THE NURSERY, NUMBER 164 ***

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No. 164 AUGUST, 1880. Vol. XXVII.

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CONTENTS OF NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR.

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PAGE THE LITTLE TEACHER By _Dora Burnside_ 33 THE ANT'S DAIRY By _T.C._ 36 BABY JEAN By _F.E. Hamilton_ 37 THE FRIENDLY DOG By _Uncle Charles_ 38 CARLO'S BONNET By _B.P._ 40 CHARLEY GOES A-FISHING By _A.B.C._ 42 WHAT WE SAW IN THE WOODS By _Thomas Stafford_ 44 BABY READING TO HER MOTHER By _M.D.B._ 46 NOW, AND THEN By _Alice Williams Brotherton_ 47 DRAWING-LESSON By _Harrison Weir_ 49 THE FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTER By _Alfred Selwyn_ 50 JOHNNY AND THE TOAD By _H.A.F._ 52 THE HEN WHO HELPED HERSELF By _L.B._ 54 THE GREAT JOURNEY By _George S. Burleigh_ 57 A WOFUL TALE By _Jane Oliver_ 59 THE BROKEN KITE By _Ida Fay_ 62 SUMMER GAMES (_Music by T. Crampton_) 64

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[Illustration: THE LITTLE TEACHER.]

THE LITTLE TEACHER.

I know of a little girl, who, like Mozart, shows a great talent for music, though she is not yet ten years old. Before she could walk, it seemed to be her delight to creep along the floor to the piano, draw herself up so as to touch the key-board, and then strike the different keys.

Some of the sounds were pleasing to her, and from some she would start and draw back, as if she were hurt. A false note in music seemed to inflict pain, while she would show great pleasure when the harmony was perfect.

This little girl, whose name is Laura, has been so faithful in studying the rules of music, that, young as she is, she is employed to teach it to children still younger than herself. As her parents are poor, she is paid well for this service. In the picture you may see her standing, while Emma Dean, one of her little pupils, occupies the music-stool.

"Oh, I shall never learn to play like you, Miss Laura," says Emma.

"Pray don't call me _Miss_," says Laura; "for I am but a little girl like yourself."

"But then you know so much more than I do, that I like to call you _Miss_," says Emma. "Are you not my teacher?"

"I try to be," says Laura; "but, if we talk instead of work, we shall not make much improvement. Now let me hear you play over this exercise once more."

"But I have played it a dozen times," says Emma. "Let us try something new."

"You have played it a dozen times; but you must play it two hundred times more, if you expect to be perfect in it," says Laura.

"Two hundred times! Oh, I can't think of it," exclaims Emma. "Let us try something new."

Here Mrs. Dean, who from a room near by had overheard the conversation, came in, and said, "If you cannot obey your teacher, Emma, you must stop taking music-lessons. Miss Laura is quite right; and I am glad to see that she does not yield to your whims. The best way in learning is always to learn one thing thoroughly before passing to another."

Emma gave up the point, and began to play the exercise with a good grace. She did so well, that, when she had played it over thirty times, Miss Laura said to her, "That will do for to-day. We will take it up again