Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Bruce Thomas and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. No. 164 AUGUST, 1880. Vol. XXVII. THE NURSERY _A Monthly Magazine_ FOR YOUNGEST READERS BOSTON, THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO., 36 BROMFIELD STREET. American News Co., 39 & 41 Chambers St., New York. New-England News Co., 14 Franklin St., Boston. Central News Company, Philadelphia. Western News Company, Chicago. $1.50 a Year, in advance. A single copy, 15 cents. Entered at the Post Office at Boston as Second-Class Matter. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880. by THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. * * * * * CONTENTS OF NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR. * * * * * PAGE THE LITTLE TEACHER By _Dora Burnside_ 33 THE ANT'S DAIRY By _T.C._ 36 BABY JEAN By _F.E. Hamilton_ 37 THE FRIENDLY DOG By _Uncle Charles_ 38 CARLO'S BONNET By _B.P._ 40 CHARLEY GOES A-FISHING By _A.B.C._ 42 WHAT WE SAW IN THE WOODS By _Thomas Stafford_ 44 BABY READING TO HER MOTHER By _M.D.B._ 46 NOW, AND THEN By _Alice Williams Brotherton_ 47 DRAWING-LESSON By _Harrison Weir_ 49 THE FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTER By _Alfred Selwyn_ 50 JOHNNY AND THE TOAD By _H.A.F._ 52 THE HEN WHO HELPED HERSELF By _L.B._ 54 THE GREAT JOURNEY By _George S. Burleigh_ 57 A WOFUL TALE By _Jane Oliver_ 59 THE BROKEN KITE By _Ida Fay_ 62 SUMMER GAMES (_Music by T. Crampton_) 64 * * * * * $2.50 } { $2.50 _Per Hundred._ } CHEAP { _Per Hundred._ Supplementary Reading for Primary Schools! * * * * * THE Child's Monthly Reader. The third volume of "THE CHILD'S MONTHLY," a magazine which has been used with great success in many primary schools, was completed with its March issue. It is now consolidated with "THE NURSERY," which will embody all its most prominent features. We can supply back numbers of "The Child's Monthly" and "Monthly Reader" at the above low rate. We call the especial attention of School Committees, Teachers, and others to the opportunity here afforded of obtaining the Choicest and Best Illustrated Reading-Matter at a trifling expense. Each number contains 16 pages, printed in large type on fine tinted paper. Send stamp for a specimen copy. Address THE NURSERY PUBLISHING CO., 36 _Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass._