LONDON FREDERICK WARNE & C° AND NEW YORK AUNT LOUVISA’S FIRST BOOK FOR CHILDREN. Copyris, ht. / DREAMLAND, By permission of Messrs, HENRY GRAVES & Co, AUNT LOUISA’S FIRST BOOK FOR CHILDREN. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.,, AND NEW YORK. 1894. YW i \" ie. Aer ASB a INSECTS. [= LOBSTER. le yer Ly fy Se arene 13 DE : XIPHIAS. A BIG DOG AND A. LITTLE. DOG; S. = rt Vy Wel Xs | . Yy Zz LPCDEFEE Vin euwoes QF SF TF SGU FE Yo % ge SMALL WRITING LETTERS. oo de f gh ephl mn Cf pir Cuuvuwe y x Se OLD ENGLISH ALPHABET. vWAYE abedefgohijkh Imnopgrstur WXYZ ioScwuxyv jkpzahnbet Idgrmql — 104 s a © bedfghjkIimnpq — / - NOTE.—W and Y are Vowels when they do not begin 23 rstvwxyz. syllable, a word or THE ALPHABET OUT OF ORDER, QUAIL.» BAT. KINGFISHER. WOLF. THE. ALPHABET. OUT OF ORDER. YACHT. 7) i PEACOCK. THE ALPHABET OUT OF ORDER. OSTRICH. NIGHTINGALE. 26 ~) HH ALPHABET OUT OF ORDER. Hee AG Kk THE: ALPHABET OUT OF ORDER. } J My y Wi | f l yy, Y, d | Y, if ts a A Zi oe pf # il Bt : yy ell Uf , Y iy I y f ty at pee ; pie “Ny / We Wohl ; Le CEE” AP ee “b Uy WY, YY ip UA, Yj Leypiy Y Uy N SY X = ll AL Fy OZ EN ¥) WAI : 5 hey aH — il ) ‘ Hi H ce A)! €. SS N SSK as SS SSS SSA Lr eS, you : ee aa gd wat > © sey ) q S —_ — Cae C2 tOL--I= 5 WIM — a 5 7 — SSS SSS SSS Ss EE —_E—— a = te = ee eS __——— — ——_ — >. SS = SPELLING LESSONS IN WORDS OF TWO LETTERS. by he do if Le ee THE LITTLE SWEEPER. JOHN AND IIIS DOG. to up us we_ ye . FIRST READING LESSON. Do go up. It is my ox. AS ye go. No. He is | If my ox is to go.| We go up. to go to it. | I am at it. Itis I.| He. is at it. We go on. | So it isi’ ‘LESSON . We go up to it. Is it by me? Ye go:up to us.) VWedo it. Igo up toit. He is up it. Oh! go up by me, do. No. LESSON. 3. Do it so. He is to do it. We or ye go. We do So. it is it. Is it’so, or no? Itisso. As heis. Itis to be. Onanox. On! No. Of it. = ——eoaeaeaeaNaeaewoanawawsasSeeeeooawswasoaoa=s*=~=~qaomoeooDonOwjlqqmnon0n0=$”$*qQM eee ———— LESSON 4. It is he. DolIdoso? No! Go in to it. If it be so. He is at it. So itis by me. Do as we do. My ox is to go. LESSON 5. Do we go up to it? We dogo up. So dol. He is to do so. If he be in. Is it he? Is it I? lt am to go on to it. AS we go; aS 1 go. Do So. LESSON 6. Be 1t so. Do as we do. It is my Ox. Go up to it.. An oX is it? As it is So. It ison an ox. If itis he, No itis I. Do go to it. To me itis so. Is it so? ~_———-. LESSON 7. Is it to be so? No, it is he. He is to do it if he is up. As it is in it, go to it. Heisto goto us as he is. Oh! no. By me—to me. If we go. I am to do it. So is he. OF it; to it; by it. FIGURES AND OBJECTS. ~, act 4,--FOUR® yEGGS. re OIG Eg Ok LE en tail 2a "14 Geren MeN es @—SIX ODDITIES. FIGURES AND OBJECTS. \ Y " al T \ & <4 ie3] vA Z > mC tC oO a é ES eM SSE ees LEM <> eK Ny AF SS YY ih a Ti + Tata Hy) x Fie Ue i 8.—EIGHT GIRLS. oe NO]! A i NS), ee LN \ i ' mS Z Ayr . f i At | % wT mee es . Me amy 9—NINE KITTENS. 10.—TEN BALLS. 34 SS a PAPA’S HORSE AND DOG. 35 SPELLING LESSONS IN FLY. are boy can pan Do you see the fly? ee OO: No, I do not, but I ant bee cup FLY AND ANT 36 too her put cub inn see an ant; do you? Oh, yes, I do. LESSON. 1, cat eat and fat ham pet rat pit ram hat = jam let My cat can eat a rat. She is my pet. Do you see her? He has a dog and it is his pet; as the cat is my pet. Has she a cat? No, she has not one, but he has. LESSON 2. 7 It is a ram you see. A fat ram, but it is no one’s pet. It can run, and the dog can run too... He has a hat, so has she. Get me a bit of ham for the cat to eat. Oh! no, do. not let her eat it. LESSON 3. - My cat can run and get the rat and eat it. The rat was in my cot. How did it get in? No *. one saw it. Oh! yes, he - saw it go in. No, he did —— RAT. nN ot. a7 | LESSON 4. who may out mow _ hot The boy is hot, he is- in the sun. Let us go to the new-cut hay, and we can see the men who mow. May I go out? No, it is too hot for you to go. | LESSON 5. axe ash oak log sit old The man. has an axe. See, he can cut the ash. No, it is not an ash; it is an oak. Sit on a log out of the sun. _ Are youhot? =x} No, Iam not. Go in the hay. Do go. No, let me sit by you. It is an old oak. The man can cut it, can he not? He can. Goto her. I am by you. The boy, too, has an axe. LESSON 6. He has He has a a cow. It ‘cap... Put is a fat it:-on. “It cow. Men 1S is .net, mow hay. B® .too; ~ ‘and for the : ee his) ink cow to eat. mrs | arid pen. _ She has a fat pig. My pen is bad, and so is the ink. Get emer-=mpgg@s my cap for me. {tis on my bed. , YZ» I am to go out now to see the cow and the pig. Are you ~a sere togo? Yes. 39. LESSON 8. Did you see the eft? Yes, I saw it. It is his top, and her tub. Did you see the fox run? No, I did not. An eel is in my net. Can you eat an eel? We do not eat it. How the fox can run! Has Ann a jug? Yes, she has. My cap is on. She has a mop. He has atop. She has not a top. 40 . LESSON 9. bad did Tom cot wet ice box day big fed mud" fit: hit pie beg saw tie bat gay win Ann DOG. Tom has a big dog; and he has a bat too, aS you see. The sky is red to-day, we can see it in our cot. | The dog is fed by Ann. She can let | him eat a bit of pie if he can eat it, or we you may cut it, Ann. No, I do S——=7 not eat pie. You can go and om mop up the wet mud now. The men are on the ice. Do you see the men on the ice? Yes, I do. Get me a bit of ice to eat. Do not eat it, Ann. It is not fit to eat. I beg. you not to eat it. ‘41 Os) DP EA Ss SPELLING LESSONS OF THREE AND FOUR LETTERS: rose kite Sai = lark dark park bark farm harm 4, fish dish last past cast fast | e 7. Jay pay nay ray _ sly pry JAY. . DOVE. pink — cock 2. bird... dove. milk. silk gate: late. 5 rest best west mill fll bill 6. wing sing morn born song long 8, kit pin lip Sip dip ‘TIp The child ts to find the first eight words on the pictures when they are learnt. . LESSON = 10: good _ | here kind 7 have slow — \e hive. mine Mfj, wood kept ,, must draw well lost == \ me pond Seen “TWO. ASSES, anaes frog The ass is good and _ kind, but slow. One of these asses is mine. ‘They are kept at the farm to draw the cart. .Our farm is a nice one: we have six cows and an ox: and | a hive for our bees. We must be kind to the ass and to the cows. In the wood we find bees as well as in the hive; and by the pond in the wood we have seen a frog jump Up: “Here 1s. a “a frog. Do you like it? No, I : “eee donot. I have a hen of my own, and she lays eggs for me; one a. day. Have you seen my hen? No, I have not. I will give you an egg? LESSON 11. vat. port gnat fort hold = air sold fair told drum wine hum pine plum line wasp A vat is made to hold wine. This vat is for port wine. We hear by our ears, When a drum is beat, our ears can hear it. A wasp has a sting. It will sting you if you put your hand on it, so pray do not do so. A fly will eat jam. Here are some by a jar of plum jam. They do AN not sting to hurt, but a — enat does; its sting will hurt, but not as much as that of a wasp. DANCE OF FLIES, The gnats are hy to be seen 1 by the pond. Here are QW ok eq, Some of them. When the sun Sa ty oR F sets, they fly up seem glad. LESSON. 12. kid this owl © ~ know web | - nice S near make Ze tree take oe like wake WEB. Do you see the web up in the tree? Yes, I do. Can you make a web like it? Oh, no, | a cannot. Here is an inn, you see; and f@".an owl is on a tree near it. An owl fesigecan fly. Has Tom a kid? I do not wy. know if he has one or not. A kid is a nice pet for a boy. Who is Tom? He isa boy who has an ass. Did you see the owl? Yes, I did see it; it was near the inn, and so was the kid. ~The kid is the pet of the men of the inn as well as of Tom. Do you know Tom? He is a kind boy, ym and is good to his ass and ~ to his kid and to his dog. Yaa He made me a kite, one @EVe re 5 ne Yr ay 13 MARY AND THE 47 TINY DUCKS. LESSONS IN WORDS OF TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX LETTERS. i 2. 3. 4, these might cream | bleat those night dream cheat could chair gleam treat. would stair steam | wheat ay 6. 7. s arms nurse . knee child field | boat head aunt yield = float face plant | boast fruit place aase | coast | suit hair Lease | earn | mute pair seas | learn | cute fey 16; if; te 12, chase stain foam | earth race main roam | mirth brain vain moan | birth chain heart | groan | beach drain part | oar peach grain start | boar | teach train mart | | roar reach , 14. | 15; sail slice hymn fling sand grand fail price swim strong pull | ship dwell |spring prong full slip shell string wrong fern spell Am stern swell broom Me fell room jae fall thank Me eall prank Ze small |mark stars |sent 2am lhark cars BROOM. 48 went LESSON “4; quite oS walk proud town tail rent rail street mane threw please stone friend James spend throw end faces lend loud right ground sight caught fight pony JAMES AND HIS PONY. James loves his wee po-ny. He gives it sweets and bits of bread, and pats it; its name is Fun. James can ride quite well, and Fun goes fast when he has James on his back, and James is proud of Fun’s nice tail and mane. Fun is fond of the boy, and will try to please him; and James is kind to Fun; they are good friends, that po-ny and boy. James has a kind, good heart. 49 4 LESSON? 2: grows bread mouse look _ stalk rich sheaf flour shall house enough flies means stile —_ drive Wheat grows in the rich earth to make us bread. Men cut it down, and tie it up like this, in what is said to be a sheaf. The grain is ground at the mill, and it is then the flour, that we make into bread. Cook makes it, not I. A small mouse has put her nest in the wheat. Look at her. Here she is on the stalk of the wheat. Hers is a small house, but it is big enough for her. Do you see the bee that flies over the sheaf ? This boy does not live in the town. He has a whip, and he means to get over the stile, and go to the wheat field, to drive the cart home. He is a good boy. | LESSON 3. pick seed much plough ere goes climb spoon a-gain floor uses John tools thin gave © stout things short Bonne HOME Win THE FLOWERS. toys poor Rose has been out in the fields to pick the spring buds. She has her lap full of them. She will give them to her sick Aunt to make her room smell sweet and look bright. John is a good boy; he would not take a nest or hurt a_ , eo. Jae poor bird. When he has ¥ = \\ Ss time to play, he uses the q tools his Aunt gave him, : \ 2 a and makes nice things ‘iM with them. He has just | made a box to hold his tools. Does it not look %%@ aa nice ? TN ae or 51 EVIL ARTUR S DAY. WAKING UP. © GOING DOWN STAIRS. Little Arthur wakes at the He is dressed, and goes down peep of day ; the stairs to play. \i er NO DIGGING IN THE GARDEN. DRIVING THE COW, To dig his garden he eagerly And then in the field the strives ; old cow he drives. LITTLE ARTHURS DAY. At. YS he . SO hts YS, ea oN PLAYING AT BEING A CARPENTER. RIDING THE ROCKING HORSE, As a carpenter next, a box he Then a ride on his rocking- makes ; horse he takes, OF ~ | xe 9 SEN a, (Ce ee es ASKING FOR A STORY. SAYING “GOOD NIGHT.” For astory he begs in the failing In bed the boy murmurs a sweet light ; “Good night.” 53 NELL..AND: THE. BUDS, sweet twists buds large creep-er thinks fold horns leaves queen Nell loves the sweet buds of the bind-weed_ that grows in the field. It twists round a small tree. She thinks the buds look like horns, so she calls down one to the queen of the buds to ask where she lives, and if she will come out of one and havea game of play with her. But there is no queen of the buds or the leaves. Who made them? You can tell Freddie, can you not? Yes, the good God made them grow. 54 HAUL ed Y a Ty WU; f; | C AZSBL YY 4 Med LU GE [Le A SMALL MAID. Jane will only hard dust moves clean maid sweeps raises round soon next would these does Jane thinks she can clean the house as well as the maid can, so she takes the broom and sweeps and sweeps quite hard, and raises a great dust; but she goes round and round, and so the dust moves only from one place to the next, but it is still there. We must learn how to do all things, or we cannot do them. If Ann would teach Jane how to sweep, she would soon do it very well. Jane has put on Ann's cap, and’ thinks she is like Ann now; but she cannot sweep as Ann does. ee \ EE) 17 s Nd eas WCE NY \ GOING TO WAR. a \ —— SAN 7% : ., fo wvis. 4 Fe" NNN I~ oS war march wall die flag along laugh brave sword horse first sure The boys play at go-ing to war. Here they are! They have a gun, a horse, a drum, a flag, a horn, a sword, and they march along; they mean to fight and win the day. Old Tom and Ann are on the wall; they look at the boys and laugh. Tom says, “On you go, boys! Fight and win; do not let any one take our flag” “No, we will die first,” cry the boys. They are brave lads, and will fight well, we feel sure. 56 THE FIVE LIT-TLE PIGS. “ This lit-tle pig stayed at home; This lit-tle pig went to mar-ket, This lit-tle pig ate roast beef a : This lit-tle pig had none. This lit-tle pig said, “Wee! wee! wee! T can’t find my way home! | 57 THE FOUR SEASONS. SAGES ioe Lee SUMMER. 58 Layik ‘ EIOERY ANS i SFT ITIT pare \ A tags WINTER. 59 BY “FHE- SEA. | LESSON 1. Do you like to go on the sands? Oh, yes! I am so glad when pa-pa says that it is time to go to the sea. I love the sands and the shells and sea-weeds. Donotyou? Yes,I do; I love themall. don-key EF __ 7 ic StCer kick ae beam hoofs seen shoes tide seat ride thrown wide scream ebb trot flow orew storm drew spade weeds ee : rake erie a — build LESSON <2. John one day went on a don-key to the sands to have a ride; but the ass was a bad one. It gave a kick and threw up its hoofs, and John was thrown off on the sand, but I am glad to say he Was: not hurt 60 LESSON 3. leave deep heap white flow-ers green home plume black grey cheeks wih ESS pee cloak ROSE’S WALK. Rose has had leave to walk in the wood near the house. It is Spring, and she has got a great heap of flow-ers to take home. Rose is a good girl, and minds all that is said to her; so ~ her Ma-ma-is fond of her, and is glad to do any thing to please her. She gave Rose a doll to-day. It has black eyes and hair, and red cheeks, and its dress is of white silk, with green stripes on it. It has a white hat, with a plume in it, and a grey cloak. It is a nice doll, and Rose loves it, but she did not bring it out to-day, as she meant to go to the woods. 61 her CAT KITTENS. and some PUPPIES: DOG and MARE and Some OE EP COW and Two GOATS A COCK and A HEN with their “CHICKENS. her DUCKLINGS. THE SWALLOW. THE SONG THRUSH. The Swal-low comes to us The Thrush can sing, and in May. It flies very fast; | its song is very sweet. It but it does not sing, sings in March. THE CUCKOO. THE SKYLARK. When we hear the Cuc-koo in the tree,we know that Spring iscome. We like to hear him cry “ Cuc-koo, Cuc-koo!” This bird gets up when the sun rises, and sings a sweet song as it flies up to the sky. 64 MAUR oN Pony . e =o a Ww, why (e a THE STARLING. E BLACKBIRD : Rae eR The Starl-ing can be taught to speak, and will say any This bird sings a sweet word we teach it. song. It is ve-ry kind to its young birds. THE HOUSE SPARROW. THE WREN. The spar-row lives in a The wren is a small bird, nest in the wall and on the | but singsa sweet song to us all house-top. It does not sing. | the win-ter, even in the snow. 65 5 SPELLING LESSONS OF FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX LETTERS, LESSON 1. shines gone warm ripe knock stick boughs bush down work shade throws IN THE WOOD. ? And Tom went -roaring down Poor thing! the street. a — NURSERY RHYMES AND NURSERY DITTIES. Jacx and Jill went up the . Litrre Jack Horner sat in a hill, corner, To fetch a pail of water; Eating his Christmas pie; Jack fell down and broke his He put in his thumb, and crown, took out a plum, And Jill came tumbling And said, “What a good after, | Here am I, little jumping Joan; When nobody’s with me, 1 am always alone. Turrty days hath September, April, June, and November ; a February has twenty-eight alone, | All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting Leap-year, that’s the time When February’s days are twenty-nine. 72 THE TEN. LITTLE KITTENS. Gg TEN TLE KIT TENS wm ALL NALINE | LONE: RARE: spo: ThE ae WEREN INI } Ni E. . af ay i 4 i es A * di sor LITTLE: IT TENS TO: FISHING: WERE:GIVEN; 73 THE TEN LITTLE KITTENS. e mio hé au eS na = Five Lae 1 TTENS:-WENT: TO: ROBASTORES ONE-GOT-LOCKED-UP»KND‘THEN: “Wary SRERE ERE FOO: THE TEN LITTLE KITTENS. FOUR: aL ae saat TAKING: TREIR-DEGREE \ TS WOLINTLE: MITTENS \ PLAYING WITH: BY ‘TAKIN GTO! 4IMSELF: ASWEET LITTLE WIFE* 2 KAISHA D-ALITTLE> FPeRMILY EN OF-TEN KITTEN S+MORE#\ 35 VYWHO-PLAY: AND*ROMP-ABGUT> | AS THE: OTHERS:-DID-BE FORE PAB LES. ——_e—__ THE LION AND THE MOUSE. Once upon a time a small mouse found a lion asleep and ran up on his back. The lon woke, and was first going to kill the mouse by a blow from his great paw, when she begged him to forgive her and let her go. The lion was kind and said that he would not hurt her, and the mouse thanked him and told him that if ever she could help him she would. The lion laughed to himself at the promise. How could a little mouse help such a great lion? But one day the lion was caught in a net, and could not get out. The mouse heard him roar, and came to see what was the matter. When she saw the net she set to work, and gnawed the ropes through, and set her friend the lion free. Weare never | too small to help one another. Wie DOG AND “TELE MANGER. A voc once made his bed on some hay in a manger. By-and-by an ox came and wished to eat the hay, but the dog growled and would not let him. “How can you be so silly and unkind?” said the ox; “you can't eat hay yourself, and you will not let me eat it!” 76 THE DOG AND THE SHADOW. at ~ A poe, going across a plank over a little stream, with ‘a piece of meat in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the clear water, and believing it to be another dog who had a larger piece of meat, he greedily snapped at it, == and in doing so, of course, he dropped his own piece into the water and lost it. So his greedi- ness was punished by the loss of his dinner. In grasping at a \ “hy shadow we may lose the substance. “THE POX AND THE CROW. A crow having taken a large piece of cheese out of a cottage window, flew up in a tree to eat it. A fox, who wished to get it, came under the tree, and began to flatter the crow on her fine voice. Now you know a crow’s. voice is very hoarse; but the. silly bird was so pleased at his. praise that when he begged her to sing she tried to do so, and,. of course, dropped the cheese. The cunning fox caught it up and ran off with it: he did not care for the crow’s song. Do not. believe people when they praise you unjustly. 77 THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. OnE hot day a wolf and a lamb came to drink at the brook at the same time. Now, the wolf wanted an excuse for eating up the lamb, so he said, “Why do you make the water so muddy that I cannot drink it?” The lamb answered very gently, “I cannot make it muddy for you, since you drink it before it runs down to me.” ‘ Well,” said the wolf, “that is true, but I hear that you spoke ill of me about half a year ago.” “But,” replied the lamb, “I was not born then.” ‘ Then,” said the wolf, “if it was not you it was your father, and that is all the same!” So he seized the poor little lamb and ate it up. Any excuse will do to make a quarrel, but only wicked people make them. THE CAT AND: THE MICE. THERE was once a house very full of mice, so the people who lived in it bought a cat who every day ate some of them. The mice talked together about it and resolved to keep out of Pussy’s nays so they hid, cunningly, on an upper shelf. The cat finding that they did not come out, thought that she would try to deceive them. So she hung by her hinder-legs on a peg in the wall, and pretended to be quite dead. She thought that then they would not be afraid of her; but the mice were not to be imposed upon. A clever old mouse peeped at the cat and said, “So you are there! I would not trust you, though your skin were stuffed with straw. It is best always to keep away from wicked creatures.” 78 THE COUNTRY CHURCH. 79 THE DAYS OF THE WEEK. 1.—Sunpbay is the First Day ........ 2.—Monpay is the Second Day...... IT. | 3.—Tuespay is the Third Day ...... HI. 4.—WEDNESDAY is the Fourth Day .. IV. 5.—Tuurspay is the Fifth Day...... V. 6.—Fripay is the Sixth Day ........ VI. 7.—SATURDAY is the Seventh Day.... VII. The Year is divided into 365 Days. There are 52 Weeks in a Year, which is divided into Twelve Months. 80 THE YEAR. THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. Pie CLOCK CAN you tell what time it is by the Clock? No. Then I will teach you. You see that there are Twelve Figures on the Face, and Two hands that move round and point to them. The long hand tells the Minutes and the short aa tells the hours. When the long hand and the short hand are both at XII (twelve), it is Twelve o'clock ; and when the long hand gets round to XII again, the short hand will be at I (one), and it will be One o'clock. So that while the short hand is moving from XII to I, the long hand has gone right round the face. Let us start at Twelve o'clock. Both hands, you see, are now together on the figure XII. When the long hand is at I, (one) the short hand has moved a very little way, and it is Five minutes past Twelve. When the long hand is at II (two), the short hand has moved a little further on, and it is Ten minutes past Twelve. When the long hand is at III (three), the short hand has moved one quarter the space between XII and JI, and it is a Quarter past Twelve. When the long hand is at IV (four), the short hand has moved a little further on still, and it is Twenty minutes past Twelve. When the long hand is at V (five) it is Twenty-five minutes past Twelve. 1H B= CLOCK, When the long hand is at VI (six) the short hand is half-way between XII and I: and it is half-past Twelve. When the long hand is at VII (seven) it is Twenty-five minutes to One. When the long hand is at VIII (eight) it is Twenty minutes to One. When the long hand is at IX (nine) the short hand, which has been slowly moving all the while, has gone three quarters the space between XII and I, and it is a Quarter to One. When the long hand is at X (ten) it is Ten minutes to One. When the long hand is at XI (eleven) the short hand is very near the figure I, and it is Five minutes to One. When the long hand has got round to XII again, the short — e Sy hand is at I, and it is One o’clock. And in the same way the short hand will move from I to II, while the long hand is going right round the face again, and it will then be Two o'clock. So that when the short hand has pointed out all the hours, one after another, it will only have gone round the face once, but the long hand will have gone round it twelve times. GA MONEY IS COINED IN COPPER, SILVER AND GOLD. MONEY IS MADE FROM COPPER IN THREE FORMS, WHICH ARE CALLED— A FARTHING. A HALFPENNY. A PENNY. MONEY IS MADE FROM SILVER IN SEVEN FORMS, WHICH ARE CALLED— A FLORIN (OR TWO SHILLINGS), A SIXPENCE, A HALF-CROWN SS (OR TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE). vee ony ‘ A CROWN (OR FOUR SHILLINGS (OR FIVE SHILLINGS). MONEY IS MADE FROM GOLD IN TWO FORMS, WHICH ARE CALLED— TABLE OF VALUE. | 2 FARTHINGS MAKE I HALFPENNY. 2 HALFPENNIES » 1 PENNY. 12 PENNIES » I SHILLING. 2 THREEPENNIES 3 I SIXPENCE. z SIXPENCES » 1 SHILLING. — 2 SHILLINGS » 1 FLorRIn. A HALF SOVEREIGN. A SOVEREIGN 2 Hatr-CROwNS 3 I CROWN OR 5 SHILLINGS. : (OR A POUND). 10 SHILLINGS » 1 HAatr SOVEREIGN. There is a Double Sovereign as well, but it 1s so 2 HALF SOVEREIGNS ,, I SOVEREIGN. little used that we do not give a picture of tt. THE OBVERSE SIDE OF THE COIN ALWAYS SHOWS THE HEAD OF THE REIGNING MONARCH. 85 THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND. WILLIAM I. (conQquEror.) WILLIAM JI. (rurus.) | 1066—1087. 1087—1100. 1100—1135, | | | | HENRY 1. (BEAUCLERC.) HENRY II. RICHARD T. (c@ur DE Lion.) 1154—1189. 1189—1199, JOHN. HENRY IIL. 1199—1216. ' 1216—1272. | | / Y WSS S EDWARD Il. EDWARD IIL 13071327. 13271377. 86 RICHART) 11. 