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    The Nursery, April 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
    The Nursery, April 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
    The Nursery, April 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
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    The Nursery, April 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

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      The Nursery, April 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers - Archive Classics

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      Title: The Nursery, April 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 4

      A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

      Author: Various

      Release Date: February 20, 2009 [EBook #28143]

      Language: English

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      THE

      NURSERY

      A Monthly Magazine

      For Youngest Readers.

      VOLUME XXIII.—No. 4.

      IN PROSE.

      IN VERSE.

      TIRED OUT.

      TIRED OUT.

      NE day Miss Lily Macnish heard the door-bell ring. She put down her spelling-book, and asked, Who can that be, mamma? Before mamma could give an answer, Jane the housemaid entered, and handed her a note.

      Why, this is not for me: it is for you, my dear, said Mrs. Macnish, giving the note to Lily.

      For me! said Lily, while her cheeks flushed; for it was the first note she had ever received.

      Please read it for me, mamma, she said; for Lily could not read handwriting quite as well as some little girls of her age that I could tell of.

      It is an invitation to a children's party at Mrs. Vane's, said mamma. Miss Lucy Vane asks the pleasure of Miss Lily's company on Thursday evening, at seven o'clock.

      Oh, can I go? Can I go? cried Lily, jumping up, and clapping her hands.

      I do not quite approve of children's parties, especially when they take place in the evening, said mamma. But I know who will say 'Yes,' and I suppose I shall have to do as he says.

      She was thinking of Lily's papa, who loved the little girl so much, that he could not bear to

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