A DOG, crossing a bridge with a piece of meat in his mouth, saw in the water what he took to be another dog, with a piece of meat twice the size of his own. Letting go his own, he flew at the other dog to get the larger piece from him. He thus lost both,--that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream swept it away. [Illustration: Music] JACK & GILL Old Nursery Rhyme extended. Music by T. CRAMPTON. VOICE AND PIANO 1. Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after. Jack got up and said to Jill-- As in his arms he caught her-- "If you're not hurt, wipe off the dirt, And then we'll fetch the water." 2. Jack and Jill went round the hill To tend the geese and gander, But strolled away to sport and play, And left the geese to wander: A fox came down and pounced on one, And stole it for his dinner. While Jill and Jack came running back, But Foxy was the winner. 3. Jack and Jill went down the hill To scare away the crows there: Jack fired his gun, and soon killed one, But blew off his own nose there. Says Jill, "Good luck, my darling Jack! I'll go and fetch your master; And don't suppose you've lost your nose, We'll stick it on with plaster." * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Obvious punctuation errors repaired. This issue was part of an omnibus. The original text for this issue did not include a title page or table of contents. This was taken from the January issue with the "No." added. The original table of contents covered the first six months of 1873. The remaining text of the table of contents can be found in the other issues. End of Project Gutenberg's The Nursery, February 1873, Vol. XIII., by Various