROBERT MERRY’S MUSEUM. EDITED BY S. G. GOODRICH, AUTHOR OF PETER PARLEY’S TALES. VOLUME VI. BOSTON: BRADBURY, SODEN, & CO., NO. 10, SCHOOL STREET. 1843. Stereotyped by George A. Curtis, New England Type and Stereotype Foundry. CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI. JULY TO DECEMBER, 1843. A Midsummer Morning, 1 Listening, 2 Eugene Aram, 3 Bald Eagle, 10 Gallantry in a Dog, 11 Charon, 12 A Civilized Bear, 13 The Palisadoes, 14 A Real Hero, ” A Revolutionary Story, 15, 100, 133, 162 Having a Good Time, 16 Examination at Bow-street, 18 Honest Tar, ” July, 19 Jumping Rabbit’s Story, 20, 54, 65, 118, 140, 179 Passage of Mountains in India, 23 Whistling Tom, 24 Little Leaves, 25, 90, 121 The Giraffe, 25 The Arbor, 26 Fire-works at Rome, 28 Careless Nancy, ” Charity, 39 Inquisitive Jack, 30, 60, 94, 126, 152, 183 The 4th of July, 31 To Correspondents, 32 Hindostan, 33 Peter Somebody, &c., 34