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    The Nursery, June 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
    The Nursery, June 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
    The Nursery, June 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
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    The Nursery, June 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

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    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      The Nursery, June 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers - Various Various

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      Title: The Nursery, June 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 6

      A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

      Author: Various

      Release Date: February 20, 2009 [EBook #28134]

      Language: English

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      THE

      NURSERY

      A Monthly Magazine

      For Youngest Readers.

      VOLUME XXI.—No. 6.

      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.

      IN PROSE.

      IN VERSE.

      ARTHUR'S NEW SLOOP.

      ARTHUR'S NEW SLOOP.

      OW, boys, said Uncle Martin, if you were at sea in a vessel like this, what should you do when you saw a squall coming up?"

      I should take in all sail, and scud under bare poles, said Arthur.

      But what if you did not want to be blown ashore?

      Then I should leave out the first reef, so as to catch as much wind as I could risk, and steer for the sea, the sea, the open sea.

      Well, that's pretty well said, though not just as a sailor would say it. Look here, Henry, where is the stern?

      You have your left hand on it, sir.

      That's true. And where's the rudder?

      Your little finger is resting on it.

      "What sort of a craft do you call

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