Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-04

THE NURSERY Among the content
of the June number is o TRACE dy in five acts, en-
tiled 1.-THE Hammer by A. Papa. The five
pictures tell the story almost as well as the
written words. A little boy wants to be man,
and essays to drive nail with large hammer,
engaging his little sister to hold the nail. In the
fourth act the sisters fingers the victims of
bad aim on the part of the boy, and in the fifth act
the hero's toes get between the falling hammer
and the floor, when the curtain drops upon the
tragic scene produced by the aching fingers and
toes of the little actor and, actress The Nursery
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OUR YOU'VE FoLKs.-T B. Aldrich, in
his Story of Bad Boy, in the June number de-
votes a chapter to a history of pet pony, con-
Guiding with a prize school-boy composition on
The Horse, by Il. Bailey. Chapter XII. relates to
a Winter at Rivermouth, and in the subsequent
chapter is given graphic account of snow ball
warfare between the North and South End boys
of Rivermouth. In the next chapter. in the July
number, the hero Of the story-Tom Bailey
will figure in an exciting adventure on the
river. The other contents of the June num-
Der are: Lawrence at Coal Shaft; Under the
Palm Trees; Gardening for Girls-continued;
The Spray Sprite ; Reef Building Corals !;
Candy Making-part II; After Pickerel; The
Last Voyage of Rene Menard; Bobolink and Ca
nary; A Few Words about the Grow; The Rivu-
let; Music; ETC., with many illustrations
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THE RIVERSIDE MAGAzINE-Mr Ste
phens opens the June RiUerside with another of
his droll Moother Goose pictures, illustrating the
ditty & The Fox and his Wife, they had great
Strife.'' AS if in peaceful contrast, the opening
article of the number is &C First School Days of
a little Quaker" which promises to be a bright
story for girls. History is provided in a sketch
of Joan of Arc by George M Towle. Mr.. ia
cob Abbott explains ''Joule's Equivalent" Paul
H. Hayne, the Poet, tells lively story in prose
of Robby Singleton's Mishap;" the "Rambles
in Constantinople" are continued, as also the
Hunting Sketches in South Africa; while there
is another New Testament story, this time of the
Marriage Feast at Cana and Hans Anderson
tells fresh story of 1.-THE Comet" which has a
very graceful picture by NJ. L. Stone. To know the
rest get the Magazine itself. HURD & HoUGHToN,
New York. Publishers. $3.50 year.
THE ATLANTIC FOR JUNE-Malbone,
an. Oldport Romance, by T. w. Higginson, is
concluded in the June number. The other
contents Norembega, by John G. Whit
tier; The Bamets of the Stage-First Paper;
Earthquakes, by N S. Shaler The Foe in
the Household-Part IV.--by the author
of "Yictor and Jacqueline - By the Roadside, by
Celia Thaxter; Birds Nests, by John Burroughs !;
Buddhism or, the Professionalism of the East, by
James Freeman Clarke; A Carpet Bagger in
Pennsylvania-Second Paper-by j. T. Trow-
bridge; China in our Kitchens, by G. G. Coffin |;
The Pacific Railroad 0pen--Third Paper-by
samuel Bewlssi Reviews and Literary Notices