1377-—1399. Gt Wi THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND. | | | HENRY IV HENRY VIL 1399—1413. | 1422—1461, hh Vit 1 EDWARD IV. EDWARD V. RICHARD HII. 1461—1483. 1483, 1483—1485. HENRY VII. HENRY VIII. EDWARD VI. 1485—1509. 1509—1547. 1547—1553, A QUEEN MARY. QUEEN ELIZABETH. JAMES I. 1553—1568. 1558—16083, 1603—1625. 87 THE KINGS OLIVER CROMWELL. 1653—1658 THE PROTECTORATE. SS 3 INS) \E AWS \ aN FWA INGA JAMES II. | 1685—1688. } GEORGE I. 1714—1727.: Sy ic I) CHARLES II. 1660—1685. ANNE. 1702—1714. GEORGE IV. 1820—183¢. WILLIAM IV. 1830—1837. 88 OR 1837. RASY POETRY. THE BEE. I Love to see ‘The busy bee I love to watch the hive : When the sun’s hot They linger not,— It makes them all alive. Wesee their skill, How with good-will They do their work attend ; Each little cell Is shaped so well | That none their work can mend. Now in, now out, They move about, Yet all in order true; Each seems to know Both where to go And what it has to do. 89 "Midst summer heat, The honey sweet Tt gathers while it may, In tiny drops, And never stops ‘To waste its time in play. — I hear it come— I know its hum, It flies from flower to flower ; And to its store A little more It adds each day and hour. Just so should I My heart apply, My proper work to mind; Look for some swect In all I meet, And store up all I find. —ANonymous. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Wuo show’d the little ant the way Her narrow hole to bore, | And spend the pleasant summer day In laying up her store? - The sparrow builds her clever nest Of wool, and hay, and moss: | ‘Who told her how to weave it best, And lay the twigs across? Who taught the busy bee to fly Among the sweetest flowers, And lay his feast of honey by, To eat in winter hours? "Twas God, who show’d them all the way, And gave their little skill, And teaches children, if they pray, To do His holy will. | —Noursery Ruymes. THE PATH THROUGH THE WOOD. 91 THE STAR. Twink, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. ‘Then the traveller in the dark Thanks you for your tiny spark; He could not see which way to go, If you did not twinkle so. In the dark blue sky you keep, And often through my curtains peep, For you never shut your eye, Till the sun is in the sky, As your bright and tiny spark Lights the traveller in the dark, Though I know not what you are, Twinkle, twinkle, little star. —Nursery Ruymes. THE HOMES OF ENGLAND. THE stately homes of England, How beautiful they stand, Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O’er all the pleasant land! The deer across their greensward bound, Through shade and sunny gleam ; And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream. | The ‘merry homes of England! Around their hearths by night, What gladsome looks of household love Meet in the ruddy light! There woman's voice flows forth in song, Or childhood’s tale is told, Or lips move tunefully along Some glorious page of old. Tne blesséd homes of England! How softly on their bowers Is laid the holy quietness That breathes from Sabbath hours! Solemn, yet sweet, the church-bell’s chirne Floats through their woods at morn ; All other sounds, in that still time, Of breeze and leaf are born. The cottage homes of England! By thousands on her plains, They are smiling o’er the silvery brooks, | And round the hamlet fanes. Through glowing orchards forth they peep, Each from its nook of leaves; And fearless there the lowly sleep, As the bird beneath their eaves. The free fair homes of England! Long, long, in hut and hall, May hearts of native proof be reared To guard each hallowed wall ! And green for ever be the groves, And bright the flowery sod, Where first the child’s glad spirit loves Its country and its God! —Mrs. HEMANS. 93 THE LORD'S PRAYER. Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. | Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. | Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, ~ The power, and the glory, | For ever and ever. - 1 Seve eee By as ae i ae >! x afi: __LITH.IN HOLLAND BY EMRIK & BINGER,937 STRAND,LONDON. er i 1 - estes i 5 ee Sievert it ie