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This is primarily a Reading nook, and the lessons have been selected and adapted with the object of assisting the children in the second classes of our Canadian schools to become intelligent and expressive readers; but, while this purpose has never been lost sight of. the Editors have endeavored to select lessons that shall also serve the pur- pose of inculcating love to God and admiration for the works of nature ; of nurturing filial aflfection and other kindred virtues, and of creating an interest in the animal world. It is hoped, therefore, that as the book is read, the pupils may becotne not only good readers and fond of reading, but that good principles and pure tastes may be instilled into their minds. It is intended that the words at the head of the lessons, in the syllabi- cation and accentuation of which Worcester's Dictionary has been the authority, should be pronounced in the most distinct manner possible. first by the teacher, and then by the members of the class, in concert and individually, before any attempt is made to read the lesson. This is necessary, in order that the pupil, when attempting to read, may give his full attention to bringing out the true expression. Too little consideration is usually given to this, the most important part of the work of teaching reading. In many of our schools reading classes are frequently classes in pronunciation only. No effort should be spared to correct this serious fault. The pupils ought to be thoroughly familiar with all the words of the lesson before attempting to read it. Pupils should be taught to read just as they talk. " They should be trained to express the sentences of the author as if they were sentences of their own. To read so that others may understand, the pupils must first comprehend thft !.-inguagc and sentiments themselves." To aid them in doing this, the more difficult words and phrases have been explained at the end of each lesson. The meanings given are not mere iv. PREFACE. dictionary definitions, but are such == 'esson -n the place of .h. '"^^ ^ "'^'^ »" ^he reading pupils to readme leLo'n ZTT^ '^'"^'- ^^^°^« ^"-'"^ 'he understood. ,vi„, s^e^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^ - that^t is also previously give an examnl^ nf l I "-cessary. He should maslered. I. is better to !,»„„ , J , "^ "^ "" '"' ">oroughly ".an to pern,it then, to ead two «„f "" "'" '""' ""'=-- P-P^'-r The questions a„d ^^^o^T^Tl ""^"'"'y- in.ended to be mere,; sTg^^i r'^t '" ""' °' "' '^^™» "» advantage, be multiplied by tl,e?ea.J T' "^ ""'>■ ■=""• ""«■ is hoped, „i„ p„,/„, ,^^ T,^^, ':t " "" "'" «'™' ■' in enlarging their vocabularies a"d"„ Iff H "™" "' '"^ ^'="°"'"' 'ico in oral and written competition ' '"'"•°"'''° ^"^ P"'^- Jr %;:,:ru,: btrztdT "°" '° '■■^ '-^""-'-^ dictions of the tales, „c wThT ^"™ °"' '"' ""'"" ''P"" whether oral or written 11 K ' T "'■"■ ""' i"accnracies, correction ofevery e:.:!":^^^-''' °"' "^ "■= '— • and the' *^ I tor tne same purpose. Toronto, September, i88a. The Editors. CONTENTS. PART I. I. The Story of the Leaf '*°'' II. Tom's Jaunt III. Pussy's Class ^ IV. How to Write a Letter . . o ' ' ' • • o V. Our Trip to the Country VI. Nell and her Bird^ VII. Mary's Visit •13 VIII. The Disobedient Boy . . . " " " '^ IX. Which Loved Best ? . X. Spring 20 XI. On Board Ship . XII. Mosses and Ferns 25 XIII. My Good-/or-A^othing - XIV. The Golden Robins XV. To a Robin • • • 30 XVI. The Rain-drop . . ^^ XVII. A Picture Lesson •••... a XVIII. A Merry Christmas .... XIX. Mud Pies . . ■*' • 46 XX. Henry's letter XXI. Set the Birds Free . . , . . "^^11. A Song for Little May .... XXIII. Do it Well . XXIV. The Little Bird * ^f XXV. What makes Time Fly ? , . ' fi« XXVI. Fresh Air . ^ 63 *"\- VI. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVI. XXXVII. XXXVIII. CONTENTS. An Evil Habit * * ' • //■/ were a Sunbeam . The Two Negroes I can Do what I Like with My Own Somebody's Mother How to Read Cleanliness The Water-Mill Spiders Spiders (Concluded) . The Brown Thrush . . > . The Crow and the Fox PAOE, . 66 68 • 70 73 • 75 78 . 82 85 . 88 91 . 96 98 PART II. !!f ;' I I II III IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. Frogs Little Things Charlie and Rob God Cares for All Perseverance . ■ • , ^ Make your own Sunshine To Whom shall we give Thanks ? I was in Liquor then Mice The Wood-Mouse Good Advice for Children Speedy and Steady The Boy who haci Presence of Mind Grandpapa . Speak the Truth Andy Moore Only Beginning the yourney Early Days of Ontario Taming Giants Wishing Teaming Giants (Concluded) . lOI 104 . 106 109 . Ill 114 . 1x8 laz • "3 127 . 128 130 ■ 133 136 . 138 142 146 148 152 154 157 PAOC. . 66 68 • 70 73 • 75 78 . 82 85 . 88 91 . 96 98 CONTENTS. XXII. Willie Worth XXIII. The Poor Match-Sellers . XXIV The Boy Lost in the Bush XXV. The Root XXVI. The Leaf . XXVII. Beautiful Grandmamma XXVIII. The Flower . XXIX. The Flower (Concluded) XXX. Little White Lily XXXI. The Fruit XXXII. The Seed . XXXIII. Seven Times One vu. PAGE. 160 . 163 . 170 173 • 177 180 . 184 187 189 193 196 . lOI 104 . 106 log . Ill . 114 . n8 121 • 123 127 .128 130 • 133 136 . 138 142 . 146 Z48 • 153 • 157 SPXOND READING BOOK. FART I. I. THE STORY OF THE LKAh Pronounce distinctly : — wrapped ti' ny blan' ket tucked au' tumn be' lieve knot dropped pret' ty r. I am only a leaf. My home is one of the great trees that grow near the school-house. All the winter I was wrapped up in a tiny warm blanket, tucked in a little brown cradle, and rocked by the winds as they blew. Do you not believe it, little reader ? 2. Next autumn, just break a branch off a tree, and see if you cannot find a leaf-bud. It will look like a little brown ^— ■'V =».C- 1. VVliat \\(jrd means tlie opposite of great ? iiM u IfM IIM f ( iJf ! . ^ A'OV.I/, CANADIAN SI'MlliS. knot. Break it open, and inside you will see some soft wl^ite down ; that is tlie blanket. Th. brown shell that you break is the cradle 3- Well I was rocked all the winter in my e on the branch. When the warm day came, and the .soft rains fell, then I grew very fast mdeed. I soon pushed myself out of Z cradle, dropped my blanket, and showed my pretty green dre.ss to all who came by. ^ 4- Oh, how glad everyone was to .see me! And h I an, so happy, with n,y little brothers and Msters about me. Every morning the birds com and smg to us, the great sun shines upon us, and the wmd fans us. VVe dance with the winds aTt 7ll 'f t '"r '"''' ^""' -" -^e a pleat ant shade for the dear birds. Every day, happy -aughmg school-children pass under ourtL Girls'' !!' r ''""'' ^'''' '° ^'^^ y'*"- boys and g.rls,-glad to see your bright eyes, and to hear you say, •■ How beautiful the leaves are ! " ^«^*«/ ^?'« /^eA /,-„/t, ^ a. For what does it stand? What is down? SliCOND HE A 1)1 NC, HOOK. II.— TOM'S JAUNT. Pronounce distinctly : — aunt jaunt taunt gaunt saun' ter staunch laun' dry au and ea like a in far. launch haunt' ingr flaunt' ingr laugrh' ter heart' y heark' en hearth sUght' ly ail' ing peb' bles Do min' ion de serve' si' lence bow (ow as in coiv) 1. My aunt and I took a little saunter in the park. She had been slightly ailing, but she is getting quite hearty now. 2. The birds were singing in the branches, the lambs sporting on the grass, and the bright fish playing in the brook, which runs with a soft sound over the pebbles. A large and beautiful Dominion flag was flaunting from the top of the flag-staff. 3. A poor man with a gaunt face met us. It went to my heart to see him so feeble and lonely, haunting the paths to beg for bread. But my aunt is a staunch helper of ah who deserve aid, and she told him to call at the laundry, and tell 1. What is meant by saunter, park, and slightly ailing? 2. What is the Dominion? What is meant by flag-staff? 3. Write the paragraph, using instead of gaunt, feeble, haunting, paths, staunch, aid, maid, and hearken, otiier words having the s^^me meanings. 1.1 4 ROYAL CANADIAN SHRiIiS. the maid in her name. ,o give him some food We should always hearken .o the cry of the poor.' 4. My jaunt here has been very pleasant bottle of w,ne over the bow. and jrave the shin -name, h slid off the stocks very si,; ' and ran mto the lake safely. All L laughtl and joy on board. auj^nter 5. After this long letter you cannot tat,nt me 4. What is ,1,0 e,ul „f „„ ,„|p „„p„„,^ t^bmv^,^" blame me for not writing. ns. SECOND RE A DISC, IHH)K, im some food. ry of the poor, very pleasant. L Toronto last i^ood broke a gave the ship ery smoothly, was laughter mot taunt mv. < to all round e bow called ? 2 pushing of a to the vater. ^th silence ; not writing. hes, a brook, ine. HI.— PUSSY'S CLASS. Pronounce distinctly : — chir dren said (sed) at ten' tion sniffed per* fume an' swer meow'd e nough' weap' ons (i^'ipp) pshaw (s/iiiw) id' i ots heard I. "Now. children," said puss, as she shook her head, " It IS time your morning lesson was said." So her kittens drew near with footsteps slow. And sat down before her, all in a row. 2. " Attention, class ! " said the cat mamma, "^"<^ te^^ nie, quick, where your noses are." 2. What is meant by "Attention, class,"? rl »!' .i \- •■ rWYAL CANADIAN SERIES. At this all the kittens sniffed the air As though it were lllled with a perfume rare. 3. ■• Now what do you say when you want a tlrink ? 'I'hc kittens waited a moment to think And then came the answer dear and loud - You ought to have heard how these kittens meow d ! 4.^Verywell. 'Tis the same, with a sharper tone. When you want a fish or a bit of a bone Now what do you say when children are good ? And the kittens purred as soft as they could. 5. "And what do you do when children are bad When they tease and pull.^" Each kitten looked sad. "Pooh ! " said their mother, •• that isn't enoujjh ■ 1 You must use your claws when children are rough! J 6. "Andjh^re are your claws? No, no. my As she^took up a paw-'' See! they're hidden 3. What letter has been left out in meow'd ? 4- I' or what words does 'tis stand ? 5- For what word does isn't stand ? ijl 'lES. SliCONI) READINC, liOOK. e air. !:)crfuiiic rare. in you want a think, and loud, - ^ these kittens a sharper tone, a bone, children are they could. Iren are bad. Each kitten isn't enough ; children are No, no, my ^ey're hidden Then all the kittens crowded about To see their sharp little claws brought out. 7. They felt quite sure they never shoukl nctid To us(; such weapons —oh no. indeed! Hut their wise mamma gave a pussy's *' pshaw ! " And boxed their ears with her softest paw. 8. '* Now, sptiss ! as hard as you can ! " she said : Hut every kitten hung down its head. " Sptiss ! I say." cried the mother cat ; Hut they said, " O mamma, we can't do that ! " 9. " Then go and play." said the fond mamma ; " What sweet little idiots kittens are ! Ah, well, I was once the same, I suppose." And she looked very wise, and rubbed her nose. perftime rare ; a very sweet weapons ; things for fighting or uncommon scent. with. idiots ; foolish creatures. All children know what is meant by the words to tell and to say. Now, to state has the same meaning as to say and to tell. When you are asked to state something about a cat, you are only asked to say something about it. State something about Puss, your morning lesson, foot- steps, a row, the air, the perftime, flsh, and mamma. iow'd ? » ,\ «' 11 f y Iff- 1^ II AfOK/fA CAN A PI AS' SliRins, IV^^HOVV TO WRITE \ LETTER. Pronount'j distinctly : Brace' bridge Col' lingr wood Clar' a won' der ful Hen' ry e noug-h' >• Mrs. M,llcr.ofUracc.bnM«c,.satatlKTtaI>lc. wrmnK a letter ,„ |„,- eldest son. „l,o was a« av- al school m Collingwood. - Her claujrlu.r. Clar, a little girl betwee,, five and six years old, was sutuig by the window, playing with her pet kitten 2. At last, tired of play, she can,e and stood ^ her n,other's side, watching the ,,en go over the paper, and thinking, "What a wonderful thinir It IS to write a letter ! " 3. By-and-bye, her mother said to her " Clan would you not h'ke to send a letter to you; brother Henry? * "Yes, mamma. I would, very much." " Why don't you write, then } " *' I cannot write, mamma." 4. " I will write for you, if you wish." " Oh, please do ! that will be very nice ' " 5. " Now remember, this is to be your letter, httle daughter-not mine. I will lend you the use of my han. V,., you must tell me what to say. V\hat shall I nri,, ? "' ■ 3- What is meant by by-and-bye ? Cili IliS LETTER. Hen' ry J e nougrh' sat at her tabic who was away aughtcr. Clara, years old, was her ])ct kitten, ime and stood - pen ^ro over onderful thing o her, " Clara, ) your brother ich." ish." Y nice ! " 2 your letter, end you the what to say. *3 stxoAn KKAD/.w; /i()(>A: g 6. "I don't know." " You don't know— though you love your brodier so well ! Shall I find something for you ?" "Oh. yes- please !" 7. "Well, then, let me see:" " Oh, no. mamma, —don't say that ! " " Why not } " " Because it is not true." 8. " You know. then, that you must not write what is not true. I am glad you have learned so much. Remember that as long as you live. Never write what is not true. But you must think of something that is true." 9. " I can't, mamma." " Well, how would this do .? — cnl /^ m ? 10. " Oh, don't write that ! lO /^OVAL CANADIAN SERIES. !■ / I " Why not, claup-hter ? It is tm,. • I l,^ that myself." " '^ true, I have seen " But it is so silly ! Henry does not want to know anything about the kitten and its tail " "■ " Why, my dear, I- see that you know a ?reat eal about letter-writin,. It is not enough tha t In^ should be true; it must he worth writil; about Do tell me, now, something to say " " I can't tliink of anything." " Shall I write this .' 12. "Oh, yes, mamma— write that! Henrv loves George dearly, and will be very glad to know that he is better. That is just tl/e thing to •■ Vou see, Clara, that you know what to put mto a letter, and the reason you cannot write one .s because you do not know how to make the words. As soon as you learn how to do that youwill be able to write letters." letters ' UJiS. >e ; I have seen )e.s not want to 1 its tail." 3u know a great enough that a worth writinp- ? to say." hat! Henry very glad to the thing to what to put lot write one :o make the to do that, SECOND READING HOOK. I I V. -OUR TRIP TO THE COUNTRY. Pronounce distinctly : — ou, aw, and au, like a in fall. ought brawl bought taw* dry thought sprawl' ing fought brawn' y sought haw' thorn brought awk' ward saw' yer laV yer daugh' ter fault sau' gffit ges pic' nic 1. The hawthorn was in full bloom, and the sunlight was flashing on the swift waters of the Grand River, when we went on our jaunt to the country last week. 2. We brought a basket of food with us, and having spread a cloth on the grass, we had a pleasant picnic. The lawyer's daughter was with us, and brought some sausages she had bought. She is a thoughtful girl, not tawdry, but neat in her dress, and with no foolish airs. We ought to like her. 3. Some brawny wood-choppers were cutting oak logs for the sawyer, but we did not mind them. John was very lazy, and lay sprawling on the grass all the afternoon. letters ? 1. What is the common Canadian name for the hawthorn ? Find words having the same meanings as blossom, sparkling, and tfip. 2. What is meant by picnic, sausages, and airs? 3. What word means having his arms and legs spread carelessly out ? 12 fi^ (if ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. ought, on the broad meadow. We thought of all he brawl and bloodshed they had made. Now no quieter spot could be sou-rht. 5- I had to sing a song, and felt very awk- ward ; but if I did not sing well it was L fault, for I did my best "'^ <■/ y^^r/v.^,,,^ ,^ .,,^^^,^ ^ ^^ ^^ ?^«' e/icd^/i tawdry; vulgarly showy hi bra^^TT". dress. ' ^ ^^a-wl , noisy quarrel. brawny; stout and strong. the children on their slates. '''"''''"'"•'' "'"i 'hen cupied by "'^^wiiiJi^.?^ SECOND READING BOO A'. 13 VI.— NELL AND HER BIRD. felt very awk- it was not my sy quarrel, tout and strong. the sunlight, a ^-illages or cities). should be written itl then cojned by Pronounce distinctly good-bye' sing' ing mer* ry gar* den ^r C> they're wound' ed they'U beau' tiful re' al ly wher ev' er neared chir' nip ing 1. Good-bye, little birdie! Fly to the sky. Singing and singing A merry good-bye. 2. Tell all the birdies Flying above, Nell, in the garden, Sends them her love. 3. Tell how I found you. Hurt, in a tree ; Then, when they're wounded, They'll come right to me. 4. Fd like to go with you, If I could fly; 3. What two words have the same mean- ing in this stanza ? For what does they'll stand ? 4. Name the words for which I'd stands. fiOYAL CANADIAN SERIES. It must be so beautiful, Up in the sky. 5- Why, little birdie- Why don't you go ? You sit on my finger, And shake your head, " No ! " 6. He's off! Oh, how quickly And gladly he rose ! I know he will love me Wl.erever he goes. 7. I know — for he really Seemed trying to say, " My dear little Nelly, I can't go away." 8. But just then some birdies Came flying along, And sang, as they neared us, A chirruping song ; 9. And he felt just as I do, When girls come and shout. Right under the window, " Come, Nelly— come out ! " ^ .^^ 7, 8. What words mean the same as tnUy appeared, and at that SECOND RE AD /AG liOOk'. lo. It's wrong to be sorry ; I oug/U to be glad ; But he's the best birdie That ever I had. 15 state something about the garden, the sky, your flnffer the window. ' t^^The statements made by tlic pupils should be written on the blackboard by the teacher, and then copied by the class. Write very carefully the name of all the things you see in the picture. VI I. -MARY'S VISIT. Pronounce distinctly : — great steak break reigns weight sleighs ea, ei, ay, ai, like a in mate, V®ll bears (fa like a in care) rein' deer pears (ca like a in care) staST* ingr heir' ess (d as a in care) stray Chat' ham (h silent; sail' or niece (mrce) straight Dun das' I. I have been staying at Chatham, twenty- eight miles from home. The country is very Hat near the town, and the soil is rich, bearing great crops. I. What words have the same meanings as stopping and level? ■; I i6 ! ROVAI. CAXADIAN SERIES. 2. I bought a veil and some cloth in a shop. They were sold to me by the shop-keeper, niecl, who IS an heiress. snl ^'^^"T"-"^ '" '""'" °^ "'^ g^"^^^"-' h<^^<= are splendid ; they are of great weight 4. A son of the friend whom I am visiting is a sailor. He told me he had seen reindeer drtw- ■ng sleighs in Lapland. I would not like to live m such a land, where frost reigns. There are great bears there, which often kill the stray rein- deer. They like a steak for breakfast, X suppo.se. 5- 1 he teds in the country about here are qmte straight. .Some of those near Dundas where my aunt lives, are not straight, because the land IS very hilly. Words s,o,.niT:Lz:\T';z ;;;f"r '^ '"^r ""■"■■ xgrnip,,/ ,,'ords. " ^ """"■ '"••'y '"= railed A sMcunt h a g,o„f of „.„,rf, ,„„ slaUs somMmg. J^T '""'■"^"'^ ^'°'" » *°^- *»« soa, the heire^, the g woias. eight, „(e; son, s,„, : reigns, r,„„,,. !H SECOND READLXG HOOK. 17 irdens here are VIII.-THE DISOBEDIENT BOY. Pronounce distinctly : Eyre (itir) Guelph wil'ful o bey' tru' ant val' ley clay ey clothes par' ents (pair) No' va Sco' ti a knocked be come' I. A boy of the name of Eyre, who lived in Guelph, was very wilful and would not obey his father or mother. At school he was just as bad, and would not obey his master. He would not heed his lessons, and was always at the foot of his class. At last the teacher told his father that he could not let such a lazy, bad boy stay at school to spoil the rest of the scholars. 2. He would often play truant, and say to his mother that he had been at school, when he had been off to the hill beyond the valley to play. But his mother saw where he had been by the red clayey mud on his clothes when he came home, and she wept to think that her son should have told her a lie. ^ 3- When he be came a man. he had the same I. Write on your slates the words in the lesson that have the same meanings as stubborn, give attention to, and rcv,mn v«niy"*!, *^^ Pf ^^^P^. "Sing for often play truant. ofS, Tl^e "^^^ ' ^""'^^ ^^"'"^ ^^^ '^"'^ meanings as i8 I^OVAL CAXAD/A.W .SA/v'MW. bad and idle habits, and his parens had to sc.l nim away. 4. A long time after this, when I was livin,, i„ a town ,„ Nov.. Scotia, a n,an knocl Teli^6.9 '' ""^^"^ ^^ ""^^^ ^®"' ^^ ^^^ *^® ^^^' ^"^ J. For what words do I'll, there's, and I'd stand ? 4. What IS meant by fetched, tidied, and helpful? What words mean the opposite of idle, and sad ? mi m ! fi*^ 20 JfOy^A CANADIAN SERIES. Busy and happy all day was she. Helpful and happy as child could be. 5. ''\ love you. mother," again they said- Three little children going to bed. How do you think that mother guessed Which of them really loved her best } 5. What is .neant by really loved ? Which Z^^^'^^^ X.—SPRING. Pronounce distinctly : weath' er stead' y mead' ows in stead' threat' en heav'y treas' ures dead earth read' y dif fer ence warmth cov' ered blue (long u) beau' ty I. Spring is the sweetest time we have The weather is not so steady as in summer; but the difference between the cold of winter and the wanndi^o^^ I. What is meant by sweetest, stead^? ' SECOND READING HOOK. 21 ch loved best ? 2. The buds swell on the branches, and soon the green leaves burst forth. The streams run bright in the sun. The flowers come back. The meadows are covered with grass, instead of with snow, as in winter. 3. If clouds gather and threaten, they pass (juickly by, and the heavens shine out in the soft- est blue, before we have time to be sad. The birds, the cattle, the very flies and bees, seem joy- ful. 4. We cannot be dull or heavy. Summer is coming with all her beauty, and autumn with all her treasures. Winter is dead and gone. Every- thing on the earth seems ready to sing for joy. 'e c/^ifM j ca' bles ror lows „ , . , hoi' low T T^, ft,_, , Que beo' '^'^ ~^ bathed sh.p ? How tall and strai4..1u the n.asts are ^^"^n^re^e rigging, and what is called the ■• What >v„nl» „,oau ll,e same as l„r>:,; .,,^7i^? yH/iS SECOND READ IXC HOOK n IP. rig' ging- •""•; ca' bles glides car' ried Que bee' bathed ard a great masts are. is called the crow's nest, and the boats with their oars, and the sails and yards, and bow-lines and cables, and the tanned and brawny sailors. 2. I should not like to be out among the great billows when the winds blow. But sailors know how to steer the ship, and they are pleased when the wind fills the hollow sails and follows fast after the ship, as it glides along, cutting a great furrow in the blue sea. 3. We once si)ent a part of the summer in Quebec ; all tlay long fleets of ships, like flights of white birds, were in sight. We bathed daily when the weather was fair. (3ne day I got a fright. There was a slight breeze which I did not mind. Tom and 1 were playing in the water, when a wave came with mighty force, and carried me back with it ; Tom swam out and caught me tightly, and helped me ashore. How very kind he was ! nd ///^>'// ? Of what are masts, rigging, oars, sails, yards, bow-lines, and cables made ? What is the crow's nest ? 2. Write the paraj^raph, nsinj,' large nwccs, guide, and moves smoothly mul siciftly, instead of words which have the same meanings as these. To what is the ship compared in the last part of the second sentence ? 3. Read this paragraph, using instead of fleets of ships, flights, daily, fair, slight breeze, wave, and mighty force, words having the same meanings. I- I ' ■ mill :|lf IV 11 i . . ' I ii 1^; ; ! 24 ^'^^K^/. CANADIAN SERIE. ''^ ^^'-f^'^- rr yrji ^^^ere. e^/i-e/a ^j^/rr^. C^.. S:;., r -^/'errc' '^^^ A^reda-^^/ /^ €?'ef-i. grlides; moves smoothly swiftly. ^ ^-Jie. and flights of 'S of white birds- crowds of white birds %i„,: fleets of shir»o . r. 1 together. ^ , "' snips; numbers of a«],-o.»,+ v ships m company. !l • P* °''®®^® '* ^ ^'ttle wind. Point out • th ^iglity force; great strength. all the part" oTa ship' ntntio'd inT t'"' "" "' "^ ''' '-^-) about these. ""^u ni the lesson. Make statements SAco.y/) /c/wi/)/xc; nook: 25 feeze ; a little wind, rce; great strength. he aid of the teacher) ' Make statements XII.-MOSSES AND FERNS. Pronounce distinctly : — moss' es brooks no' tice threads trunks pret' ty vel' vet feath' ers I. "John, do you think there are any fairies } " " I am sure I don't know : I never saw any." I. Name, and write, the words which have the s as suppose, certain, step, and beautiful. same nieamngs 26 ROYAL CANAD/AX SERIES. /III! I li " Nor I, but I never treirl r^n ^w, \ i but I think of fairies." "'"'^ "^""'^ •■'fih' Ta\ 'T '"°'' "■' ^"" ^^ ' ''° ferns." Oil. I do ! Just think what a .soft, green car .« the fa.ries wouW have to trip on if '^Zx u>2'^' '"' ''' *■'"■" """''■ "■'''^'^ ^^^ - «'-"y ■ 3- " If the fairies love mosses, they must like to be near brooks, for , always notice that thlre s ■nore moss near water than there is far away 1: " Yes, and on the trunks of old trees " "But John, there is not such pretty ^reen moss on o d triinL'« .Y ^i. • , ^ ^ OK, trunks If they are m a dry place." nottarL'y^wir '''- ^^ '^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ think.^''' ' '''"" '"'" ""'"' °" ^-^y "^"^^^ I ..." ^*^"' ^^ '^^^'^ '• Look, John ! this moss, so ke green velvet, has little stems growing out of It that seem just like threads," *= "^ oi 2. What word means sle/> lighO^f ' ~— 3. What is meant liv h..nol„ —*;-- 4. does moss grow ? On wir/.h? r' *"""'"''=' ""what thickly ? Whyl ■ ^ '"■' °' " "•<"' -"-^ " «.- most this lovely moss as I do ferns." i soft, green ear- on ff they X\\ri^,\ e them a pretty ^ey must like to -e that there is i far away from trees." pretty green :lry place." s gray \{ it is ps of red on ?ray moss, I this moss, so owing out of SECOND READING /iOOA'. 27 iks? On what es it grow must 5. " They do look like threads. I wonder if [these little things on the top of the stems are the I flowers .'* " " I think they must be. They are not so pretty as the tiny red tips on the gray moss." " No, they are not. Oh, see ! Kate, here are little ferns growing out of this green moss." 6. " No, John, these are not ferns. Ferns grow up quite tall, but these little things are no bigger than the nail on your thumb." " They look like ferns, I am sure." " Yes, they do ; only real ferns have a long, smooth leaf This feels like moss." " Perhaps, Kate, it is what mother calls fern- moss." " Oh, yes, perhaps it is. We will take some home and ask mother about it." " I mean to pick some ferns for her, too. "Yes, do, John." 7. " See how pretty those ferns look, growing by the side of the brook. The wind waves them to and fro, and makes them look like green feathers." " Yes, they do look like feathers. Let us go now ; and do you get the moss while I get the ferns." I : '1 I. i 6. What words mean the opposite of lfl7c and not true ? 7. What is meant by to and fro ? im 28 ^OV^l CANADIAN SERIES. I tell you, Kate, what we can do \kj niake a hanging-basket of n. , ^ ^^"^ mother " ''''^' "^"^ ^^^s for // «^ ■«7^^>^t^.'" c^^^,..^- « -^^ ^«..^., ,/..^ ^THING fror ic lash' es press' ingr em brace' e little man ? u can, — a nun, > the sun ; All the day long with your busy contriving. Into all mischief and fun you are driving ; See if your wise little noddle can tell What you are good for. Now ponder it well." 2. Oyer the carpet the dear little feet Came with a patter to climb on my seat ; Two merry eyes, full of frolic and glee, Under their lashes looked up unto me ; Two little hands pressing soft on my face Drew me down close in a loving embrace ; Two rosy lips gave the answer so true, ' Good to love you, mamma, good to love you.' " contriving; planning. ponder ; think about. frolic and glee ; play and joy. embrace; hug. This pretty lesson was written by a lady whose name is Emily Huntington Miller. The first letters (or initials) of her name are E. H. M. What are your Initials ? When initials are written, capitals are used, and a full stop is placed after each. Notice also that each word, which is a part of the name of a person, must begin with a capital. Write, in full, the names of the people in your house. Write the initials of each. Write statements about a question, mischief, a frolic, a loving embrace. 1 "1 so ROVAL CANADIAN SERIES. \m ! ::J,:; i ^^ l! i !• !! w . ; XIV^THE GOLDEN-ROBINS, f^ronounce distinctly :— rob' ins mu' sic elm prove Pret' ti er rea' son ea' si ly- re mem' ber fin' ish back!""'"'' ■''"'"• "''^ ^°'^- R°b'-- have come ___^es,^jKard them three days ago." i^RJES. SECOND READING noOK. 31 OBIN; ea' si ly re mem' ber fln'ish IS have come g:o- imore Oriole and " They are going to build a nest close to my window." 2. "What makes you think s j?" "This morning when I first got up I heard very sweet music. I looked out, and there on the elm tree were two dear little robins, singing away with all their might." "Yes, but that does not prove that they will build a nest there." 3. " Look, John ! There they go now, right to the old elm tree." " They are not just alike, are they .^" " No, the male bird is much prettier than the female. His breast and wings are of a bright gold color. The female bird is almost brown." 4. " I wonder why they are not alike." "I could not think of the reason, so I asked mother. She said that the female bird has to sit a long time on her egg:s, and if her color was very bright she could be easily seen, and perhaps driven from her nest." 5. " I think they are going to build their nest there ; they have some bits of string in their bills." " Yes, that is what made me feel sure they were going to build their nest. I got a bunch of white 3. Write the names of the diiferent kinds of trees which you can think of. ? ■ ; ■ if ■:-SJ f f umm liiiil! , i ^^ ^O YAL CANADIAN SERIES "Did they find it out?" " Don't you remember ToIi . i, nest last year on th/s same "e uT^ '"''" ^ high limb like a little pocket!" ' ""^ ''°" " 7- " Ye, ! And father told us that r„u Kobms awavs have i, • tjolden vva/s have hanging nests." 1 hat nest blew down in the fall and T = • The outside was mad^ „f . • ' '''"^ 't- was soft as down " ''™^'' ''"^ "^^ '"-'^e 8- "I mean to get some wool and i;.,i„ c l and put them on the bush .1 . "''*''''"• know they will be Id J K '° "'^ ""■'^"^^- ' '^en, whife th^ylnth'thl t"' "^ ^^ ^'" ^^^ and'^'otw': """■' """= '" f"" "^^ "-e, „r his („.■ her, f.,her .Sg^gj^j^^i^^. ' the robins could It to it first; then J they both went ^ads ? I should ^ow they built a It hung from a s that Gold en I and I saw it. but the inside h'ttle feathers, ^e threads. I we will watch ^ <^ej/^ '^f^t as companion and s (or her) father SECOND READING HOOK. XV.— TO A ROBIN. Pronounce distinctly : — 33 wel' come breast weath' er or' phans strewed wheth'er speech use' ful heav' en I. Welcome, Htde Robin, With the scarlet breast, In this winter weather Cold must be your nest. Hopping o'er the carpet, Picking up the crumbs, Robin knows the children Love him when he comes. Is the story true. Robin. That you were so good To the litde orphans Sleeping in the wood } That you saw them lying Pale, and cold, and still ; And strewed leaves about rhem, With your little bill .? 1. The robin spoken of in this lesson is the British robin, which IS tamer than the Canadian thrush, which we usually call the robin. 2. What story is spoken of in this verse ? Can you tell it ? 3 u I,* v- j ■ t if i! II mi ■I ! : !'■ I. /I ''I , u ii ', /I'll , Jl' ' ' ' •^'! , 'I i I il li I iii. 34 fOV'/l/. CANADIAN SHKlIiS. 3- Whether true or not, Robin., We are glad to see How you trust the children. Ho|)|)ing in so free. Hopping o'er the carpet, Picking up the crumbs ; Robin knows the children Love him when he comes. 4- Though the litde Robin Has no gifts of speech. He can useful lessons To the children teach,— Still to trust that blessing Will be richly given, When they ask their Father For their bread from heaven. 3. What is meant by strewed? givtnT^* ^s meant b, ^ifts of speech, blessing, and richly ■-■- .*-;;^g^j^|^jM*«>- nuns. rue or not, Robin, j ?lacl to see rust the children. '^n so free. LT the carpet, ip the crumbs ; ^s the children when he comes. little Robin fts of speech, jI iessons Idren teach,— that blessing hly given, sk their Father ' bread from 3ssing, and richly n from the robin ? irn ? SECOND RP.ADIKG liOOK. XVI.— THE RAIN-DROP. Pronounce distinctly : 35 with' er droop de pend' sup port' cheer re solved' stalk show' er er' rand ri' pened mo' ments flow' er 1. There was once a farmer who had a large field of grain. He felt very sad to see it begin to wither and droo() for want of rain. 2. This field was all iiehadto depend upon for the support of his family. He used to go out every day to look at his grain, and to see if there was any hope of rain. 3 One day as he stood in his field looking up It the sky, two litde rain-drops up in the clouds over his head saw him. One of them said to the other, " Look at that poor farmer ! I feel sorry for him. He has taken such pains with his field of wheat, and now it is drying up. I wish I could do him some good." 4- "Yes," said the other, "but you are only a litde rain-drop. What can you do.?" "Well," said the first, " I cannot do much, it is true ; but. 1. What is meant by to wither and droop? Write the names of five kinds of grain. 2. What is the meaning of the support of his family ? ■i 5 '-'0 ■j^HS^g^g^^-^ n- 36 !ll!!i II th: i I ! ROYAL CANADIAN SPJUES. at any rate I can cheer the farmer. I am resolved odomybest. I will try. I will go down to the So hrf;:.."'^ "^-''"' ^ • -- "^ - -- on the farmer., nose, and then fell on a stalk of wheat. " Dear me " ^-.lA j), <• hand f„ I, . *" '"™*^''' P"«'"g his hand to h,s nose, •• what is that .>-a rain-drop ? Where d,d that drop come from ? I do believe L shall have a shower." the fi ,^''? '^'^' ^•■''"-^■•°P had no sooner started for the field than the second one said, "Well, if y„u go I W.1I go too; so here 1 come," and down In tnat rain-drop on another stalk. 7. By this time a great many rain-drops had come together to hear what their friends were talk ■ ng about. When they heard them, and .saw them" gomg to cheer the farmer, and to water the wheat one of them said : " ,f you are going on such ' good errand I will go too • "AnHI" -i l "and r " .. II ° ^"'"' said another; andl, ..andl,'..and I." and so on till a whole shower of them came. ^^^^In^lmway the grain was all w.atered, and it 5. Give the meaning uf came pat. 7. What is meant by a good errand ? 4 r. I am resolved 11 go down to the can do no more. 'op and came pat "ell on a stalk of ■mer, putting his ? — a rain-drop? I do believe we )oner started for I **WeIl, if you " and down fell rain -drops had ends were talk- . and saw them ater the wheat, ^ing oil such a " said another ; on till a whole mtered, and it SECOND READING BOOK. 37 trrew and ripened -all because the first little rain- drop said it would try to do what it could. l //c'/^ci y 8. What is meant l)y Little deeds of faith and love ? to depend upon ; to trust to. to cheer make glad. What does the whole lesson teach us ? If you examine the lesson you have just read, you will notice tliat " / " h always a capital when it i^ used instead of the name of a person. Write the names, in full, of five of your grown-up friends. Write the same names, using initials for their Christian names. Using " I " as the first word, tell, in short statements, one thing that you saw this morning, one thing that you did on Saturday, where you were yesterday. Write these statements. ng as have made «/> 38 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. ipi I ! ! ■K XVII.-A PICTURE LESSON. LAND AND WATER. pic ture nar' row is' land (cyc-hmd) rap' id ed^ es ei' ther Tues' day , far' ther flow' ers I. Teacher. — As many of you as would like to tell me what you see in this picture, may raise ■.-■Wfflm«9B«s: i^i^Ftfltf ilES. SECOND READING BOOK. 39 ^ESSON. ic ture nar' row l' land (eye-land) tp' id edg' es ' ther Tues' day r' ther flow' ers Jyour hands. That is good. I am glad to know [that you are all ready. Ann may speak first. 2. Atift. — I see two girls, one sitting on a [large, flat stone. Blien. — I see a pretty stream of water. Kaie. — I see a beautiful tree, and a small house in the distance. yane.—l see some flowers, some rocks, and a great many trees. 3. Teacher. — John may tell what the girls are doing. John. — The girl who is standing up is pulling a little basket away from the one who is sitting ; and the things in the basket are falling out. 4. Teacher. — George may tell about the stone on which the girl is sitting. George.-— \\. is a large, flat stone ; and I think it is nearly square. It has six faces. I can see five edges and one corner. 5. Teacher. — What do you wish to say, Mary .? Mary. — The stone looks like the cube we had a lesson about on Tuesday ; and it had six faces, twelve edges, and eight corners. 6. Teacher. — It has the same number of faces, edges, and corners as the cube had ; but we can see only three faces, five edges, and one corner in the picture. m :t::ii cia^^g^ 40 iii ! ! ■: ! iii 'm: <■ ^OYAL CANADIAN SERIES. el about it. ■'°''" "'-y tell all he knows the ^ir""'' '^"■"'" "'^ ™ ''^ ''''' '^-^^'''e of -kl 'n a, . ::- ,7*""^' down ove.- th. off, bevond the tree" 1 7 ""''"'^- ^^"''- - t"^ fee, It IS broader, and very smooth .toJt """"'""■""'"■■"-■"-ij- yar/e. — The trep hic ^ i graceful branches ," p!"^' ''""'■ ^"' '''"*''• at the foot of the tree. °" "" S'-"""''' 9- Teacher. — We hnv*:. «^ .• a^out the house, and tlroVeoh^rr^"'^ go to your seats, and write down on T "'"^ nan.es of ai, the things j:r::r;h:'sr 7- What is a atr«nrY> - • ? , 8. Whatismeantbygraceftil? RIBS. r about this pretty tell all he knows! e left hand side of | down over the] narrow. Farther! and very smooth. JJ that part of the 1 over the rocks ? I little island just something about trunk, and long, on the ground, le now to talk 'Cts. You may your slates the in the picture. SECOND READING BOOK. 41 •apid ? Write statements about a trunk, a stream, a rapid, I Tuesday, and a rock. Write your name, and the name of the place in which you Hve (using the comma and the full-stop properly), thus :— Cyf4 "'"'' ''"'• '^^''^"ds • A Merry ^'•" ^He^il/rovt"-;'^ ^-d times of old church. Uncle George ^j''" ''''^y ^" ^^nt to 'he church with cechrtls °'^" ''"' '"^^-d ve,y pretty., '"''"^' '^''''•-"'. -"ci pine. ,„ooked At dinner the children ate t„.l. pudding, and n,ince-pie till M ■'•,*''°°^'^' P'""'" they would be sick. ™^ ^^"'-' "'°"gh' 'o. None of the IiV^l.. ■•-o the back pat';„7:j7:;"-7^ - .o o clock, the larp-e H..^ ^' ^"^ ^^ ^ve =--ty:i^rH «s-■ ERIES. ' now ,ri Canada, of feasting as well md, they used to lead on a great' d ft was followed 'shes. It was m Tiends ' A Merry , od times of old fiey all went to -rs had dressed ^ine. It looked ■y, goose, pJum- I Lane thought : alio ved to go ^y. but at five ^n wide open. • There was I the presents »e tree for a hings from it ^ViiJie got a ^•^n the train, e little ones. SECOND READING BOOK. 45 They played as much as they could till seven o'clock. Then they were tired enough to go to bed. 12. The next day Elsie and Willie went home. The locomotive made many trips every day after that. Elsie's doll never said a word, but it always had a smile on its face. 'f-j^e^ a^€^^ M ftyi-e tfJ^e/'^JJ Me/^r/ ■ffit'fi 't^ 'Z^^-l^ ^tt^A-e^^ ^Of^ -t-e-ifiiAi^ n-j^ff:/ 'Z4A/i^t'l€^ r ee-e Santa Claus ; the name given platter ; a large, flat dish, for to St. Nicholas. God rest you ; may God give you rest. carol ; song of joy. dismay; frighten, tidings; news. holding provisions on the table, the train ; a number of cars joined together. allowed to go ; let go. Using "I" instead of your name, write short statements telling one thing that you did last Christmas, where you were on that day, and how you enjoyed yourself. Write statements about Santa Claus, Fergus, the cars, the locomotive, Bethlehem, and cedar. 46 house' wives Hen'ry ov'en Clar'a J«>yAL CANADIAN SERIES. XIX.— MUD Pip:s. Pronounce distinctly :-_ shin' grie {shh^r ^ri) squir' rel bush' y twirl 'r^'J^I nic. little housewives. P'aying in the sun, How many minutes ' Till the cooking's done? 2. Henry builds the oven. I-ucy rolls the crust, ' Clara buys the flour. ^JJ of golden dust. I, -> »•)• wea' ry toil' ingr dim'ple-deepl doug-h Pat it here, and pat it there : What a dainty size! Bake it on a shingle- Nice mud p,es! 4. Don't you hear the bluebird High up in the air.? " Good morning, litde ones. Are you busy there.?" I- Kxplain the meaninij of hona^^w 3-Wluaisn.ea„tbyplt-tr«^^^««- V '^.iniUj ;7vV/?.V. ES. ;'/) .? ■e; wea'ry toil' ing- dim' pie-deep I dougrh ves. SF.COXn READIXC HOOK 5. Pretty Mister Scjuirrcl Bounces clown the rail, lakes a seat and watches, Curls his hushy tail. 6. Twirl it so, and mark it so (Looking very wise); All the [)lunis are pebbles — Rich mud pies! 7. Arms that never weary, Toiling dimple-deep; Shut the oven door, now, Soon we'll take a peep. cS. Wish we had a shower — Think we need it so 47 7. What is meant by Toiling dimple-deep ? ■;0>il f f- m H m: m m ■> Il I jll 48 '^OYAL CANADIAN SERIES. That would make the roadside ' ^uch a heap of dough! 9. Turn them in. and turn them out- How the morning flies' I^ing the bdl for dinner - Hot mud pies! /%^v^V ^^zf^j/ r/re. dainty; little and neat. f^vi •* twirl It; turn it round. Write out the last four verses. ymr.clf last, thus.- George and iZ^g" ""'" ""' "'«■ «»""" AV/iS. ^adside th (•m out; s! 'n it round. one of the follovv- y ; here, hear. c one else, mention mate, yourself and SliCOND READING BOOK. XX. -HENRYS LKTTKR. 49 Pronounce distinctly : — Perth A'pril Charles Ma' bel agrain' {'firr. -prt^Mtt^ humor ; tempc . promoted him ; pat him for- ward. proverb ; a wise sayinj^f. a partner ; one who lias a share in the business. Write statements about a pleasant voice, a good humor, an errand, a partner, the rule, care and thought. m . '^-•t'ti^tk .'V..,»j'"'i, s i \l ■ 1; i^ .**' 58 liOYAL IIMDIAN SERIES. ii"ii XXIV. -THE LITTLE BIRD. Pronounce distinctly : mel' o dy ^^a, ^„x moa est un no' ticed I. A little bird, with feathers brown, Sat singing on a tree; The song was very soft and low, But sweet as it could be. 2. And all the people passin-r by Looked up to see the ; xl, % un no' ticed SECOND READING BOOK. Th.ii made the sweetest melody Thac ever they had heard. 3. But all the bright eyes looked in vain, For birdie was so small, And with a modest dark-brown coat He made no show at all. 4. " Papa, dear," little Gracie said, " Where can this birdie be ? If I could sing a song like that I'd sit where folks could see." 5. " I hope my little girl will learn A lesson from that bird, And try to do what good she can — Not to be seen or heard. 6. " This birdie is content to sit Unnoticed by the way. And sweetly sing his Maker's praise From dawn to close of day. 7. "So live, my child, all through your life That, be it short or long, Though others may forget your looks, They'll not. forget your song." 6. Explain content and unnoticed, melody ; music. modest ; not bold. 59 % \ A\ %: : 'C m- lip ? m 6o ROYAL CANADIAA' SERIES. I M What ,s the difference between made and maid; see and ^o l.f ''."' each containin,^ at least, one „f these words. Repeat the lesson taught I)y the bird. XXV.-WHAT MAKES TIME ELY? Pronounce distinctly: exact'ly(r^.) prom'ised B^em(skanc) sew ing (..) gap' mg (a as in ,ay) en tan' gled as sure' ex' ponf , f li«'f^«^^//- . n «* c®pr wound Has in /;««„,/) lis tened (/m «./) wind (/ as in/;,./) dare' say I. "Are you very busy, mother?" said Ellen • " would you be so good as to look at your watch once more, and tell me what o'clock it is?". " My dear Ellen, I have looked at my watch for you four times within this hour. It is now exacdy twelve o'clock." " Only twelve, mother ! why, it seems a great deal more than an hour since you told me it was exactly eleven o'clock. It has been a very loner long hour. Don't you think so, Lucy? " 2. '' No, indeed! " said her sister Lucy, looking up from what she was doing; '' J thought it was a 1. Point out the full stops and commas in the first six s^ tences. What is meant by exactly? 2. Write the para,^a•.aph, using other words having the same meanu,gs for I was quite surprised, assure, and remeJbeT SECOND READIAU HOOK. 61 3 first six sen- ins the same very short hour. I was quite surprised when mother said that it was twelve o'clock." "Ah, that is only because you were so busy sewing! I assure you, Lucy, that I, who have listened to the ticking of the clock in the shop all the time, must know best; it has been the longest hour I can remember." '• The hour, in itself, has been the same to you and to Lucy," said her mother. " How comes it that one has thought it long, and the other short .'^" 3. "I have been waiting and wishing all the time that it was one o'clock, that I might go to my brothers, and see the soap-bubbles they promised to show me. Father said that they were not to begin till the clock strikes one. Oh, I have another long hour to wait," said Ellen, stretching herself and gaping; "another long hour, mother." 4. "Why should it be a long hour, Ellen.-* It may be long or short, just as you please." "Well, mother, what can I do? I cannot make your watch nor the clock down-stairs go faster," "And is there nothing you can do to make the hour go faster.'*" said her mother. "Why, you told us just now the reason that Lucy thought the last hour shorter than yon .lid." 3. What is meant by wind, happened, skein, diflBlcult, fully employed, and wound ? , >i I !l 63 ROl'/li CANADIAh SliUII'.S. 5- "Oh, because she was so :;u,.y, I said " "Well. Ellen, ami \( yo„ were busyi " " " liut, mother, how can I be busy about sewhu. as Lucy ,s? You know I am not old eno»,.'. . , I have never learned to sew." "" ' ' ' "And is there nothing that people can be busy ab^out^except ,sewi.,.> 1 am not sewing. .„. ..^ of blue .s,lk now, which you wished me to wind before night; perhaps tliat would n,ake ,he hour shorter. "You had better try ,t, my dear, and then you will know," said her mother. silk^' u'lT" '°°\"'' ■■"'' '"'' '^'^*''^" ^° "'"'I 'he Mik. It happened to be a skein difficult to wind • 'twas often entangled, and Ellen's attenti ,n was fully employed in trying to g, it ri^ht. ■ There mother," said she, laying the reel of silk on the tab e after she had wound f-e w.'.oi. skein, •• I have broken ,t only five times; and I have not been long wmding it, have I, mother.' " '' Not very long, my dear; only half , . ,„r." Half an hour! Dear me, it surely ..„not be Hall an hour .sir.ce I spoke last.'" rh. l-;.l""- r'^"' '''°^"^ ^""" her watch, and the little g.rl was surprised to see that it was half- SECOND READING ROOK. 63 past twelve. " This has been a very short half-hour indeed, mother. You were ri^ht: having some- thing to do makes the time seem to go fast. Now, 1 don't like winding silk; and I daresay that if 1 had been doing something I liked better, the half- hour would have seemed shorter siill." Ji^r "7 // I as are you ; I tell yuii posi- tively. employed; sod. gaping; yawning. entangled ; twisted so as not t(j be easily unravelled. attention ; thought. reel ; a fiame upon which thread is wound. Write statements eaeli contar '. at least, one of the follow- ing words: — our, hour; great, gu, , v, sew; dear, deer; hole, whole; wait, Ji'df^ht. XXVL— FRESH AIR. Pronounce distinctly pro vi' ded wheth' er bless' ed gar' ret breathe Ire' land Scot' land con' stant re moved' I. We cannof live without air. We require food two or three times a day, water every few I Slif .:'r- 64 UOYAL CANADIAN SliKlIiS. hours, hut air we need every second. For this reason, we are at all times surrounded by air. 2. Whether we stand or sit; whether we dwell in a plain or on the hills ; whether we go into the cellar under our house, or into the garret on the top of it, air is ever about us. God, who made it a law that man should breathe to live, also gave him air that he might obey that law. All that we have to do is not to shut out the blessed air which God gives us, but to receive it freely. 3. When we draw air into our lungs, it becomes impure, and if we breathe the same air for some time we feel hot and sick. If we were shut up in a close room without fresh air, we should soon die. 4. One stormy night, a ship was crossing from Ireland to Scotland. There were a great many people on board, and the captain put them all down into die hold of the ship, and shut the hatch, or covering. No fresh air could get in, and when the hatch was removed in the morning, it was 1. What words have the same meanings as ,tecd and always ? 2. What IS meant by a plain. hiUs, garret, blessed air. receive it freely? \»7U„i. -j. T> iiai IS n^cant by the hold of the ship, the hatch, and removed? What words mean the opposite oicalmjew, opened dead, and tvellf mil vk si'XOM) keadim; hook 65 found that a great many had died, and those who were aHve were very ill. 5. So constant is our need of air, that if we had to raise it to our mouths, as we do water when we drink, it would be the sole work of our lives — we could do nothing else. For this n^ason, God has sent the air to us, and has ncjt forced us to go to the air. The great mistake which many of us make is, that we shut out the air which God gives us, and so bring on ourselves much sickness from which we might be free. 6. We should try to have always about us, in our dwellings, in our bed-rooms, and in our school houses, as much fresh air as we can. /rj/j/y ,irr^^ra fJ //fc Arj/rr r/rrf>, impure; not pure, mixed with constant; unchanging:, fixed, other substances. sole ; only. Maku statements each containing, at least, one of the follow- ing words or phrases: a garret, breathe, obey, removed, impure air, our lungs. 5 if, , I' > I .! 66 AVM'y^/. CAjYAD/AN S/CAV/iS. XXVII.— AN EVIL HABIT. Pronounce distinctly: — bran' dy diz' zy po lice' man flrrcfj ed u ca' tion drunk' ard liq uor I. Do you see that poor man trying to make his way along the street? He cannot walk straight, but he reels every, now and then as if he would fall. Now he has fallen, and a crowd of rude boys st^md around him, and mock and make fun of him. What is the matter with him? Is he sick, or lame, or weak? 2. No, none of these, but he is drunk. He has been drinking beer and brandy, and every glass he has taken has made him more dizzy, until he has become unable to take care of himself Soon a policeman will come and take him to the lock-up, where he will have to remain all night alone. How sad it is that men will drink what takes away their reason and strength, and makes them such objects of scorn and pity. 3- Once that man was a pretty, bright little I. What is the difference in meaning between reel and tlic same word ni Lesson XXV. ? hi SECOND READING HOOK. 67 hoy. His mother loved him, and his father was proud of him. They sent him to school and gave him a good education. But when he became a young man he went to the tavern and learned to drink. He soon lost his friends, his health, and his hope ; now he is a poor drunkard, with no home, no friends, and no hopes. 4. How cruel it is to sell liquor which so injures health and destroys happiness, and how foolish to buy and drink it. The best way is for boys and girls to say that no drop of strong drink shall ever cross their lips. ^■jurM-t'etyii //ir rUrr/^ fi-^ir/ /Ar i!3" ■ Si' ■ / 4rt-ife. reels; staggers. rude; rough, unmannerly. reason ; sense. objects of scorn ; things to be looked down on and despised. injures; hurts. Make statements each containing one or more of the following words: — would, 'a'ood ; weak, lywk; none, mm: buy, hy. reel and tin i/r*^ 68 h'OVAL CANADIAN S/iR/ES. XXVIII.-IF I WERE A SUNBEAM. Pronounce distinctly: whit' est lil' ies wood' lands grace' ful hov' els {<> ns in shovd) droop' ing ra' di ance low' li est di vine' ^:%' I. If I were a sunbeam, I know what I would do; I'd seek the whitest lihes The rainy woodlands thro' ; Stealing in among them, The softest light I'd shed, Until each graceful lily Raised its drooping head. 2. If I were a sunbeam, I know where I would go; Into the lowliest hovels, All dark with want and woe ; Until sad hearts looked upward, I there would stay and shine; I. Write the stanza, using for I'd seek, rainy woodlands stealmgm amongthem, shed, raised, and drolp^nrout: words which will i.,)t rhan-'e tlie sci s • *^'""lJiug-, oinei roX^i^fuZT ''''V''^ «^^''ne minings as to .-l.at place, .or- roii. Ill, in that place, and remain f SECOND READING BOOK'. 69 Then they would think of heaven, Their sweet home and mine. 3. Art thou not a sunbeam, O child, whose life is glad, With still an inner radiance That sunshine never had ? As the Lord hath blest thee, Oh, scatter rays divine. For there can be no sunbeam But must die or shine. /Are/ -dc/^ j^r/ r(^lirf/£ea /f/e c/ic r/ /ueJc €€4^ J^J'l€>^l/. tJi ee// Afj r//'( ?/i it'rfd 3. What is meant by inner radiance? shed ; scatter, spread about. woe ; sorrow. graceful; beautiful. radiance; brightness. lowliest hovels ; poorest huts, rays divine; heavenly light. Ask questions about lilies, woodlands, heads, hovels. r.^^ The teacher should train the pupils to ask these ques- tions with proper inflection. hat place, sor- 70 A'OVAL CAXAD/AN S/CR/ES. jlil XXIX.-THE TWO NEGROES. Pronounce distinctly : schoon' er tow' ards cli' ma^/es voy'ag-e leaped low' ered im pos' si ble di reef de cid' ed ne' groes per' ish ad dress' ing pre' cious {pi-cskus) at ten' tion engulf I. The schooner "Six Sisters" was sailing to- wards the Isle of France. It was one of those pleasant nights which are so delightful in warm countries. The passengers were all counting on having a good v^oyage. 2. Ail at once a flame leaped up in the darkness A terrible cry of - Fire, fire," was heard; and in SECOND REAPING /iOOA'. 7' ci moment it was clear that the schooner was on fire, and that the fire was spreading very fast. 3. A boat was lowered. All the crew and pas- sengers crowded into it, until they were so heaped together that it was in danger of sinking. Being so full, it was impossible to direct its course. The danger increased at every moment. It seemed as thoucfh the boat must tifo down, 4. At length, it was decided that two persons should be cast into the sea, in order that the others might be saved. But upon whom should the choice fall.^ 5. At the bottom of the boat, two negroes were paying the most careful attention to their mistress, who was weeping and holding out her arms to her little child. Every eye was fixed on these negroes. It was soon settled that they should die. But they were men of great strength. Before they could be cast into the sea, they would struggle fiercely, and the boat would, perhaps, be capsized. And yet the moments were very precious. Each wave of the sea seemed as though it would swallow up the boat. 6. The captain, who must have been a great coward, said in his despair to the sailors: "Throw the lady and her baby overboard." One of the negroes heard this. He whispered a few words I ' 72 liOYAI. CANADIAN SERIES. to h,s co,npanion, and then said to the lady. •■ Ho and I w,ll take the place of you and your child." 7- ' hen. addressing the captain, he said. "Pro- ni>se us to save them, and we will at once jum, into the sea." ' " I promise you." said the capt.iin 8. " Poor little darling, give me one kiss," said the negro as he placed his dark lips against the- whue cheeks of the child. •■Good-bye, little master. Good-bye, mistress." 9. The othernegro havingalso kissed the child they hfted up their hands to heaven. jun,ped over- board, and disappeared in the midst of the waves / ff^v£ rf rj ff. y^ /-' e^e rr rr/ /■ r7^vr ^ '/ HiotQgraptiic Sciences Corporation 23 west MAIN STRUT WiBSTiR N.r. MSM (716) S72-4S03 '^ i \ 7 ^ AV )VAI. CA NA I) I A N SERIES. XXXIL— HOW TO READ. Pronounce distinctly: — neph' ewp {ncv) niec' es [nccccs) prim' er (primm) ech' oed heed' ing Can a' di an shrill dis tinct' ly rap' id ly 1. One clay U-cj 2 Fred, who was sitting in his arm-chair, called his little nephews and nieces about him. I think there were five in all. Let me see —George, James, Jennie, Grace, and Eva ! 