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. 3. Contents In Prose PAGE In the Swing 67 How My Boys Helped Their Mother 69 "Stop That Quarrelling." 71 A Letter from Calcutta 73 Prairie Dogs 75 The Catbird 79 How to Draw a Cat 80 Playing Cook 81 How a Boy Caught a Fish with His Nose 82 An Old Fable 83 Our Fly 84 Grandpa's Watch 85 Helen's Bird 87 The Geese and the Hawk 90 Mabel's Secrets 91 The Snow Country 94 In Verse PAGE Nobody's Dog 66 The New Moon 68 The Girl Who is Always Good 72 The Street-Player 77 Three Little Chicks Born in a Shoe 89 The Little Student 93 The Froggie's Party (_with music_) 96 [Illustration: NOBODY'S DOG.] NOBODY'S DOG. [Illustration: O]NLY a dirty black-and-white dog! You can see him any day, Trotting meekly from street to street: He almost seems to say, As he looks in your face with wistful eyes, "I don't mean to be in your way." His tail hangs drooping between his legs; His body is thin and spare: How he envies the sleek and well-fed dogs, That thrive on their masters' care! And he wonders what they must think of him, And grieves at his own hard fare. Sometimes he sees a friendly face,-- A face that he seems to know; And thinks it may be the master That he lost so long ago; And even dares to follow him home, For he loved his master so! Poor Jack! He's only mistaken again, And stoned and driven back; But he's used to disappointments now, And takes up his beaten track; Nobody's dog, for whom nobody cares,-- Poor unfortunate Jack! FRED B. KING. [Illustration] IN THE SWING.