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. Threading the Needle 97 The Butter Song 100 Our Pony 103 Nelly's Kitten 105 A Morning Ride 108 Perils of the Sea 112 In Honor of Rosa's Birthday 114 Walter's Disappointment 116 The Tide coming in 119 Letter to George 122 Peepy's Pet 124 IN VERSE. PAGE. The Singing Mouse 101 A Funny Little Grandma 107 Old Trim 110 Our One-Year-Old 115 The Boasting Boy 117 Cakes and Pies 118 Sunrise 121 Song of the Monkey (_with music_) 128 [Illustration: THREADING THE NEEDLE.] THREADING THE NEEDLE. "[Illustration: W]HERE is Lucy all this while?" asked Mrs. Ludlow of Anna, the maid. "I left her five minutes ago, trying to thread a needle," replied Anna. "She is a long while about it," said Mrs. Ludlow. "Send her to me." When Lucy entered the room, her mother asked her what she had been about; and Lucy replied, "I have been teaching myself to thread a needle." "But you have been a long time about it," said mother. "I will tell you why," continued Lucy. "When I went to walk with papa yesterday, he saw me get over a stone-wall, which I did rather clumsily: so he said, 'A thing that is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Let me teach you how to get over a wall quickly and gracefully.'" "So he gave you a lesson in getting over walls, did he?" "Yes, mother: he kept me at it at least half an hour; and now I can get over a wall as quickly and well as any boy." "But what has getting over walls to do with threading a needle?"