2. " Well, children," said Uncle Fred, " do you know how to read.^" " Why, what a question ! " said George. " Of course we do. We have all been to school three years." 3. "Yes," said Grace; "and I have been through the ' Primer' and the • First Royal Cana- dian Reader,' and a good part of the 'Second Reader.'" " So have I ! " said James. " And I ! and I ! " echoed the others. "And grandma says I can read the hard words in her big Bible almost as well as she can," added Jennie. 4. "Why. what a wonderful set of nephews I. What are nephews and nieces? Write tl.e names of Uncle Fred's nieces. 3. What is an echo? s/:(OM) a'/':/1/)/m; /jook'. 79 I ! f 10 names of and nieces I have!" said Uncle Fred. "How wise all of you must be! Here. James, read this verse for me as well as you can." 5. "So James took the hook which his Uncle hVed handed him, and read the verse very ripidly, without lieeding the stops. 6. "You may read the next verse, Jennie." Jennie obeyed, and read in a hii^h, shrill tone, very unlike the charming tone in which she always talked. 7. "Here, George," said Uncle Fred, "read the next verse." George tried to do his best, and shouted so loud that Uncle Fred pretended to shut out the noise by putting a finger in each ear. 8. " Now, it is your turn, Grace." Grace read the next verse in what is called a sing-song manner : And then lie ran to her and Inid His head upon her arm ; As if lie said, I'm tiol afraid. You'll keep me from all harm. 9. " )^ou have not read, Eva. You were not so sure that you knew how to read, but you may try. Eva took the book and read her verse in a very 1' f). What is ui(>ant i)y shrill tone, and charming? u 'I if J I I I JiiM \ 80 A'OVAA CAXAD/AX S/Ch^/JCS. ii!|: i: pleasant tone, as if she were talking or tellintr a pretty story. 10. "Now, children." said Uncle Fred. "I think one of you knows how to read. Can you tell me which it is.>" "If you mean the one who reads best. I know," said Grace. - I think Eva does." M. " ll7iy does she read best .^" ** Because she didn't read too fast." said James. "And I think it is because she spoke so l)lainly," said George. 12. -What do jw/ say, Jennie .?" asked Uncle rred. "I think it is because she understood what she read," said Jennie. "And / think she enjoyed reading it," added Grace. 13. "I^ight, children!" said Uncle Fred. -You have all given me good answers, which shows that you are learning to think, if you are not iearnmg to read well. If you will all remember what each one has just said, you will be good readers one of these days. 14. " Head s/ou>/y, distinctly, intelligently, and as if you enjoyed it, and you will all be as good readers as Eva." 15- "A great deal better, I hope," said Eva. s/;c(hv/> RicAnixc hook. 8i " I vviiiit to be as good a reader as my teacher. The half-hour given to the reach' ng-lesson in school always i)asses pleasantly. She talks %oUk Its about the stones, and lohat they mean, before we read them to her.'' i6. " She must be a goor! teacher," said Uncle Pred, patting Eva on the head. " Now you may all go and have a good game at 'hide and seek.' " # # # {lff/% ee^ Acrel/Al rfJiiiAf/cy echoed; repeated, distinctly; plainly. intelligently ; undcrstandin^iy. enjoyed it ; was pleased with it. Write statements, each containing at least one of these words : verse, heeding, Bible, learning. i ; 82 A'Or.J/. (VIA. ID/. I A .S7:7v7/:.S. ill ifl 5 ^ l i','- XXXIIi. -CLHANLINKSS. Pronounce distinctly: — im por' tant at tend' ing hun' dreds per spire' mois' ture ne gleet' dis eas' es tow' el clean' li ness {clmn) thor' ough lyitlmr) un whole' some cleanse (clem) I. I have often seen children whose hands and faces were so dirty that you would think they had not been well washed for a week. I and 2. WeU and can have more than one meaning: Rive these meanings. What is the difference between week and walk, no and /utou.^ ? SliCONI) Ri: A 1)1 SO HOOK. 83 2. Now, every child ought to Icarii how very imjKjrtaiit it is to keep not only the face, hut the whole body clean. No one can long have good health without attending to this. I will tell you why. 3. The skin, which covers the body, is full of very tiny holes— so small, indeed, that many hundreds of them can be covered with a five-cent l)iece. Through these holes — or pores, as they are called — we perspire, that is, our bodies give out a moisture. We notice this most during hot weather, but the fact is, we are always perspiring, more or less, even during the C( eldest day of winter. 4. Now, if this moisture be allowed to remain on the skin, it becomes mixed with dust, and soon forms into a crust of dirt which closes up the pores, and thus causes many diseases. 5. Most diseases of the skin arise from a want of cleanliness. These diseases will not remain long among people of cleanly habits. 6. Nearly all fevers first show themselves among people who live in close, dirty houses, breathe bad air, use unwholesome food, and wear dirty clothes. 3 and 4. Write the paragraphs, using for the body, very- tiny, perspire, moisture, notice, fact, perspiring, allowed to remain, closes up, and diseases, words having the same meanings as these words and phrases. 6. What meaning has close when it is pronounced Hke cloze/ 84 KOYAL CANADIAN SlUaiiS. No filth of any kind should be allowed to lie in the streets. The towns which are the cleanest are always the most healthy. 7. The very brutes set us an example of cleanli- ness. Most of them seem uneasy and do not thrive well if they are not kept clean. A horse which is kept clean will grow fat on less food than one that IS not well attended to. You may have seen the delight with which a little bird in a cage takes its bath. How it splutters, and shakes its feathers and then when it has dressed itself, how gaily h sings. 8. Surely, then, all children should be careful not to neglect the use of fresh water, soap, and a rough towel. They should bathe and thoroughly cleanse their b dies every day. 9. Some boys are such cowards that they are afraid of a drop of cold water. A brave boy would no more think of neglecting to wash himself because the water was cold, than he would think of running away^r^^ friends when they were in danger, attending to this; looking "msea^^^'^^^i^^^, ' fact • Truth'* unwholesome ; unhealthy. tact , ti nth. neglect ; omit. allowed to remain ; let stay, thoroughly ; fully. ,Jnlyr' words that mean cfu,nb auunals, prosper, cared for Joy, 8. Write the paragrapli, using for surely neglect nn,i thoroughly cleanse, other words which wilTmake stse :o lie ill the t^anest arc SI- COM) Rr.ADisa HOOK. XXXIV.— THE WATER-MILL. 85 Pronounce distinctly : — mer' ri ly wagr' gfon noi' si ly whir' ring" pet' ti coats whirl' ing" I. "Any grist for the mill?" How merrily it goes! Flap, flap, flap, flap, While the water flows. Round about and round about, The heavy mill-stones grind. And the dust flies all about the mill. And makes the miller blind. 2. "Any grist for the mill.?" The jolly farmer packs His waggon with a heavy load Of very heavy sacks. I and 2. What words liavo the sa f„i fin. ; , same meanings as /m/./,//3.,/,/„v. fiil, Jills, ba^s, and around? What is meant by grist ? I 11 ■ •r T W K ' !r 'F i . 1 : 1 : M ■ ss h'ov.u (V/.\>//v./a-.s7;av/;.v. XXXV.— SIMDI'RS. Pronounce distinctly :- spi' der mi' cro scope sev' er al joints del' i cate gauz' y in vades' un wa' ry (ivay) seiz' es Vic' tim moth (th as in //;///) moths (/// as ill //,/ii wind' ing e las' tic strugr' glingr I. Look at this spider's web; it stretches right across the rose trees! I wonder where Mr. Spider is. I have been looking for him every- where; he must have got lost among the bushes. 2. No ! he is hanging here, head downwards, under the middle of his net, watching for any little careless fly that may come headlong into his toils I. What is the meaning of right across? ^^J^'\^''^''^^'"'''^f '"'''^" "'^ "^'P"'''^ "^ "^"''"-'^^ ^"^ thoughtful^ What word has the same mcanin- as nets? s/:( V >.\7> A'/:.i/)/.\i ; lu u >a-. Sc, (\[\hv, ready, no doiiht, to carry it to his home, and cat it for his hn^akfast. 3. If you look at this spider, you will sec that he has cM^ht lc'(rs. and if you ohservt! one of his li:<,^s through a microscope, you will notice that each leg has several joints, and that at the end of the last joint there are hooks very much like the claws of a cat. Most spiders hav(! eight eyes, hut some have six, and a small number have only two. 4. Hut how do spiders make such delicate; gauzy wel)s, so fine and yet so strong? The body of each soiniiinor spider is provided with a number of little bags, full of a kind of gum. Each ba^ is full of little holes, through * which very fine threads are drawn; these stick together, and form a thread strong enough to bear the weight of the spider. 5. So long as the bags contain gummy matter, the spider can go on spinning; but when they are empty, he must wait until more gum is formed. 4- Write this part of the lesson, usin.t,' for is provided with, kind, form, and bear, other words havin.s,' the same meanin-s as these words. What httle word can be used for is provided with? [), S-f i: » • * w ' I i I 90 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. i i M ' 6. There are many kinds of spiders. The house spider and the garden spider are best known. 