=Premiums may be selected from this section proportionate in value to the
number of Subscribers sent, viz.: For three subscriptions, articles
worth $1.50; for six subscriptions, articles worth $3.00; for eight
subscribers, articles worth $4.00--and so on.=
[Illustration: Jack Straws]
=American Jack Straws.=--Two qualities. Price No. 1 =.60=
No. 2 =.30=
[Illustration: Monarchs & Thrones]
A new game of history. Very instructive. Price =.60=
=Donnybrook Fair.=--A very amusing game, with more
than thirty comic illustrations. Published in
handsome style. Price =.50=
[Illustration: Toy cannon]
=The Toy Cannon.=--The cannon is about eight
inches long. Wooden balls and a set of nine pins
accompany it. A very pretty toy =1.00=
=Shakespeare Characters and Quotations.=--A game
of standard character, adapted for any number of
players, old or young =.50=
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[Illustration: Right index] Besides giving the above as premiums, we
offer them for sale, postpaid, at the prices named.
=The Harlequin Circle.=--An original, very
entertaining, and instructive pastime, with a book
giving 64 colored illustrations of the "Harlequin
Circle." Put up in handsome box. Price =$ .50=
=Game of Proverbs.=--First Series =.25=
="= ="= Second Series =.25=
[Illustration: Skate]
=The Florence Spring Skate.=--Highly polished,
forged steel runners, with blued steel plates and
clamps. The Clamp and Strap Spring Skate is
fastened to the foot by both clamps and straps.
Send length of boot when ordering. Price =3.00=
=Lyman's Chromo Blocks.=--Thoroughly waterproof.
The pictures are brilliant and very beautiful
No. 1. 6 Blocks 36 Chromos =.60=
No. 2. 9 " 54 " =1.00=
No. 3. 16 " 96 " =1.50=
=Carpenter's Manual.=--Instructs In the use of
tools and the various operations of the trade. A
very complete and explicit work =.50=
=Painter's Manual.=--A complete practical guide to
house and sign painting, graining, varnishing,
polishing, kalsomining, papering, lettering,
staining, gilding, glazing, silvering, analysis of
colors, harmony, contrast, &c. =.50=
HOME COOK BOOKS.
=Mrs. Chadwick's Home Cookery.=--Containing
foreign and domestic tried receipts =.50=
=Mrs. Knights' Tit-Bits=, or how to prepare a nice
dish at a moderate expense =.75=
=Mrs. Cornelius's Young Housekeeper's Friend= =1.50=
=Marion Harland's Common Sense in the
Household.=--A manual of Practical Housewifery
=1.75=
[Illustration: Right index] Or any of the numerous Cook Books sent by
mail at Publisher's price.
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[Illustration: Right index] Besides giving the above as premiums, we
offer them for sale, postpaid, at the prices named.
[Illustration: City]
=The Game of Bible Characters and Events.--=Price =.50=
=Bible Questions.=--A game =.25=
="Ye Hero of '76."--=The great Centennial toy.
Price =.50=
=Portrait Authors.=--A game =.50=
=Avilude, or Game of Birds.=--Price, =.50=
=Ferrilude, or Game of Beasts.= =.50=
=Game of Letters.=--Price =.25=
=Totem.=--A beautiful game. Price, =.25=
=Anybody and Everybody.=--Price, =.25=
=The Game of '76, or the Eagle and the
Lion.=--Price =.50=
[Illustration: MODEL SHIP PUZZLE]
From the use of which the names of the parts of a
ship are readily learned. =1.25=
[Illustration: Shedler's Public School Globe.]
=Globes.=--Three sizes, viz.:
Three inches in diameter =1.00=
Four " " =1.50=
Five " " =2.50=
[Illustration: Silver napkin ring]
=Silver Napkin Ring.=--New pattern; elegant designs.
Price proportionate to weight.
Medium =3.00=
Heavy =4.00=
Extra =5.00=
=Scholar's Companion.=--A hollow, round ruler,
with rubber, sponge-holder, pen, and slate and
lead pencil. Price, =.30=
=Great Republic.=--A game. =1.25=
=Two Hundred Object Puzzles,= =.50=
=Webster's Dictionaries.=
Unabridged Quarto Pictorial =10.00=
National Pictorial =5.00=
Counting-House =3.50=
Academic =2.20=
High School =1.25=
Common School =.95=
Primary =.65=
Pocket Tuck =1.00=
[Illustration]
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offer them for sale, postpaid, at the prices named.
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Transcriber's Notes:
The January edition of the Nursery had a table of contents for the first
six issues of the year. This table was divided to cover each specific
issue and the words "No. 1." were added to the title page.
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Premium Section, page 7, "Probl m" changed to "Problem" (The Problem)
Page 7, "D light" changed to "Delight" (She was a Phantom of Delight)
Page 10, word "of" inserted into text (of them on a very small)
Page 10, the last number is missing on both Series No. 1 and Series No.
2.
Page 15, "animals" changed to "animal" (which intelligent animal)