[Transcriber's note: As pages 23 and 24 were missing from the original
scanned booklet they were not included in this transcription.]


No. 169. JANUARY, 1881. Vol. XXIX.

THE NURSERY

A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR YOUNGEST READERS

NURSERY PUBLISHING COMPANY. 36 BROMFIELD STREET, BOSTON

$1.50 a year, in advance. 15 cents a single copy.

Entered at the Post Office at Boston as Second-Class Matter.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by THE NURSERY
PUBLISHING CO., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at
Washington.

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CONTENTS OF NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE.

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