Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Music by Linda Cantoni. THE NURSERY _A Monthly Magazine_ FOR YOUNGEST READERS. VOLUME XIV.--No. 2 BOSTON: JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36, BROMFIELD STREET. 1873. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by JOHN L. SHOREY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. BOSTON: STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY RAND, AVERY, & CO. [Illustration: CONTENTS.] IN PROSE. PAGE. The Aunt and the Niece 129 Dreadfully cheated 132 A Bad Blow 135 Paul 137 Little Piggy 140 Camping Out 141 A Field-Day with the Geese 144 Learn to think 147 Grandpa and the Mouse 151 The Speckled Hen 154 Story of a Daisy 156 IN VERSE. PAGE. Summer's over 134 The Anvil Chorus 136 The Cat and the Book 139 What Willy did 146 The Brothers that did not quarrel 150 Home from the Woods 153 Winifred Waters (_with music_) 160 [Illustration: THE AUNT AND THE NIECE.] THE AUNT AND THE NIECE. [Illustration: A]UNT RUTH was only nine years old, while her niece Mary was nineteen. But Ruth, being an aunt, felt she must keep up the dignity of one; and so she used to treat Mary as if Mary were a little girl. They had not seen each other for nearly a year; and, when they met, Mary, who was fond of mischief, acted as if she were really younger than Ruth, though she well knew she was nine years older. "Aunt Ruth," said Mary, "have you any objection to my going out in the grove to swing?" "None at all, my dear," said Ruth; "but I will go with you, lest you should get hurt." "Thank you, aunty," replied Mary. "Now let us see who can run the faster." Mary started off at a run towards the swing; but Ruth called her back, and said, "Stop, my dear, you will wet those nice new shoes in the damp grass; and then your mother will blame me for not taking better care of you. We will go by the gravel road to the grove."