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    The Nursery, August 1877, Vol. XXII, No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
    The Nursery, August 1877, Vol. XXII, No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
    The Nursery, August 1877, Vol. XXII, No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
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    The Nursery, August 1877, Vol. XXII, No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Title: The Nursery, August 1877, Vol. XXII, No. 2

      A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

      Author: Various

      Release Date: February 20, 2009 [EBook #28136]

      Language: English

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      THE

      NURSERY

      A Monthly Magazine

      For Youngest Readers.

      VOLUME XXII.—No. 2.

      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.

      A DAY AT THE BEACH.

      HERE are few of the little readers of The Nursery who could not tell of pleasant days spent among green fields and woods, or on the seashore. But in almost every large city, there are many children who have never been out of sight of brick walls.

      Their homes are in close rooms in narrow streets, and there they live from one year's end to the other. In winter they are often pinched with cold. In summer they suffer even more from the heat. You may see them at windows and doors, or on hot sidewalks, trying to get a breath of fresh air. It is not pure air, but the best they can get.

      What I am going to tell you is about two of those poor children. One is a little girl, nine years old, whom we will call Jane. The other, who is only eight years old, is her brother George.

      Both children go to a Sunday school, and have for their teacher a

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