Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. THE NURSERY _A Monthly Magazine_ FOR YOUNGEST READERS. VOLUME XXI.--No. 6. BOSTON: JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36 BROMFIELD STREET, 1877. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by JOHN L. SHOREY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. FRANKLIN PRESS: RAND, AVERY, AND COMPANY, 117 FRANKLIN STREET, BOSTON. [Illustration: Contents] IN PROSE. Arthur's New Sloop 161 A True Story 164 Playing Soldier 167 Madie's Visit at Grandma's 168 What I overheard 170 The Encounter 173 Jamie's Letter to a Little Uncle 174 The Disappointed Kitty 175 The Mare and her Colt 177 The Fisherman's Return 180 More about Crickets 183 Fifth Lesson in Astronomy 185 IN VERSE. Tot's Turnover 163 The Kingfisher 166 Bye-Lo-Land 171 Kissing a Sunbeam 179 The Puppy and the Wasp 182 June 187 [Illustration: Birds] [Illustration: ARTHUR'S NEW SLOOP.] ARTHUR'S NEW SLOOP. "[Illustration: N]OW, boys," said Uncle Martin, "if you were at sea in a vessel like this, what should you do when you saw a squall coming up?" "I should take in all sail, and scud under bare poles," said Arthur. "But what if you did not want to be blown ashore?" "Then I should leave out the first reef, so as to catch as much wind as I could risk, and steer for the sea, the sea, the open sea." "Well, that's pretty well said, though not just as a sailor would say it. Look here, Henry, where is the stern?" "You have your left hand on it, sir." "That's true. And where's the rudder?" "Your little finger is resting on it." "What sort of a craft do you call this?" "I call it a sloop; for it has but one mast." "If you were holding the tiller, and I were to say, 'Larboard' or 'port,' what should you do?" "If I stood looking forward, I should move the tiller to the left side of the vessel." "That's right; and, if I said 'Starboard,' you would move the tiller to the right side.--Now, boys, which of you can tell me the difference between a tiller and a helm?" "I always thought," said Arthur, "that they meant pretty much the same thing." "No: the difference is this," said Uncle Martin: "A tiller is this little bar or handle by which I move the rudder. The helm is the whole of the things for steering, consisting of a rudder, a tiller, and, in large vessels, a wheel by which the tiller is moved. So a tiller is only a part of the helm."