Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net No. 103. JULY, 1875. Vol. XVIII THE NURSERY _A Monthly Magazine_ FOR YOUNGEST READERS. BOSTON: JOHN L. SHOREY, 36 BROMFIELD STREET. AMERICAN NEWS CO., 119 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK. NEW-ENGLAND NEWS CO., 41 COURT ST., BOSTON. CENTRAL NEWS CO., PHILADELPHIA. WESTERN NEWS CO., CHICAGO. $1.60 a Year, in advance, Postage included. A single copy, 15 cts. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by JOHN L. SHOREY, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. CONTENTS OF NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND THREE. PAGE THE LOST RABBIT By _Aunt Emma's Niece_ 1 A TUG EXCURSION By _Aunt Nellie_ 3 TIT, TAT, TOE! By _Olive A. Wadsworth_ 5 THE KEEPER PUNISHED By _Uncle Charles_ 7 NEDDY'S SAND-BANK By _S. B. T._ 9 SURF-BATHING AT CONEY ISLAND By _F. H. W._ 13 A FUNNY FACT By _M. A. C._ 14 AN EXCITING SCENE By _Mr. Periwinkle_ 15 'MAKE A PIE' By _Mary's Mamma_ 16 A DRAWING LESSON 17 A BIG DOG By _Bouncer_ 18 THE BUTTERFLY By _Marian Douglas_ 19 THE YOUNG CRITIC By _Arthur Selwyn_ 20 PLAYING HORSE By _A. B. C._ 22 JACK By _A._ 25 A LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA By _Daisy_ 27 THE PARROT WHO PLAYED MASTER By _Victor Bluthgen_ 29 CATSKILL-MOUNTAIN HOUSE By _Anna Livingston_ 31 SLEEPING IN THE SUNSHINE (_Music by Robert Mills_) 32 EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO. The present number begins the eighteenth half-yearly volume of "The Nursery;" and we are happy to inform our friends that the magazine was never so successful as it is to-day. Thus far, we have entered upon every new volume with an increased circulation. We look for a still larger increase in the future; for there are thousands and thousands of children not yet supplied with the work, for whom no other magazine can take its place. We have something in preparation for coming numbers which will make the eyes of our little readers sparkle with delight. Now is the time for canvassers to go to work with a will. The illustration by Merrill of the "Three Little Culprits" who were kept after school to study their spelling-lesson, is one of those happy touches of nature that every one can appreciate. The poem by Miss Wadsworth is worthy of the picture.