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 XXII.--No. 5. 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. PAGE Sarah's Picture 131 Kitty Bell 134 A clever Fox 136 How Ponto got his Dinner 138 The Pet Pigeon 141 Eighth Lesson in Astronomy 143 Drawing-Lesson 145 The Farm 146 The Drawing-Master 148 Learning to iron 151 Birdie and Baby 153 Boys and Rabbits 156 Tobacco and Egg 158 IN VERSE. PAGE Steering for Home 129 Three naughty Pigs 133 The Butterfly and the Grasshopper 139 Little Mosquito 150 A naughty Baby 154 The Apple Tree (_with music_) 160 [Illustration: Birds] [Illustration: STEERING FOR HOME.] STEERING FOR HOME. [Illustration: B]LOW, thou bitter northern gale; Heave, thou rolling, foaming sea; Bend the mast and fill the sail, Let the gallant ship go free! Steady, lad! Be firm and steady! On the compass fix your eye; Ever watchful, ever ready, Let the rain and spray go by! We're steering for home. Let the waves with angry thud Shake the ship from stem to stern; We can brave the flying scud, It may go, it may return: In the wind are cheerful voices, In the waves a pleasant song, And the sailor's heart rejoices As the good ship bounds along. We're steering for home.