The Nursery, No. 169, January, 1881, Vol. XXIX | Page 2

as ever; and all attempts to imitate it have failed. No other magazine can supply its place. No family where there are small children can afford to be without it.--Providence Press.
Among American periodicals for the young, there is not one that we can more confidently commend than "The Nursery." Indeed, there is not one of the kind in Europe that quite comes up to this.--N.Y. Tribune.
Every house that has children in it needs "The Nursery" for their profit and delight; and every childless house needs it for the sweet portraiture it gives of childhood.--Northampton Journal.
"The Nursery" continues to be without a rival in its own field, and fills its place so well that none need wish for anything better. The idea that anything is good enough for the little ones finds no place in the mind of its editor, and both stories and pictures are of the choicest.--Chicago Advance.
No better outlay of money can be made for children than in subscription to such a magazine as "The Nursery," as it affords not only pleasure, but real benefit.--Richmond (Va.) Religious Herald.
We again repeat our hope that no family in this country, in which there is a child or children, will be without this beautiful, simple, and natural little magazine.--Marshall (Mich.) Expounder.
Of the many attempts to imitate it, all have failed. We are proud of such an American journal for children.--Illinois Schoolmaster.
Teachers who have tried it say that it charms the children into learning to read. Blessings on the sunny "Nursery"! Far and near may households be brightened by its presence!--Massachusetts Teacher.
A bright, pleasant little pictorial, with which the smallest children able to read at all may be amused and instructed. Parents looking for such reading will be interested in it.--N.Y. Tribune.
"The Nursery" is the very best magazine that we know for children. It is beautifully illustrated, and the stories are always clean and pure, inculcating kindness to one another and to animals. Its lessons are all in favor of truth, honor, and honesty. It should be in every family where there are young children to be entertained and instructed.--Woman's Journal.
"The Nursery" is 'a magazine for youngest readers,' and, as we know by its use in our own family, most admirably adapted for the purpose for which it is intended.--Charleston (S.C.) Carolinian.
Those who wish to furnish their little ones, just learning to read, with something fresh,--something written with great care, and illustrated with skill, to which the ordinary 'primers' cannot and do not attain,--should provide themselves with "The Nursery."--Detroit Post.
To those of our readers who have young children of their own, or who are called on to suggest quiet amusement for little patients, we can conscientiously commend "The Nursery," a monthly juvenile magazine published in Boston, as the only periodical we have been able to find suited to the comprehension of children under ten or twelve years of age.--N.Y. Medical Gazette.
We wish we could express in fitting words our gratitude to the editor, publisher, and contributors of this exquisite little magazine. It is intended for the small boys and girls who do not read very long words; but, if we mistake not, 'children of a larger growth' will be fascinated by its charming pictures and its dainty execution.--_N.Y. Liberal Christian._
Few better services can be done than to banish namby-pamby trash from juvenile literature, and to substitute for it what is healthy and jolly and interesting. This is the work that "The Nursery" performs for little children, and we therefore take pleasure in its deserved success.--_N.Y. Independent._
[Illustration: THAT MERRY CHRISTMAS.]

THAT MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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What a glad noise there was that Christmas morning! The children had got up early to look in their stockings. John's were not quite large enough to hold all of his gifts. It is rather hard to crowd a sword, a gun, and a rocking-horse all into one stocking.
Mary had a fine new doll. Harry had a box, and, on taking off the cover, up sprang a wise-looking little man, with a cap on his head. Jessy had a doll, and a very pretty one it was too. Tommy had a what-do-you-call-it. Why did he look up the chimney? I think it was to see if there was any sign of Santa Claus.
John mounted his horse, waved his sword, and held up his gun. But very soon he began to get tired of them all. The thought came into his head that he was more than eight years old. "What do I want of these toys?" said he. "Why was I so silly as to choose them, when aunt Susan would have given me a microscope?" And John laid down his sword and gun, feeling quite above such childish things.
When aunt Susan came, she saw that John did not seem as glad over his presents as the rest of the children