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L 'ANY people do not appreciate the vrast iBipoitMiise of having a serieB of OBip^illly«ppq>ared Readers for the ote of aoiioals. Tliey think that, provider) tlM diiid kama to read at all, it matterH littie ham it laami, or what ft reads. 0Uier§ tbfire |B» wke aik, wibat need is iheire f&c a mew manm, mkem. ao many of aelcnowl- edged merit are already in eziatencet Ec4k elanea are aoatidken. As fbnt impresmoAa are known io he iihe atrcmgeat and most lasting, and aa ihosa laqneMiona ace in part dmved fipom baoki» vrktA oan be more neoestary f0im VI PREFACE. L than a collection of simple lessons, so select- ed as to interest as well as to instruct the young learner? Let us give the child stepping-stones to knowledge; but let us be very careful that those stones are safe footing, securely laid on the great basis of Christian truth, so that they be not swept away from beneath his feet by the rushing floods of infidelity, and that worldly wisdom which is akin to irreligion. Give him lessons suited to his infantile capacity, — ^lessons which may accustom him to thirik of what he sees and hears, but so interwoven with the truths of faith, that the seen and the unseen may have equal hold on his understanding. Let him learn, from his first reading-lessons, to hd^^e, to think, BxA \iO fed. This is what the compiler of these Readers has endeavored to accomplish, and it is hoped that they will be found to answer that desir- able object. The second objectioii to which 3E FBXFAOm Tii we liAT6 alltided, Boarcelj seems to need a special reply after what has been already •aid) as the whole of the ground whioh it ooyeiB is embraced in the statement of our views. The publishers have taken great pains^ and gone to considerable expense, to illustrate these first two Headers, so as to make them as attractive as possible to little people. Neither trouble nor expense has been spared to make them both pleasing and instruct* ive; and they are confidently presented to the Catholic public, for the use of primary schooliw ■mSSSSSmSSSSSI^S tm < IH L P T \: ii « FIRST RI lADER. tRST. PART F] 4 LESSON I. THX TOWMLB. V . ba a e 1 u bu be bi bo ca ce ci CO cu da de di do du LESSON II. ah am an as at ax he me be we ye if in it is oh on or ox of up 118 V^i*»*^ vM X LESSON III. Is it he? No, it is not he. Is it an ox? Yes, it is an ox. My ox is in. Oh, go to my pa- ls it he or is it I? It is he. Ah, it is my ma I Let us go up. See, he is up I Oh, let us go, too 1 May we go ? Yes, you may go. Oh, ho 1 He is up to me. Is he so? Yes, he is. Do so to us. Be it so. yc 12 FIRST B^BADIR. v^ LESSON IV. Do you see the fly? Is it a fly? Yes, it is a big one. Let us kill the fly. Oh, no; we must not kill the fly. Put a pin in the fly. No, no ; put no pin in the fly. I am on a nag. Have you no nag ? Ride on my nag. Ho I be near me I He is on his nag. ^m'^^^^immmmim FIU8T BEADEB. 13 LESSON V. * This girl's j^ name is Kate. Her bird flew out of its cage. The cat caught the bird. It is now dead. Kate is sad. Poor Kate ! her bird will sing no more. I LESSON VI. Jane has got a nice doll. She is so very fond of it. She likes to see her doll neat. She has got a new dress for her doll, and new shoes, and a belt. Look at them. 14 FIRST READER. LESSON VII. Did you feel the car jar? I can ride far in a car. LESSON VIIL the ball. Is this a ball ? It is a ball. I see the ball. It is a foot-ball. The boy has lost his hat. He does not mind. He runs fast to catch I think his name is Frank. I »T READER. 15 LESSON IX. at the and here girl name by are two book Ann stands see has boy looks John George \ Here are two boys^ John and George. The girl's name is Ann. John has a book. The boys look at the book. Ann sits by John. IG FIRST READER. «^«tfW MK^V^Mi fltm gone there LESSON X. will rest him poor more. play- sleep touch wakes take rock leave Poor Will has gone to sleep. See how still he lies. Don't touch him. If jot do, you will wake him up. There ! he is a-wake.x Rock him. j There, be still now, for he has gone to sleep again. Now, let us go to our play, and leave the poor boy to take his rest. Ma-ry and George love the ba-by ver-y much. i i ii» iij ii t i i' i f ■!■ .—-11 mm 9 mm 11 FIRST BEADIR. 17 ]\ " — ■ ' ha^ chair name LESSON XL read back high good head school day boy soon This boy's name is George. He sits on a chair. His hat is on his head. The chair has a high back. George r^ads the news." George is a good boy. He goes to school ev-er-y day. He will 800D ^eam to write. I iMI>-«ariaMMMMn*a li't iui' 18 FIRST READER. see face sign rain tail ring catch thread LESSON XIL her snow try play baU love look wash they black long hand warm head has white «ay cold boot feet sign rain the think See puss. See her wash her face. They say it is a sign, of rain for puss to wash her face.^ Puss looks at her long taiL She thinks it is very fine. It has black and white rings on it. Kit plays with & ball of thread. She loves to play. She will play all the day. See her try to catch the ball FIR8T READER. 19 the she LESSON XIII. they come lit-tle kind stands ta-ble un-cle can-dy This is Un-cle Hen-ry, come to see lit-tle Tom-my, and Ag-nes, and El-la. They love Un-cle Hen-ry, for he is re^y kind to them. El-la stands on the ta-ble. She asks Un-cle Hen-ry for somid can-dy. . m ill, Hi! Hi 111 !!|ti i! i i! 20 FIRST READER. LESSON XIV. John is play-ing ball. Bee him strike with his bat. He has been at school. John likes to read. His fa-ther gave him a book. Af-ter sup- per he will read his book. John is a good boy. school strike spring look read ball gave John play fa-ther pitch-er wa-ter This lit-tie girl has a pitch-er. She has been to the spring for some wa-ter. She is a good girl. She has got one litntle sifter at home, and- two lit- tle broth-era. FIRST READER. 21 house horse Uke bare LESSON XV. pull plough hold shoes feet their hurt stones stick left but they Lit-tle George, and Fred, and Bm-ma, are play-ing horse and plough. Fred holds the stick, for a plough ; and George and Em-ma pull it, like the horses. Em- ma has her shoes on her feet ; but George and Fred left their shoes in the house. hii'H 22 FIRST READER. LESSON XVI. I am a«fraid this lit-tle boy is not ver-y good. He has been in the woods, and sto-len a bird's nest. See the pa- rent birds fly-ing in the air. Lit- tle boys should nev-er rob birds' nests. This lit-tle girl sees a but-ter-fly. She tries to catch it. She runs ver-y fast. What will she do with the pret-ty but- ter-fly, if she gets it? I hope she will not kill it. /""^^^^ »"' ' FIRST READER. 23 ^ «i. ■ .^^a,^ ^M^^ *ch it. ■y fast. he do ty but- e gets he will LESSON XVII. Oh, what a sweet ba-by ! See his dear lit-tle arms and feet! May I kiss the pic-ture ? Yes, my child, but do not soil the book. Oh, what a lit-tle ba-by to hold such a big stick of wood ! ^ My child^ that is not a stick of wood. It is a cross, and it is the Infant Jesus who gires it to the Ut-tle girl, to make her a good child. I^t{ ■».lf. it.; m A m ■iii'f lln r r " ■ ' 24 FIRST READER. plac-ed be-side walk-ing LESSON XVIII. This boy and girl hare been walk-ing all day. They have plac-ed their sticks be-side the Cross, while they rest. The girl has a straw hat. Why has the boy none ? cross lore boy stick book day while girl bid Lit-tle girl, lit-tle boy, May the Cross be your joy. I love to see a girl read her book. This is a good girl. AH will love b>.\r, for she does ^o biit is bid. Her name is Ann. She seems to like her ! I bof/ very much. AU good girls do. FIRST READER. 25 LESSON X'T. rl hare ^^ iMikiliLrtiM^M. is / 11 day. iiiniii^ his 1 id their i (ii^ i 1 ui^HIHHH has > Cross, 1 ^^fe ^m^n him . The 1 -ap '^!!!AHH does w hat. *j^^Hfl^^9^H ^ with '^none? ^^^^ ^S^^HH^^H ^ what hard aI^^^bE^^ Ih work bo J ( head ^^^^^^Q^^l L boot^ day hand ^H^^^^^^^ ^ think bid snow .j^^H^^^ISflj r^ spade ' glow .^^B^^^^^HW James / ■» warm - gloves > e a girl . This James plays in the snow. He has a 1. All spade in his hand. See him at work. for she What does he do with his i jpade ? He is bid. digs up the snow. He has < a, warm cap Ann. on his head, and big boots on his feet. ike her He has gloves on his hands. He works io. hard, too. I do not think he is cold. ■1 h "AM* l^^l^W^ii^^ 26 FIRST READER. ears eyes fore this some LESSON XX. legs is see two she pass her milk think name mice drink likes look catch I see a cat. She is a gray cat. She is sit-ting on a ta- ble. I see her ears. I see one of her eyes. I see her whis-kers. I see her fore-legs and her fore-paws. She has two fore-legs and two fore-paws. She is look-ing. I think she sees some-bod-y com-ing. This cat is nam-ed Tab-by. She likes to drink milk. She can catch mice, too. Cats are iise-ful an-i-mals. They can see in the dark. They are ver-y pa-tient. They will watch for hours at a hole. 'LESSON XXI. ink leans iet-ter write learns kind-ly sis-ter broth-er { Fan-ny is a ver-y good lit-tle girl. See her teach-ing her sis-ter Ma-ry to write. 28 FIRST READER. She holds her hand^ and leans near her ver-y kind-ly. Ma-ry loves Pan-ny. See the ink-stand on the ta-ble. When Ma-ry learns to write, she will write a let-ter to her broth-er, and tell him all the news. '■ -'4 W -i ■I [lII l*i LESSON XXII. off does child sis-ter try-ing will look learn broth-er pic-ture wish book teach moth-er look-ing Here is a pic-ture of a child that does not wish to learn her let-ters, and so she will not look at them. She will not e-ven look at the book. Her moth-er, and broth-er, and sis-ter teach her, but she does not wish to learn, and she will not look. Don't you see ^hat she is look-ing off? art try-ing to I FIRST READER. 29 LESSON XXIII. Lit-tle Sa-rah sees a bird in the snow. She tries to catch it. It is a lit-tle snow- bird. I fear it is ver-y cold. Do you love lit-tle birds ?' Yes, but I Uke song-birds best. bird fear cold tries snow love both catch down hold come brave lit-tle ver-y Sa-rah LESSON xxiy. Look at me. I am up in the air. See, I let go both hands, and yet I do not fall. Am I not a brave boy ? Now, John, do you try. You 14 mi)! If 'lit' ■3111 iji! i 30 FIRST READER. shall go up, and I will go down; and hold fast while you are up in the air. If you should fall, you would come right down on the log. Is it not great fiin to ride on the see-saw ? bird birth birch chirp first shirt roof roost rood spoon stool sloop scoop swoop swoon two food mood book could boot good hood nook rood LESSON XXY. Here lies Rose in her crib. She has gone to sleep. The light burns by the side of the crib. So, if she wakes up, i! i M 4 inn I FIRST READER. 31 8he can see that she is not in the dark. Then she will not cry. But she should not be left in this way. Call the nurse, and tell her to sit by the crib. LESSON XXVI. t, God bless a-way fa-thar just three pa-per Sa-vi-our begs clock be-fore cru-ci-fix desk room be-side com-men-ces It »_ t H I 32 FIRST BGADEK. LESSON XXVII. hen hay jaow boy faU nest read eggs this girl five hope there school spell name found learns they on-ly sia-ter Cla-ra lad-der Charles ) This is lit-tle Mag-gie. She is a ver-y good lit-tle girl. She has just come in- to the room to write a let-ter to her fa-ther, who is a-way from home. Be- fore she com-men-ces it, she looks at the cru-ci-fix, and begs God to bless her dear fa-ther and moth-er, and make her a good girl. Do you see the sheet of pa-per on the desk, and the pen be-side it ? There is a clock un-der the cru-ci- fix. It is just three o'clock ; and lit-tle Mag-gie rc-mem-bers that this was the hour at which our Sa-vi-our died on the cross. Do you ev-er think of this when the clock strikes three ? FIRST R£AD£R. The boy has found a hen's nest on the hay-mow. His sis-ter is on the lad-der. I hope they will not fall. See the hen fly. The lit-tle boy's name is Charles and his sis-ter's name is Cla-ra. There are five eggs in the nest. This lit-tle boy and girl go to school. Charles learns to read, and Cla-ra can on-ly spell. I hope Charles takes good care of his lit-tle sis-ter. (i hit'! ' m'\ s 34 FIRST READER. LESSON XXVIII. This lit-tle boy's Qame is Thom-as, and the name of the dog is Fi-do. The dog is ver-y good. He seems hap-py to give lit- tle Thom-as a ride. The lit-tle boy's cap is on the ground. He holds a whip in his hand. I hope he will not strike the poor dog. cap old bird four fly-ing boy hat hold seem a-bout dog ^m hand whip hap-py LESSON XXIX. Here is a bird's nest with four eggs in it. The old bird is fly-ing a-bout in the woods. I think she is a spar-row. 'I r': FIRST READER. 35 LESSON XXX. ride whack sta-ble whip should a-fraid be-cause snap-per it Do you see the sta-ble boy? He is giv-ing lit-tle George a ride. How fast the horse goes! That is be-cause the sta-ble boy has giv-en him a whack a^cross the back. Should vou think that George would be a-fraid ? Does he look a-fraid ? He is hold-ing on as fast as he can. I think he looks a lit-tle a-fraid. Do you see the snap-per of the whip ? It is a dou-ble snap-per. ( 5H . [r 36 FIRST READER. LESSON XXXI. his yes hat got boy you this sure here read what them know What has this boy got un-der his hat? Un-der his hat ? Yes, un-der his hat. I'm sure I don't know. Do you ? Yes, I know. It is a but-ter-fly. Abut-ter-fly? Yes, a but-ter-fly. Why do boys and girls catch but-ter- flies? I don't know. I think it is ver-y cru-el. Do you not think so ? Yes, I do. :zz this sure here read what tliem know ier his but-ter- r cru-el. ZJZ FIRST READER. 37 learn them LESSON XXXII. look book let-ters will-ing pic-ture show-ing Here is a pic-ture of Rose and her dog Tray. Rose is show-ing Tray her book. Tray looks at the let-ters, but he can-not learn them. He is will-ing to try, but it is of no use. Did you ev-er see a dog that knew his let-ters ? No, I think it would be ver-y fun-ny. »■ * H i 'M.M 38 FIRST READER. I LESSON XXXIII. roll yard farm catch ap-ples purr crow creep mouse ra-ther Here is a girl look-ing at a mouse ; or do you think it is a rat ? I rath-er think it is a mouse. Kun, mou-sy, run, or else the cat will catch you. Mice can creep, ap-ples can roll, and roost-ers can crow. Oats can purr. I see a roost-er. , V-* -i^* I ■HI p^wa FIR8T RKADCB 39 LESSON XXXIV. aU tall call ■ay way may tear near hear time clime chime thing bring spring John-ny I e] ohn-ny ! your moth-er is cas- ing you. John-ny, don't you hear? See, he does not hear. He is walk- ing and look-ing this way all the time. He does not hear his moth-er. "John," she says, "John, come back; you have for-got-ten some-thing." I won-der what it is that he has for- got-ten. I hope it is not one of his books, or his slate, or copy-book. It is bad for boys or girls to for-get such things^, when they go to M^hool. I 'I ID t '^M .H i ^I ik '■ ♦ I; '^' J* ' f.>' ■•>■■' W 40 FIRST READER. "y fT^ LESSON XXXV. tim« pull ring night tide pill sing tight tell bell sling flight toll ball wing sight till bill thing Hght Toll the bell. Toll the bell. Pull the rope ), and toll it well. Do you see the men toU-ing the bell? No, they are i not toll-ing it, af-ter all. They are ring-ing it. Peo- ple toil a fu-ner-al. bell for a But this is for an a-larm. So they are ring-ing it as loud i IS they cai 1. [t is ] n the nigl: Lt, and it is dark, and we can-i Qot see th e men very well who arc 5 ring- -ing the be U. f , FIRST READER. 41 LESSON XXXVI. form child midst pil-ed gar- den grow heart shines plant sweet-]y Tom-my was play-ing in the gar-den with his ba-by ris-ter. He pil-ed the dirt a-round her feet ; for, said he, I will plant Ella that she may grow like a fiow-er. - Lit-tle ones should grow like flow-ers. like the child in the pic-ture, they should live in the heart of pu-ri-ty. Lil-ies mean pu-ri-ty, and these lil-ies grow in the form of a heart. The child is in the midst of them, you see. The burn-ing heart of our Sa-vi-our al-ways shines sweet-ly on pu-ri-ty. SI' r..r. r.i 42 VIBBT READER. set get cap boy LESSON XXIVII. lost find hands feet knee where tree piece school hair down ground fold-ed sit-ting hid-ing bro-ken This boy is hid- ing a-way un«der some trees. Do you see the trees? The boy Is sit-ting dowo up-on the ground, with his hands fold* ed a-round his knee. See his feet. See his hair. See his jack-et. Where is his cap? I am a- fraid he has lost it. Get up, my boy, and find your cap, and go to school. I fear you will be late for school, and then you may lose your place in class, which would be a ver-y sad thing, you know. Irting id-ing ro-ken m hid- un-der )o you p The r doWO ;round, is fold- See his am a- or capi )ol, and n class, ag, you LESSON XXXYin. 9 i wall dead sup-per she fee* ^^ , ^, bee-gar *. !,«« car eirl 1 poor beg-gar girl \ foorbeg-gar gini p ^^ I ^t-ting un4er a >^*11 ' /^^ g^e « hold-ing out it out to beg. The poor girl IS gad and sor-row -ful. i4 I m ■J,- ;»,:: s if:; »lf~' l^^-'[: , (i Si , 'I PC;- J till 44 FIRST READER. Her bare feet are on the cold ground. She has no shoes. Her name is An-nie. She is very cold and very hungry. She has no fa-ther to buy her shoes, and no moth-er to give her any sup-per. They are both dead^ and now she has no home. Poor lit-tle girl! LESSON XXXIX. all one this ver-y bro-ken fall girl poor a-bout pitch-er shall have what pie-ces bor-row-ed This poor girl has let her pitch-er fall, and it is all bro-ken to pie-ces. She is ver-y un-hap-py a-bout it. She says, "Ah, me! what shall I do? I have bro-ken the pitch-er all to pie-ces. And i< was a bor-row-ed one! What shall I do?" m :' SS8I Vj* ii FIRST READER. 45 LESSON XL Here is a pic-ture of a poor man that has got caught in a show-er. He has an um-brel-la, but it does not seem to do him much good. He is walk- ing along as fast as he can, but I am a-fraid he will get ver-y wet. Per-haps the um-brel-la may keep his hat dry. LESSON XLL Here is a pic-ture of a man walk-ing a-long in the snow. You can see his tracks in the snow be-hind him. He is muf- fled up in a good warm cloak; and his hat is put down so as to cov-er his ears, fcr it is cold. Do you see the i-ci-cles hang-ing from the trees ? He is go-ing to the vil-lage. We can •ee the vil-lage iin-der the hilL d. ^ ;n V' * is; 46 FIRST READER. i; '.' 1 \ log lost LESSON XIII. hope holds o-ver wa-ter hand woods a-fraid ilow-ers Hen-ry and his sis-tor Bet-sy have been out in the woods to find some flow-era. They are walk-ing o-ver the wa-ter on a log. I think they have lost their hat and bon-net. Bet-sy is a-fraid. Hen-ry holds her hand. I hope they will get o-ver safe. FIBST READER. 47 LESSON XLIII. Jane pulls a lil-y. Jane is a good girl. She ai-ways o-beys her farther and moth- er. She has her a- pron full of flow-ers. She wiH give them to her moth^er. ; lost full lind love pull hold look play hand give some name good wood stood girl will walk LESSON XLIV. This is a pret-ty dog. His name ib Tray. I think he is look-ing for lit-tle John. Who loves to play with Tray? John loves to play with Tray; and 80 does lit-tle Will. i ¥ [^'> . f'^y 48 fuit free give glad FIRST HEADER. LESSON XIV. f«et hills milk ears trees meat eyes dales fruits hands grass bread moon house greens clothes My child, give God thanks for the eyes, with which you can see. Thank Him for the ears, with which you can hear. Thank Him for the hands, with. I which you can do so much ; and for the W > <»<^"'l« ■ ..— ....^ II II ■ III ■ ■■ .1 ■■ ■ I ■■—■■ — . .. .■— ■!.■ ■■!■ —1, y " ■ '■■ FIRST BEADEB. 49 feet, with which you can sr^' so fast and free. Give God thanks for your bread, meat, milk, fruits, and greens, clothes, bed, and house. Think ver-y of-ten that God made the sun and moon, the hills and dales, trees and grass, for the use of man. But, a-bove all, be glad you know God, and can re-joice in Him. die bed saye time LESSON XLVL love looks cross hangs say-mg pray-ers It is bed-time. See ! lit-tle Ma-ry is say-ing her pray-ers be-fore she goes to bed. The cru-ci-fix hangs a-bove her bed. When lit-tle Ma-ry looks at it, she thinks of God's love that made Him die-on the Gross, to save all ht-tle chil-dren. *■■ ^miTiiin I 50 FIRST READER. m i^l^ . .* ■ '^■ 'f- fish well child LESSON XLVII. time clear light place think night h«»art knows bright ev-«r rir-er wa-tei My child, there is noth-ing which God does not know. He who made yc^ur heart can see it. Ood sees ^^ all that ev-er you do. There is no place where God could not see you. God knows e-ven what you think. He can see in-to yourheart, as you can see the fish in the wa-ter, when the riv-er is clear. God can see as well by night as in the day- time. That is the rea-son why we can nev-ci oom-mit sin with-out of-fend-ing God. He is pres-ent ev-er-y-where, and when you sin, it is be-fore His ftce. rir-er wa-te) here ife jh God w. He ir heart lod sees you do. ) place 3uld not d knows see in-to 3h in the ir. God the day- r we can •-fend-ing here, and ^£>ce. FIKST KEADER PAHT SECOND. *^\ USS09 I- Bless-ed Moth-er be her moth-er, now and for ev-er. 52 FIRST READER. 't Uf I Ma-ry ! Moth-er ! pure and bright, Guard me kind-ly through the night. Oh ! for ev-er let me be, Dai-ly, more and more Hke thee. So that, when I come to die, I shall see my Moth-er nigh. pot nigh al-tar rest bush ro-sea good guard stat-ue poura bloom or-phan go-mg ask-ing mam-ma kneel-ing LESSON II. Lit-tle Wil-liam has a wa-ter-ing-pot. He pours the wa- ter on his rose-bush, to make the ro-ses bloom. When the bush is full of ro-«es, he will give some of them to his good mam-ma, and some he will put on the i -tar. FIRST READER. "1 63 ^ LESSON III. sty you are ti-iiy cur-tain high blue star lit-tle blaz-ing peep dark shut nev-er twin-kle keep spark shine a-bove di-a-mond Twin-kle, twin-kle, lit-tle star ; How I won-der what you are ! Up a-bove the world so high, Like a di-a-mond in the sky. 4^i n i> ■ ■■ liTT iT I p' lt^ .#'.♦«■ f. . It M FIRST READER. WTien the blaz-ing sun is gone, When he noth-ing shines up-on, Then you show your lit-tle light, Twin-kle, twin-kle, all the night. Then the trav-el-ler in the dark Thanks you for your ti-ny spark ; He could not see which way to go, If you did not twin-kle so. In the dark blue sky you keep, And of-ten through my cur-tains peep. For you nev-er shut your eye. Till the sun is in the sky. As your bright and ti-ny spark Lights the trav-el-ler in the dark, Though I know not what you ara Twin-kle, twin-kle, lit-tle star' bird LESSON IV. nest hole rob a-pron eggs flew high rock un-der right stand three reach play-ing ■< » i ■ < r I i1 ■> an ■« FIRST READER. 55 I These are Mr. Gray's three chil-dren. rhey were play-ing un-der the rocks. Fohn-ny saw a hole in the rock, and a bird flew out of it. James said the bird had a nest in the hole. It was too high to reach. See how John-ay stands on James's back to get the eggs. Jane holds out her a-pron for the eggs. The poor bird is ver-y sad. It is not right for these lit-tle chil-dren to rob the poor bird's nest. ("M, f^-^! •K : *3 IN-:' < ■ 66 FIRST READER. it way wag next LESSON V. side give ly-ing read loud lis-ten gone knee sit-ting her-self prac-tice kneel-ing LEARNING TO READ. The man is read-ing a sto-ry, and all the chil-dren are lis-ten-ing. Do you see the book ? The man is hold-ing it up-on his knee. Lit-tle Lu-cy is kneel-ing on ttihe foot-stool by his side, lis*ten-ing. She can-not read her-self. She has ¥ nev-er learn-ed. James is the next old-est. He is sit- ' - - c I' FIRST READER, 57 ting on a chair. His lit-tle dog, Wag, is ly-ing down by his side. James is lis- ten-ing to the sto-ry, but Wag has gone to sleep. Wag can-not un-de^ stand the sto-ry at all, but James i? }is-ten-!ng ver-y at-ten-tive-ly. Don't ; m see how earn-est and at-ten-tive he h ^k&r James has learn-ed to resul, but he can-not read ver-y "ivell, and so he pre- fers to hpve his fa-ther read his sto-ry- books to a LOU The rea-son why James can-not read ver-y well him-self, is be-cause he has not h».d e-nough of prac-tice. The way to have prac-tice, is to take a book, and read in it a-loud by your-self a lit-tle ev-cr-y day. If you take this book, and read two les-sons a-loud ev-er-y day, one in the fore-noon, and one in the af-ter- noon or e-ven-ing, and read them as dis- tinct-ly and care-ful-ly as you can, that will give you prac-tice, and in a short time you will be a-ble to read ver-y well. 68 FIRST BIADEB. LESSON VI. *3 ■ , .-it'. i VI,. A f ■ ■ £,'*■ j' I 1 eld-est hun-gor pray-ing chil-dr^n foot sack as-sist food home re-fuse floor bread wid-ow stood things dis-tress school church sur-prise THE CHILD'S PRAYER. A poor wid-ow said, one morn-ing, to her five young chil-dren : " My dear chil-dren, I 'nave noth-ing to give you for break-fast this morn-ing ; I have no bread, nor flour, nor po-ta- toes; for I have not been a-ble to get any work late-ly ; so you must pray our good God to help us ; for He is rich and all-pow-er-ful, and tells us to in-voke Him in orur dis-tress, and He will as-sist us." Her eld-est boy, James, scarce-ly six years old, went off, sad and fast-ing, to his school He stop-ped at the church, and go-ing in, fell on his knees at the foot of an al-tar. ■^ FIRST READER. 59 Think-ing he was a-lone in the church, he pray-ed a-loud, say-ing : " my good Pa-ther in heav-en, look up-on us five lit-tle chil-dren, who have no food to eat. Our ]noth-er has no bread nor po-ta-toes to give us, do you give us some-thing that we may not all die of hun-ger. my good God, as-sist us ! you who are pow-er-ful and so rich, can ea-si-ly help us. You prom-is-ed to do so, and I know you will not re-fuse us, good Lord/' Thus pray-ed lit-tle James in the sim- ph-ci-ty of his heart, and then he left the church, and went cheer-ful-ly to school. When he re-turn-ed home, what was his sur-prise to find on the ta-ble sev-er-al loaves of bread, and a sack of po-ta-toes on the floor. H" '*' 'i f 60 FIRfi)T READER. " Oh ! thank God," cried he, trans-port- ed with joj, " he has heard my pray-er. Tell me, mr i-er, was it not an an-gel who brought these good things through the wiii-dow?" '* No, my child," re-pli-ed his moth-er, "God ce'-tain-ly sent them, but not by his an-gels. When you were pray-ing in the church, a good la-dy, whom you did not see, heard your pray-er, and im-me- di-ato-ly sent her ser-vant with these pro-vi-sions. And now, my dear chil- dren, lot us all thank our dear good God, and nev-er for-get that — "God, our Father, will ev-er heed Our fer-vent pray-er in time of need.'* i LESSON VII. when could would where a-way a-muse de-light star-ling pock-et mo-meut neigh-bor hunts-man seiz-ed train-ed steal-ing Maor-ice THE STARLING. Maur-ice^ the old hunts-man, had a star-ling in his room, which had been train-ed to speak a few words. If the hunts-man cried, "Star-ling, where are you?" the star-ling would al-ways an- swer, " Here I am \" Lit-tle Charles, a neigh-bor's boy, took par-tic-u-lar de-light in the bird, and of-ten paid.it a vis-it. One time, when Charles came, the hunts-man was not in his room. Charles im-me-di- ate-ly seiz- ed the bird, stuff-ed it in-to his pock-et, and was steal-ing a-way with it. ^',4 U!i 9' W\' M 62 FIRST READER. But just at that mo-ment the hunts- man came to the door. In-tend-ing to a-muse the boy, he cried out, as u-su-al, "Where are you?" and the bird in the boy's pock-et, cried out, as loud as it could, " Here I am !" LESSON yiii. nice a-lone sis-ter pitch hon-ey ter-ror reach mor-tal kitch-en struck win-dow cleav-ing dai-ry pic-ture spin-ning dark-ness THE EYE OF GOD. James and Anne were once a^-loiie in the house. " Come," said James to Amie, '' let us look for some-thing nice to ea^ ; and lejt us en-joy our-selves." "Ver-y well," re-plied Anne, "if you can take me to a place where no one can see us, I will go with you." "Well, then," said James, "com« with FIRST READER. 63 me in-to the dai-ry, and let us have a dish of the de-li-cious cream/' "No, no/' said Anne; "our neigh-bor, who i8 cleay-ing wood, can see us there/' I : ) "Well, then, come in-to the kitch-en,'* said James. "There is a pot-ful of hon-ey in the kitch-en press, and we will dip our bread in-to it." "Tou for-get," Anne re-plied, "our neigh-bor, who sits spin-ning at her win- dow, can see in there." " Well, let us eat some ap-ples down in the cel-lar," said James; "it is so pitch dark there, that no one can po»-8i^ bly see la." i X ■A f'fi,. M"' 64 FIRST READIB. Anne re-plied : "Oh ! my dear James! do you then real-ly think that no one sees us there ? Do you know noth-ing of the Eye a-bove, which pier-ces through the wallS; and looks in-to dark-ness it- self?" James was struck with ter-ror. " You are right, dear sis-ter," said he. "God sees us, e-ven where no mor-tal eye can reach. We will not, then, do e-vil any-where." Anne was de-light-ed that James took her word to heart, and gave him a pret- ty pic-ture. The Eye of God was rep-re- sent-ed sur-round-ed with rays ; and be- low was writ-ten : " Whith-er, thon fool 1 ah 1 whith-er canst thou fly, ^•-cnr« from. God'e all-pen-e-trat-ing ejaf" It LESSON IX. aid path stole pain guide friend steps ^ cheek taught vir-tue stray-ed watch-ed i'^i FIRST READER. 65 MY ANGEL. Since first my eyes be-held th^ Ught, Who was it wateh-ed both day and night To guide my tot-ter-ing steps a-right ? My an-gel ! my an-gel ! My guar-dian an-gel dear ! Who was it taught me how to pray, My par-ents al-ways to o-bey, And led me in-to vir-tue's way ? My an-gel ! my an-gel ! My guar-dian an-gel dear ! 66 FIRST READER. Oft when in dan-ger's path I stray-ed, Or by deep pre-ci-pi-ces play-ed, Who sav-ed me by his time-ly aid ? My an-gel ! my an-gel ! My guar-dian an-gel dear ! When press-ed with pain, and the big tear Stole down my cheek, what friend was near To say, " The will of God re-vere ?" My an-gel ! my an-gel ' My guar dian an-gel dear ! sick time close band leave beads please LESSON X. pain fear fresh long kind weep heart death smiles twelve voice wings weeks ground pe-tals pil-low gen-tle clos-ing pain-M cheer-ful bright-ness FIBST READER. 67 .^=^i THE DEATH OF LITTLE ALICE. We are ver-y sad when our friends die; and it is pain-ful to see those we love laid in the cold ground. But it is Ver-y sweet to think a-bout the death of those who die as Al-ice did. She could not re-mem-ber the time she had not pray-ed to Our Bless-ed Moth-er, and she was so de-vo-ted to her, that when tak-en ver-y sick, she had no fear of death. Uv, ■A. ' i^?5i «;> '^• wt>, 68 FIRST BEADEB. ^3* She was ill for twelve long weeks, but was ver-y pa-tient and lov-ing all the while, though she suf-fer-ed much pain. She had a dear ht-tle al-tar at her bed- side, with a cru-ci-fix, giv-en her by her kind con-fes-sor, Fa-ther Kee-nan, and a pret-ty white sta-tue of the Bless-ed Vir- gin up-on it. Her play-mates brought fresh flow-ers for it ev-er-y day; and they al-ways went from the room with tear-ful eyes. Al-ice said gen-tle and cheer-ful words, but it al-ways seem-ed that there were an-gels all a-round her, and the chil-dren would weep, though they could not tell why. One e-ven-ing, at sun-set, dear lit-tle Al-ice had just fin-ish-ed say-ing her beads, when she ask-ed her moth-er to change her pil-low, and smooth her hair a lit-tle. This done, the moth-er was a-bout to leave the room, when Al-ice call-ed her FIRST READER. e^ back and said, ^ Do you see them, mot^^ er ? Oh, they have come for me at la^flb, and I must go !" The poor la-dy's voice trem-bled, and her eyes fiU-ed, but she said, " I see noth- ing, dear-est. Close your eyes, love, and go to sleep, for you are wea-ry." " No, no, dear moth-er ! Please send for Fa-ther Kee-nan. And don't you see them all a-bout the room? Oh! they are so beau-ti-ful, I could nev-e»', nev-er be part-ed from them f and she clasp-ed her lit-tle hands o-ver the cru-ci-fix up- on her bo-som. A smile like the bright-ness of morn- ing sun-light o-ver a white rose-bud was up-on her face all the while. Dear lit-tle Al-ice ! she saw her guar- dian an-gel at the head of her bed, and a lit-tle band with wings white as snow hov-er-ing o-ver her; and they held in their hands the crown she was to wear in heay-en. But, best of all, she saw Our 70 FIRST BEADER. m ff U'¥ Ho-ly Moth-er, with the Di-vine Child in her arms, wait-ing to take her home. The priest came, and lit-tle Al-ice re- ceiv-ed Our Bless-ed Lord in-to her heart, and was a-noint-ed ; then she fell a-sleep in death, like a lil-y elos-ing its pe-tals at night-fall. LESSON XL wait slide pret-ty deep pond hard-ly thick skate anx-ious crack freeze mo-ment en-joy win-ter e-nough pleas-ure DANGER OF SKATING. There were some boys once, who liv-ed near a pond; and when win-ter came, they were ver-y anx-ious to have it frozen o-ver, so that they could slide and skate up-on the ice. At last, there came a ver-y cold night, and in the morn-ing the boys went to the pond, to see if the ice would bear them. m^ma^^Jm^^^^ t' FIRST READEB. 71 Their fa-ther came by at that mo- ment^ and see-ing that it was hard-ly thick e-nough, told the boys that it was not safe yet, and ad-vis-ed them to wait an-oth-er day be-fore they ven-tur-ed up-on it. But the boys were in a. great hur-ry to en-joy the pleas-ure of slid-ing and skat- ing. So they walk- ed out up-on the ice ; but pret-ty soon it went crack — crack — crack ! and down they were all plung- ed in-to the wa-ter ! It was not ver-y deep, so they got out, though they were ver-y wet, and came near drown-ing; and all be-cause they could not wait. Thus you see that noth-mg good will come to those who diB-o-bey their par-ents. Keep this in mind, and you will do well. -' I k'i ■ ■ J * 72 FIRST READER. dge three spread LESSON XII. kept a-f 'aid dove tij-iag grown bas-ket thrown pick-ing a-light far-ther per-haps chick-ens l^HE DOVES AND THE CHICKENS. Do you see the three lit-tle chick-ens? Be-sides the three chick-ens, there are hens, and al-so some doves. The dove* house is up a-bove. Do you see the af=T? FIRST READER. 73 o-pen-ing where the doves go in ? That is their door. The doves can get in ver-y ea-si-ly. They can fly up from the ground, and a-light up-on the lit-tle roof that pass-es a-cross bo-low their door. Do you see the ht-tle roof that pass-es a-cross be-low their door? There are some doves up-on it now. There are three grown doves and one lit-tle one. The lit-tle one is ver-y near the door. He has just come out. He is sit-ting down on the edge of the roof. He is a-fraid to come any far-ther, so he is iit^ ting down and look-ing a-bout. There are two or three doves up-on the ground, and there is one in the air fly-ing down. He is fly-ing down to get some com. Bob-by is scat-ter-ing some corn down up-on the ground for the hens, and chick-ens, and doves. He has just thrown some down. Don't you see hia hands spread out ? I [■ ; ft: 74 FIRST READER. The corn is kept in a bas-ket. Look all a-bout, and per-haps you can see the \ bas-ket. One of the hens is trj-ing to | peck in-to the bas-ket, and get some of the corn there, in-stead of go-iag with the rest, and pick-ing it up off the groimd fts Bob-by throws it down. dusk lamp town fields thing LESBON XIII. beau-ty dur-iAg heav-en be-hold de-light wom-an shin-ing ab-sence mead-ow chil-dren yes-ter-day re-tum-ed sud-den-ly ap-pear-ed fol-lbw-ing THE SUN. One e-ven-ing, at dusk, an in-dus-tri- ous poor wom-an was com-ing home^ af-ter her day's work in the fields, with her chil-dren, when, be-hold, a light-ed lamp Bud-den-ly ap-pear-ed up -on the ta-ble. FIRST READER. 75 '* Ho w can this be ?" cried George, in a-may.e ment; "there cer-tain-ly was no one ill the house. Who can have light- ed the lamp ?" 'Oh," said Mar-ga-ret, "who should it be but fa-ther ? He must have re- turn-ed from town dur-ing our ab- sence;" ^ The chil-dren ran to look for him, and, to their great joy, found him in the next room. Oil the fol-low-ing day the par-ents and chil-dren were mak-ing hay in their 76 FIRST READER. large mead-ow. The sun was shin-ing with more than u-su-al bril-lian-cy and beau-ty, and the chilrdren were in the great-est de-light. "Now, chil-dren/' said the fa-ther, " you read-i-ly guess-ed yes-ter-day that it was I who light-ed the lamp in the room; but now that you look at that beau-ti-ful and ma-jes-tic light, the glo- ri-ous sun, up yon-der in the heavens, should it not oc-cur to you who it was that light-ed it?" "Oh yes!" said Mar-ga-ret; "it was our dear God. The small-est oil-lamp can-not light of it-self; and there-fore there must be One who has light-ed the sun." " So there is," cried George, joy-fiil-ly, "God has made all things. The sun, the moon, the stars, the grass, the flow-ers and trees, and all things that we be-hold ev-er-y -where a-round us, are the work of His hands." FIRST READER. 77 lESSON XIV. GOOD-BY TO THE STABLE OF BETHLEHEM. Dear Crib of Beth-le-hem, good-by ! I'm go-ing now, but still My In-fant Sa-viour will be nigh, That I may do His will. I take the Cross He gives to me ; My an-gel dear is nigh, From wick-ed thoughts to keep me free ; To be a saint V\\ try. » -~— — •'''- •" — ' 6 78 FIRST READER. •Mm LESSON XV. W: rode desk orow doubt bright taught dust path once claim world course of-fer no-ble hab-its in-duce dis-poso smil-ing pi-ous pre-fer de-pend be-came mer-chant sweep-inga THE HONEST BOY. V " That is right, my boy!" said the mer- chant, smil-ing up-on the bright face of his lit-tle boy. He had just brought him a dol-lar that lay a-mong the dust and il FIRST READER. 79 u sweep-ings. "Al-ways be hon-est. It is the best pol-i-cy/' '^ So my moth-er taught me," re-plied the boy. " She said I should al-ways do right J and then God would love me/' The mer-chant turn-ed to-wards the desky and the thought-ful-fa-ced lit- tie boy re-sum-ed his du-ties. In the course of the morn-ing a rich tnan call-ed in-to the store. While con- rers-ing, he said : " I have no chil-dren of my own, and I fear to a-dopt one. My ex-pe-ri-ence is, that a boy of twelve, which is the age I should pre-fer, is al-ways con-firm-ed in his hab-its, and if they are bad — " " Stop \" said the mer-chant, " you see that lad there, with that no-ble brow? He is re-mark-a-ble for hon-es»ty !" "Tes, yes— -that is what ev-er-y-bod-y tells me who has boys to dis-pose of No doubt he will do well e-nough be- fore your face. Fve tried a good 80 FIRST HEADER. f y ^;r man-y, and have been de-ceiv-ed more than once." " Sir, you may de-pend up-on his hon- es-ty. He is an or-phan, and poor ; but noth-ing can in-duce him to de-vi-ate from the path of rec-ti-tude." " Have you any claim up-on him ?" "Not the least in the world, ex-cept what com-mon be-nev-o-lence of-fers. In-deed the boy is too good for me !" " Then I will a-dopt him." The lit-tle fel-low rode home in a car- riage, and was ush-er-ed in-to a lux-u- ri-ous home ; and he who once sat shiv- er-ing in the cold, list-en-ing to the words of a pi-ous moth-er, be-came a great and dis-tin-guish-ed man. path leave tread breast LESSON XVI. beam of-fer dwell sin-ful shrine en-fold yearns sleep-ing a-new gen-tle treas-ure spark-ling 11 n FIRST READER. 81 more i hon- •; but vi-ate 1 * Mi^^lIi r 1 1 k-cept f-fers. a car- 1 1 i^^ih tm ux-u- 1 » shiv- 1 LITTLE MARY'S EVENTNG PRAYER. wrords t and ' Ma-ry ! my sweet Moih-er, now, Ere on my lit-tle bed [ lay me down, I beg that thou Wouldst thy dear in-flu-ence shed r le ure -ling ■ The stars are look-ing down on me With gen-tle, lov-ing eyes, A.nd from each spark-hng beam I see Praise to my God a-rise. > 1 m w" ' fl '■i*. . li' .^rf^. g"K^.^">' 1* 82 FIRST READER. And thou, sweet Moth-er ! dost be-hold Each heart that yearns for thee ; Oh, wilt thou to thy breast en-fold A sin-ful child like me ? Oh, make me pure, thou Moth-er sweeV All gen-tle, kind, and true ! Take, take the love that at thy feet I of-fer here a-new. Sweet Moth-er ! make my heart like thin ^ That oth-ers may be led To lay their treas-ures at thy shrine, And take the path I tread. I leave my bird-ies to thy care, And all my pret-ty flow-ers. For they are thine, Moth-er fair I In sun-shine and in show-ers. And ev-er-y thing I love is thine ; I will not sigh or weep, \ But sweet-ly near thy bless-ed shrine Will lay me down to sleep. u_ ^B ** B-hold 1 • 1 1 sweeV 1 et ethiDi^ Qe, I le ■•p"^^*^^^*^^^"**" FIRST BSADEB. 83 Then make me, Ma-ry, like thy Son, Who shed His blood for me. That I. when life's short day is done, May dwell with Ilim and thee. sour edge kung LESSON XVII. vine taste glad fond bunch reach teeth grapes spring sil-ly a-long jump-ed THE FOX AND THE GRAPES. A fox cast his eyes up-on a fine bunch of grapes, which hung on the top of a Tine, and made him long for them. 84 FIRST READER. [1 "How nice they look! I must have a taste of them/^ He made a spring at them, but did not reach them; yet he would not leave them, and tried for them a long time. He leap-ed and jump-ed, till, tired out, he was glad at last to rest. When he found all his pains were vain, he cried : *' Who cares ! I am sure they are as sour as crab-ap-ples, not fit to eat, and would set my teeth on edge for a week ; so I will leave them for the uext fool that comes a-long, and is so sil-ly as to be fond of sour grapes/' So it is with man-y per-sons; what they can-not ob-tain, they af-fect to de- spise. Like the fox and the grapes, it is sour grapes with them. bark truth know LESSON XVIII. no-bly cher-ry for-give cul-prit gar-den mis- chief pres-ent leav-ing strip-ping -I* FIRST READER. 85 GEORGE WASHINGTON. When George Wash-ing-ton was a-bout six years of age, some one made him a pres-ent of an axe. Lit-tle George went a-bout chop-ping ev-er-y thing that came in his way; and, go-ing in-to the gar- den, he tried its edge on an Eng-lish cher-ry-tree, strip-ping it of its bark, and leav-ing Hi -tie hope of its hv-ing. The next morn-ing, when his fa-ther saw the tree, which was a great fa-vor- ite, in this state, he ask-ed who had done the mis-chief; but no oLe could tell him. 86 FIRST READER. At length George came, with the axe in his hand, where his fa-ther was, who in'<3tant-ly sus-pect-ed him to be the cui-prit. " George/' said he, " do you know who kill-ed that beau-ti-ful lit-tle cher-ry- tree ?' The child paus-ed for a mo-ment^ and then no-bly re-plied — ^'I can-not tell a lie: it was I cut it with my axe." '^ Run t"5 my arms, my boy !" ex-claim- ed his fa-ther ; '' run to my arms ! I for-give you for de-stroy-ing my tree, since you have had the hon-es-ty and man-li-ness thus to tell the truth a-bout it." LESSON XIX. lead pure scene de-cay in-fant faint shine home sis-ters en-ters types share smiles sor-row hap-py grace peace dwells shad-ow earth-ly FIRST READER. HI HOME. Oh ! how I love you, fa-ther dear ! I love my moth-er too : IVe none in all this hap-py world One-half so dear as you. Sis-ters and broth-ers, each in turn, Share all my joys and fears : Oh ! what a bright glad home is mine ! This hom€ of smiles and tears. But then, you tell me I have got A dear-er Home a-bove ; A scene where sor-row en-ters not, A home of peace and love. ii 88 FIRST READER. For world-ly joys, though bright they shine, Come quick, and then de-cay ; And par-ents' love, and earth-ly smiles Of liome sooD pass a- way. Wh^t though I have a fa-ther here; jl iiat fa-ther has been giv-en To lend my in-fant heart to love " Our Fa-ther" dear " in heav-en." And moth-er'3 love, so fond, so pure, Oh ! what is that to me, As of-ten as I think up-on The love that dwells in Thee. Ma-ry ! dear Moth-er of my Lord, " So blest," so " full of grace !" Dear Moth-er of Christ^ ^ lit tie ones. Oh ! how I love thy face ! Thus, all I see on this glad earth Faint types and shad-ows are. Of joys that fade not in the sky — That home so bright and fair ! m •^-S FIRST READER. 89 LESSON XX. vain-ly use-less dis-coy-er bird treat catch proof pry-mg re-place scarce-ljr hurt-ful pur-su-ing ] ca-na-ry de-serv-ed cu-ri-ous per-fect-ly braath chirp-ing mer-ri-ly beau-ti-ful THE CANARY BIRD. Su-san beg-ged her moth-er to buy her a ca-na-ry bird. "Yes," said her moth-er, "you shall have one when you be-come per-fect-ly 90 FIRST READER. t'^ 0-be-di-ent and in-dus-tri-ous ; but es- pe-cial-ly when you give up your hab-it of pry-ing in-to use-less and e-ven hurt- ful things ^' Su-san prora-is-ed that she would give it up. One day she came home from school. "Here," said her moth-er, "is a new lit-tle box on the ta-ble. Now, mind you do not o-pen it ; do not e-ven touch it. If you o-bey me, I shall soon have a great treat in store for you." Her moth-er then went out to vis-it her lit-tle sick god-son Wil-liam ; but scarce- ly was she out of the door, be-fore the cu-ri-ous girl had the box in her hand. " How Ught it is !" she said ; " and there are some lit-tle holes in the lid ! What can there be in it ?" She o-pen-ed the lit-tle box, and, be- hold! a love-ly lit-tle ca-na-ry im-me- di-ate-ly hop-ped out, and flew, chirp-ing mer-ri-ly, a~bout the room, Su-san en- i.r: ,*,»)■, .1 onrii. FIRST READER. 91 deav-or-ed to catch the ca-na-ry, and re-place it in the box, in or-der that her moth-er might not dia-cov-er what she had done. But as she was vain-ly pur-su-iug the iive-ly lit-tle bird a-bout the room, quite out of breath, and with her cheeks all in a glow, in walk-ed her moth-er ! "You dis-o-be-di-ent, cu-ri-ous girl!'' said she; *'I meant to give you this beau-ti-ful bird, but I de-sir-ed first to put you to the proof wheth-er you de- serv-ed it. But now I shall give it to good lit-tle Wil-ham, who is more o-be- di-ent than you, and not so cu-ri-ous/^ LESSON XXL it bees li-lacs gar-den sev-er-al hives a-lone moth-er ten-der-ly stung hon-ey scarce-ly oc-ca-sion bloom in-stant spright-ly col-lect-ed struck swell-ed scream-ed <||s-re-gard 92 t MM M^ to^ ^ ft^ ■ FIRST REAl RR. w LITTLE EMMA .\NB THE BEES. Em -ma was a ver-v spright-ly lit- tie girl, a-bout four years of age. She lov-ed her moth-er ten-der-ly, but, like ma-ny oth-er lit-tle girls, she was ver-y apt to dis-re-gard what was said to her. Of-ten in May, when the flow-ers were in full bloom, her moth-er would take her out in-to the gar-den to walk, and show her the beau-ti-ful ro-ses and li-lacs. She took her, on one oc-ca-sion, to the bee-hive, and ex-plain-ed to her how ) 1 "4 w FIR8T READ£R 93 the bees col-lect-ed the hon-ey, and laid it up in their hives; but at the same time k 1 her nev-er to go near the bee-hive, fc fear the beea might sting her, and hurt her vei-y much. It hap-pen-ed, a few days af-ter-wards, that lit-tle Em-ma was in the gar- den a-lone, and, for-get-ting what her moth- er had told her, she went up to the bee- hive, and struck it with her hand In an in-stant, the bees rush-ed out, and flew at her, and stung her in the face, eyes, and hands. She scream-ed, and fell to the ground. Her moth-er heard her, and ran and pick-ed her up, and car-ri-ed her to the house. Poor Bm-ma's hands and face were all red and swell-ed up. She could scarce-ly see for sev-er-al days, and suf- fer-ed ver-y much. Thus was she pun-ish-ed for go-ing near the bee-hive, af-ter her moth-er told her not to do so. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) ^ 1.0 1.1 11.25 "^m m Itt m |22 u S - 1^ M 1.4 ■ 1.6 -► Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WKT MAIN STRHT WIBSTIR,N.Y. I4SM) (716)«72-4S09 i !i Li It LESSON XXII. built hab-it or^der kneel be-gin be-fore shade joy-ful bless-ed spend fer-vor be-cause taught ac-tion prac-tice im-i-tate e-rect-ed ofrfer-ing beau-^ti-ful ar-rapg-^d MARIA AND HER PLAY-HOUSE. Ma-ri-a was a good lit-tle girl, and was al-ways kind and o-be-di-ent to her par- ents. She liv-ed in the coun-try, and had but few com-pan-ions to play with. But she was of a con-tent-ed mind, and seem-ed to be as hap-py 6.nd joy-fld when a-lone as when she had com-pa-ny. Not far from her moth-er's house there was a large tree, un-der the shade of which she was ac^cus-tom-ed to play when-ev-er she was al-low-ed to do so. A-round this .%iee she built a ^y** house, and ar-^rang-ed it in the mott beau-fi-ful order. Near it she e-reeMA ii >^v i< >c'-*- ■■^} FIRST READBR. 95 a woodmen cross, which she made with her own hands. Now, her moth-er had taught her that it was a heaii^ti-ful pi^ac-tice to be-gin and end er-er-y thing with pray-er/ So lit-tle Ma-ri-a, when- ev-er.she went out to her play-house, be-fore she be-gan to play, would kneel down be-fore the lit-tle wood-en cross, and say a short pray-er, of-fei*-ing to (Jod, with all the fer-vor of her in-no- cent heart, the time she was a-bout to spend in play. Ood heurd her pray-er, and bleas-ed her. And she was not on-ly hap-py in child-hood, but hap-py through-out h^r life^ Be^oause, from this prac-tice of of'fer-ing to heav-en her mo-ments of rio^re^a-tion, she ac-quir-ed the hab4t ■t. hi-'' '■-; I. •'■' jt ''■ I 'I i Si s of of-fer-ing to God ev-er-y ac-tion she per-form-ed ; and, as she well knew that bad ac-tions were dis-pleas-ing to Gk)d, she took care nev-er to do any ac-tion that was not ac-cept-a-ble to Him. Let chil-dren im-i-tate the good lit-tle Ma-ri-a, and, like her, of-fer ev-er-y ac- tion to God, and ask his Bless-ing up-on it. LESSON XXIII. calf le-gal per-son prop-er-ly rank po-lite wor-thy smart per-mit re-mark worth for-tune noth-ing en-ter-tain at-ten-tion cour-te-ons shrewd hold-ing con- -ess pro-fes-sion POLITENESS. It is said tha^ George Mc-Duf-fie, of South Car-o-li-na, was ver-y po-lite e-ven when a lit-tle boy. One e-ven-ing he was hold-ing a lit-tle calf by the ears, while his moth-er milk- ed the cow, and a gen-tle-man pass-ing FIBST READER. 97 by said, " Good e-ven-ing, my L t-tle son." George re-turn-ed, "Good e-ven-ing, sir," with such a po-lite bow, that the gen-tle-man no-tic-ed him, and said, " Why did-n't you pull off your hat, my lit-tle man ?" G^eorge an-swer-ed, " If you will come and hold my calf for me, I will pull off my hat to you/' George's po-lite-ness and shrewd re- mark were the mak-ing of him. That gen-tle-man said to tiis moth-e*^, " Tour son is a smart boy, and if prop* W'f i 98 FIRST READER. er-ly train-ed, will make a great man some day. If you will per-mit me, I will give George a good ed-u-ca-tion, and give him a start in the world." The moth-er thank-ed the gen-tle-man for his kind-ness, and let him take charge of her son. George a-rose from the ears of his calf to the high-est rank in the le-gal pro- fes-sion; he was then sent to the State Leg-is-la-ture — ^then to Con-gress— then made Gov-er-nor of South Car-o-li-na. Let chil-dren, then, be po-lite. A po lite bow and a "Good e-ven-ing, sir," cost noth-ing, but are some-times worth a good deal. One cour-te-ous bow was worth a for-tune to lit-tle George Mc- Duf-fie. Ev-er-y-bod-y likes po-lite chil-dren. Wor-thy per-sons will pay at-ten-tion to such, speak well of their good man-ners, and en-ter-tain a good o-pin-ion of their par-ents. FIRST READERt 99 LESSON XXIV. sting bet-ter use-ful el-e-gant boast cous-in peo-ple del-i-cate shape yel-low buzz-ing in-no-cent shines be-hold mia-chief per-fect-ly ring 1 THE WASP AND THE BEE. A wasp met a bee that was just buzz by, And he said, "Lit-tle cous-in, can you . tell me why Ton are lov-ed so much bet-ter by peo- ple than I ? ^»-^^-^— Lf4 ) 100 FIBST READER. " My back shines as bright and as yel-low as gold. And my shape is most el-e-gant, too, to be-hold ; Tet no-bod-y likes me for that, I am told." "Ah! friend/' said the bee. "it is all ver-y true, But if I were Then peo-ple would than you. to do. half as much mis-chief me no bet-ter love "You can boast a fine shape, and a del- i-cate wing ; You are per-fect-ly hand-some, but yet there's one thing That can't be put up with, — ^and that is your sting. " My coat is quite home-ly and plain, as you see. Yet no-bod-y ev-er is an-gry with me,— Be-cause I'm a use-ful and in-no-cent bee, >y FIRST READER. 101 From this lit-tle sto-ry let peo-ple be- ware, Be-cause, like the wasp, if ill-na-tur-od they are, They will nev-er be lov-ed, though they Ve ev-er so fair. LESSON XX1f • di-vide tal-ent di-vi-sion yel-low jest-fng to-geth-er gar-den du-ti-ful de-light-ed frac-tion in-sist-ed re-gret-ted contrive al-low-ed reck-on-ing Char-lotte beau-ti-ful grat-i-fied THE PLUMS. Mrs. May once took her four chil-dren to pay a vis-it to their grand-fa-ther, in his beau-ti-ful gar-den. Their grand-fa-the^ brought them, on a vine-leaf, four plums, as yel-low as gold and as large as eggs. He re-gret- r 102 FIRST READER. hf fm ted that, as yet, there were not any more of them ripe. " But you must on-ly con-trive," said he, in a jest-ing tone, "how you can di- vide your four plums be-tween five per sons, with-out bring-ing a frac-tion in-U^ the reck-on-ing," ■J- v "Oh, I will do that,'' said Char-lotte, the eld-est sis-ter; "I on-ly ask that I may be al-low-ed to reck-on odd and e-ven num-bers to-geth-er." She took the four plums: "We two sis-ters and one plum," said she, "to- J FIRST READER. 103 geth-er make three. A-gain, my two broth -ers and one phun make three. These two plums and mie moth-er also make three. And so the whole is set- tled with-out any frac-tion." Ghar-lotte's broth-ers and sis-ters were quite de-light-ed with this di-vi-sion. Her moth-er^ nev-er-the-less, who was high-ly grat i-fled, in-sist-ed that each of the chil-dren should re-ceive a plum ; and their grand-fa-ther brought Char- lotte a beau-ti-ful nose-gay be-sides. ''For/' said he, " Char-lotte's clev-er reck-on*ing does much hon-or to her tal-ent, but still more hon-or to her du-ti-ful heart." LESSON XXVI. an-gry be-gan fool-ish wick-ed re-venge mim-ic beat-ing con-duct mead-ow corn-plain your-self* treat-ment re-peat-ed mis-tak-en po-lite-ness : } 104 »IRST READER. THE ECHO. Lit-tle George had no i-de-a of an ech-o, when, one day, run-ning through the mead-ow, he be-gan to cry, "Ho! ho!'' and from the woods close by he heard the same words. George then call-ed out, "Who are you?" and the voice re-peat-ed "Who are ypu ?" " You must be a fool-ish fel- low !" shout' ed George. " You must be a fool-ish fel-low!" said the voice from the woods. « Now, George got ver-y an-gry, and call-ed all sorts of names, and the eeh-o J FIRST READER. 105 re-peat-ed ev-er-y one oi them. He then rush-ed in-to the woods to re-venge him-self hj beat-ing the mim-ic ; but he found no one. He then ran back to his moth-er to corn-plain of the wick-ed boy who had been a-bus-ing him in the woods. "You are mis-ta-ken this time, my son/' said his moth-er, "and you are on-ly tell-ing of your-self. It was your own words you heard re-peat-ed, and it was on-ly your own voice that you heard in the woods. If you had spo- ken kind words, you would have heard the same.'' Learn a les-son from this. In the world, the con-duct of oth-ers is reg-u- lat-ed by our con-duct to them. If we treat oth-ers with po-lite-ness and kind- ness, they will treat us well in re-turn; but if we are cross and rough, we must ex-pect rough treat-ment. Do un^to oth-ers as you wish them to do un-to you. 106 riBST HEADER. LESSON XXVII. i eI THE LITTLE SHEPHERD'S PRATBR. Ma-ry I my moth-er, most love-ly, most mild, Look down up-on me, your poor, weak, low-ly child ; From the land of my ex-ile I call up^on thee, Then, Ma-ry ! my moth-er I look kiad-ly on me. FlftST READER. 107 If thou shouldst for-sake me, ah ! where shall I go? My com-fort and hope in this val-lej of woe! When the world and its dan-gers with ter-ror I jiew, Sweet hope comes to ch^er me in point- ing to you. In Bor-row, in dark-ness, be still at my side, My light and my ref-uge, my guard and my guide; Though snares should sur-round me, yet why should I fear? I know I am weak, but my moth-er is near. Then, Ma-ry ! in pit-y look down up-on me, 'Tis the voice of thy child that is call-ing on thee. I u 108 FIRST READER. joy-ful lull-ing in-vests pas-ture LESSON XXYIII. ce-les-tial scat-ter-ed sep-a-rates coun-te-nance coax-ing-ly sim-pli-ci-ty in-no-cence ter-res-tri-al ^wm^f^ THE LAMBS. It was a calm, clear/ sum-mer e-ven- ing ; a moth-er was sit-ting in her bed- room by the side of her sweet babe's cra-dle, lull-ing him to sleep with a song. FIRST READER. 109 Then the lit^tle Ad-e-laide came in from the gar-den with beam-ing eyes. "Oh, dear moth-er!" ex-claim-ed she, " come, there is some-thing ver-y beau- ti-fol to see/' " WeD, what is it?'' ask-ed her moth-er. "Oh, some-thing ver-y beau-ti-ful in- deed," re-plied the lit-tle girl; "but you must come your-self and see." " I should hke ver-y much to do so," an-swer-ed her moth-er kind-ly, "but I can-not leave your lit-tle broth-er." Then the lit-tle maid-en cried coax- ing-ly, say-ing, " Dear moth-er, take my lit-tle broth-er with you, that he may see it too, and re-joice at it." And the moth-er thought of the sim- pli-ci-ty of child-hood, which loves not to en-joy any thing a-lone^ but would share all with oth-ers. "Oh," said she to her-self, "thy soul is yet nigh to the king-dom of heav-en ; how could I re-fuse any lon-ger ?" m 110 FIRST READIR. She rose and look-ed in-to the ora-dle ; the lit-tle boy slept calm-ly and sound-ly^ Then she took the hand of het joy-ftil daugh-ter, and said, "I won-d^r what beau-ti-ful things you are go-ing to show me. When they were in the gar-den, the Ht-tle girl point-ed to the sky, and ex- claim-ed, "Now look, dear moth-et, there are lit-tle lambs of heav-eti— a whole flock ; are they not dear atid love-lyr They were del-i-cate flee-cy clouds, scat-ter-ed on the blue sky like lambs on a green pas-ture ; and they glan-ced white and clear in the rays of the bright full moon. The moth-er of the child lift-ed up her coun-te-nance and gaz-ed on the clouds with chast-en-ed de-light, for she re- mem-ber-ed how child-ish in-no-cence in-vests ter-res-tri-al things with ce-les- tial beau-ty, and knows not of the gulf FIRST READER. Ill which sep-a-rates heav-en and earth. Thus Ad-e-laide saw the lambs of earth in the clouds of heav-en. "Oh, bless-ed art thou!" thought the moth-er, and she press-ed the lit-tle girl to her bos-om. LESSON XXIX. flock yil-lage dis-trust sev-er-al trace earn-est num-bers pit-e-ous sleeve com-ing peas-ants heart-i-ly shame tend-ing stran-gled prop-er-ty THE WOLF. Jack was em-ploy-ed in tend-ing sheep, not far from a large wood. One day, in or-der to make sport for him-self, he cried out, with all his might, " The wolf is com-ing ! the wolf is com-ing !" The peas-ants im-me-di-ate-ly came run-ning in troops out of the next vil- lage, with az-es and clubs, to kill the wolf. But as they saw no tra-ces of a 112 FIRST BEADKR. 1 r ■ wolf; they went home a-gain, and Jack laugh-ed most heart-i-ly at them in his sleeve. Next day Jack cried a-gain, "The wolf! the wolf!" The peas-ants a-gain came out, al- though by no means in such num-bers as yes-ter-day; but as they saw no ap- pear-ance of a wolf, they shook their heads, and went home dis-ap-point-ed and full of vex-a-tion. FIRST READER. 113 On the third day the wolf came in eara-est. Jack cried in a most pit-e- 0U8 voice, " Help ! help ! The wolf! the wolf!" But this time not a sin-gle peas-ant came to help him 1 The wolf broke in a-mong the flock, stran-gled sev-er-al sheep, and a-mong them a beau-ti-ful lit-tle lamb, which was Jack's own prop-er-ty, and which he had es-pe-cial-ly lov-ed. Per-sons who are ad-dict-ed to the shame-ful hab-it of ly-ing are not be- liev-ed e-ven when they tell the truth. Qhame and dis-trust shall ev-er be Oon-vict-ed false-hood's pen-al-ty. LESSON XXX. fond nurse bleak spouse a-dore wea-Ty drea-ry light-er cho-sen bur-den pil-grim plead-er keep-ing treas-ure guar-di-an for-got-ten 114 FIRST READER. I SAINT JOSEPH. Hail ! Spouse of our La-'Uy ! dear Nurse of her Child! Life's ways are full wea-ry, the des-ert is wild; Bleak sands are all round us^ no home can we see ; Sweet Spouse of otur La-dy! we lean up-on thee. ' r:-! •■ v^-< FIRST READER. 115 For thou to the pil-grim art fa-ther and guide, And Je-sus and Ma-ry felt safe at thy side ; Ah ! ho-ly Saint Jo-seph ! how blest should I be, Sweet Spouse of our La-dy I if thou wert with me! Oh, bless-ed Saint Jo-seph! how great was thy worth. The one cho-sen shad-ow of God up-on earth ! Of Christ the fond guar-di-an — ah ! then wilt thou be. Sweet Spouse of our La-dy! a fa-ther to me ? Thou hast not for-got-ten the long drea-ry road, When Ma-ry took turns with thee, bear- ing thy God ! 116 FIRST READER. Yet light was that bur-den^ none light-er could be : Sweet Spouse of our La-dy ! oh I canst thou bear me ? Ah ! give me thy bur-den to bear for a while ; To kiss his warm lips^ and a-dore hib sweet smile ; With her Babe in my arms^ oh! Ma-ry will be, Sweet Spouse of our La-dy ! my plead-er • with thee. When the treas-ures of God were un- shel-ter-ed on earth, Safe keep-ing was found for them both in thy worth : Guar-di-an of Je-sus ! be a fa-ther to me, Sweet Spouse of our La-dy ! and I will love thee. FIRST READER. 117 LESSON XXXI. teach string games grieve friends vis-it fa-vor po-lite pret-ty kind-ly liv-ing ten-der ex-cuse pic-ture read-ers sad-ness con-duct fam-i-ly af-fec-tion gath-er-ed GRANDMAMMA. Whicli of my young read-ers is so luck-y as to have a grand-mam-ma still liv-ing? a kind, ten-der-heart-ed grand- mam-ma, who nev-er can bear to see the lit-tle peo-ple pun-ish-ed, or hear a hard ^fl 118 FIRST READER. word said to them ; who has al-wap ! some ex-cuse to of-fer in their fa-vor, and is hard to con-vince that they can do wrong ? If any of you have a grand-mam-ma like that, be sure you love her well, and do what she bids you, and nev-er griove j her by un-kind-ness or dis-o-be-di-onee. There will come a day when your good grand-nxam-ma will be no more on earth. She must go to join the dear friends of her own young days, who have died years a-go, and the par-ents, and the grand-par-ents who car-ed for her when she was a lit-tle child like you. Then you will look back with sad-ness on the days when she was with you. You will miss her kind-ly smile, and her look of fond af-fec-tion. Yon will miss her pleas-ant sto-ries and \h'd x'> ^es si- - us-ed to teach you, and the pret-ty toys which she gave you as re-wards for good ?x)n-duct. ^ SB FIRST READER. 119 -vor, can n-ma f and cnce. good 5arth. ds of died d the when d-ness you. id her 1 miss es sr- y toys rgood I The good old la-dy in the r ic-tiire has come on a via-it to her da'igh-t*jr, who has quite a large fam-i-ly^ and J'mi see they are all gath-er-ed /i-r( 'mci ^Tand- mam-ma, he-cause they are so pleas-ed to see her. She has just giv-in Ralp^i a lit- tie horse, which she brought all the way from her dis-tant home ; and Ralph has tied a string to it, and he and his 11 -tie btoth-er Hugh are go-ing to draw it a-round the floor. 1 am sure grand-mam -ma has pres- ents for the girls, too; but they are bo po-lite, that they do not ask her for them. Chll-dren should nev-er ask any one for pres-ents, not e-ven their par-ents. If they are good, they will re-ceive pres- ents with-out ask-ing for them. I think Grand-mam-ma More-ton there in the pic-ture would give no pres-ents to the girls W they ask-ed for them. 120 FIRST READER. ll lESSON XXXII. THOU GOD SEE8T ME. God can see me ev-er-y day, When I work and when I play; When I read and when I talk ; When I run and when I walk ; When I eat and when I drink ; When I sit and on-ly think ; When I laugh and when I cry, God is ev-er watch-ing nigh. THB END.