Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. Music by Linda Cantoni. THE NURSERY _A Monthly Magazine_ FOR YOUNGEST READERS. VOLUME XXIII.--No. 4. Contents IN PROSE. PAGE Tired Out 98 Emma and the Book 101 The Bear and Her Cubs 103 How Two Boys Were Made Happy 107 The Summer Shower 109 A Monkey Story 110 Drawing Lesson 113 What Bravo Told Rory 116 Playing the Chinaman 119 Pansy's Secret 120 Sagacity of the Deer 125 IN VERSE. PAGE The Herons 100 Billy Brown Sold 105 Time to Go to Bed 114 A Trotting Song 123 Grandma Asleep 127 The Lay of the Grasshopper (_with music_) 128 [Illustration: TIRED OUT.] TIRED OUT. [Illustration: O]NE day Miss Lily Macnish heard the door-bell ring. She put down her spelling-book, and asked, "Who can that be, mamma?" Before mamma could give an answer, Jane the housemaid entered, and handed her a note. "Why, this is not for me: it is for you, my dear," said Mrs. Macnish, giving the note to Lily. "For me!" said Lily, while her cheeks flushed; for it was the first note she had ever received. "Please read it for me, mamma," she said; for Lily could not read handwriting quite as well as some little girls of her age that I could tell of. "It is an invitation to a children's party at Mrs. Vane's," said mamma. "Miss Lucy Vane asks the pleasure of Miss Lily's company on Thursday evening, at seven o'clock." "Oh, can I go? Can I go?" cried Lily, jumping up, and clapping her hands. "I do not quite approve of children's parties, especially when they take place in the evening," said mamma. "But I know who will say 'Yes,' and I suppose I shall have to do as he says." She was thinking of Lily's papa, who loved the little girl so much, that he could not bear to say "No" to any request she might make. Well, mamma was right. Papa saw that his little girl was bent on going to the party, and so he teased his wife into yielding her consent. So, when Thursday came, Lily was dressed up in her little white robe, with straw-colored ribbons, and her pretty slippers, and sent in a carriage, with Jane the housemaid, to the party. It was not quite such a party as I approve of. I do not like to see little girls and boys trying to act like grown-up people. I like to see them act like children.