7- Of these, the first is not often allowed to spin in peace. The housemaid, with a broom, in- vades the sly corner where he sets his net to catch unwary flies and moths. 8. When the spider is left alone, he soon spins a web, and then goes into a corner to watch for his victims. If a i>oor fly touches the web, it is caught. Its feet are not, like the spider's, made to walk on the web. and Mr. Spider rushes down from his corner, seizes the fly, and kills it. 9- If a large moth or a bluebottle is caught, the spider seizes it, and kicks it round and round, at the same time winding a strong elastic web about it. When the wings of the insect are fas- tened down, the spider goes away, and leaves it to tire itself out by struggling. (Z^J? rt//^ dot^t^ dAe^e./^ jf,f/^4 /ff A 'ft^?tiei , 1 mil ! i ! 1 >ht » '•' ■ I 1 li'', } '_■ 92 ROYAl. CANADIAN SERIES. gentleman who was fond of observing insects, "when a wasp came buzzing near my ears. I struck it away with my hand, and it fell into a rose-bush. 3- '' In this bush a garden spider had spun her web. The wasp fell right into the middle of it. and every leg was fast except one. With this leo. the wasp began to kick and struggle. It plunged, and shook the web till it got a second leg loose; then, with these, it fought for several minutes till three legs were free. 4- " I began to think that if it were left alone. it would fight its way out of the web. But the; spider came out to see what was the matter. Shc! ran round and round the wasp, taking care to keep away from its sting. As fast as the web was broken, she repaired it. 5. "As long as her prisoner did not seem likely to get out, she was satisfied with mending the web. but as soon as three legs had been loosened she took another way to secure the prey. Fastening a thread to one side of the web. she threw it over the wasp, ran round to the other side, and drew struggle?'^''* ^""'^ "'""^ ^"' ^' "'''' • ^^''* ^' "^" "^"^"^"S of paired?''* ''^'"^ '" P^^'-^graph 7 has the same meaning as re- HHCOND READING BOOK. 93 the thread tight, just as you have seen ii man fasten a rope over a load of hay. She then threw the thread over several times, and drew it tight each time. 6. " In a few minutes, the wasp was tied up in the web, and there was no chance of its getting out. It was then killed by the spider. I watched her strip it of its wings and fine feathers. She carried away its legs and its whole body. 7. **She then mended every broken thread, and left the web as neat as it was before the wasp fell into it." 8. The litde field-spiders spin their nets over the ground, and on the bushes, to catch their prey. In autumn, when the dew is on their webs, the fields look as if the fairies had had a grand wash, and had hung out their delicate robes to dry. 9. The water-spider lives entirely under water. He certainly would not be able to keep a dry roof over his head if he did not make for himself a litde house into which the wet can- not get. 8. What is meant by delicate robes? I 1 94 /^OVAL CANADIAN SERIES. 10. He spins loose threads to the leaves ol- l)lants under the water, and over these threads he spreads a kind of varnish like licjuid glass, sn elastic that he can make his house large or small as he pleases. 11. He then coats himself with a litde of the varnish, to make a sort of waterproof cloak, and conges to the top of the water to get some air. 12. It is not exactly known how this spider draws a bubble of air under his waterproof; but he does so, and carries it to his house, and returns again ten or twelve times for more air-bubbles. When he has enough air, he takes up his abode in his palace under the water. 13. There are many kinds of spiders which do not spin webs, but which get their living in all sorts of artful ways. A rolled-up leaf is the favorite hiding-place of one kind, and from this he darts upon any insect that may chance to pass. Another chooses the inside of a flower, and pounces upon the unwary insects that come in 10. How can his house be made large or small as he wishes ? 11. What word means foytTS .? 13. What words in the second and third sentences have the same meaning? 12 and 13. Write the para.L^raphs, iisin^' for draws, carries, returns, enough, abode, favorite hiding-place, and un- wary, other words having the same meanings. SECOND READING llOUK 95 search of honey. Others choose for their hiding- place a hole in the wall, or in the bark of a tree. 14. The mason -spicier makes for himself a com- fortable home in the ground. He bores in a bank a hole about as large as a man's finger, and lines this hole with silky down to keep out the damp. The most wonderful part of this spider's mansion is the "trap" door. It is made of earth and fine silky down, and has a wonderful hinge, on which it opens and shuts. 14. Tell what ground, bank, and down mean here, and ,i;ive other meanings for the same words. insects; creatmes, such as liquid glass ; melted glass. flies, bees, and moths. abode ; dwelling, secure ; make safe. palace ; grand house, the prey ; that which is caught artful ; sly. to be eaten. " mansion ; large house. VVrite sentences, each containing one of the following words n. phrases : comfortable home, man's finger, most won- derful, mansion, and linger. p m ■■''1 f 96 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. XXXVII.— THE BROWN THRUSH. Pronounce distinctly : — thrush med' die touch ju' ni per 1. There's a merry brown thrush sitting up in a tree; "He's singing to me ! he's singing to me !" And what does he say, little girl, litde boy ? "■ Oh, the world's running over with joy ! Don't you hear } don't you see } Hush! Look! In my tree, I'm as happy as happy can be." 2. And the brown thrush keeps singing, "A nest do you see. And five eggs, hid by me in the juniper tree? SECOND READING BOOK. 97 Don't meddle ! don't touch ! little girl, little boy, Or the world will lose some of its joy ! Now I'm glad ! now I'm free ! And I always shall be, If you never bring sorrow to me." 3. So the merry brown thrush sings away in the tree, To you and to me, to you and to me; And he sings all the day, little girl, little boy: ^ •' Oh, the world's njnning over with joy ! But long it won't be. Don't you know? don't you see? Unless we are as good as can be." 2. What word has the same meaning as interfere » (See Lesson XXX., page 74.) Write statements, each containing, at least, one of the fol- lowing words or phrases: a brown thrush, lose, none jumper tree. ' Write questions about a boy, the world, your home, and your lessens for to-morrow. IS* All statements and questions are sentences. After this when you are asked to write sentences, you may write statements or questions. Do not forget that every sentence should begin with a capital; that every statement should end with a full stop, and that every ques- tion should end with a question-mark. 98 ROYAL CANADIAN SEKIIiS. I XXXVIIL—THE CROW AND THE FOX. Pronounce distinctly: — flew (fn> like it in fig' ure (long n) ^"''^•) si' died de vour' stu' pid (l-nj; •.; flown ech' oes el' e gant chuck' le I. A crow one clay stoic a bit of cheese and flew away with it to the branch of a tree, where he could devour it in peace. A fox saw him, and made up his mind to get the cheese from him. But he could not climb the tree, and, even if he could, the crow would have flown away long before the fox could have got near him. 2. Being unable to get the cheese by force, he thought he would try a trick. So he stole up quietly I. What other meaning has saw? Write a word that is pronounced like peace. SFXVND READING BOOK. 99 to the foot of the tree, sat down there, crossed his arms, gave his tail an elegant twist, opened his wicked mouth, and began to talk to the crow. 3. " What a lovely bird you are," he said. " I never saw such a glossy jet black ; and then your back and neck have such bright blue tints. Your wings are beautifully formed, and your whole figure is grace itself No bird in the sky, no bird on tree or rock or bush, can be compared with you." 4. The crow, delighted with these words, sidled about with pleasure, and thought what a nice, good, clever gentleman the fox was. 5. The fox went on: " You are all I have said, and more; but, do you know, I never heard you sing.? If your voice is equal to you- lovely color and elegant shape, you are matchless— you are the wonder of the world. Will you not favor me with a little song ?" 6. The crow at once opened his bill and uttered a loud caw. Down fell the cheese to the ground; up jumped the fox, sprang upon the cheese, and ate it up. And, as the fox disappeared into the wood, the stupid crow heard the echoes of a chuckle that told him what a fool he had been. 5. What is meant by Will you not favor me? 6. Write the paragraph, using for uttered, disappeared, and echoes, words that have the same meanings. ' '5? I ■} i'l 1 I, 'I I H lOO IWYAL CANADIAN SERIES. devour it ; eat it greedily. tints ; colors. e egant ; beautiful. sidled ; moved sideways. glossy ; smooth and shining. matchless ; without an equal 18 grace Itself; ,s as beautiful chuckle; short, half-smoth" ""^ '^ ^^" ^e- ared laugh. compared with you ; said to flattery ; false praise. be like you. Write on your slate, and pronounce to your teacher, blue blew, flew, cure, tune, new, stew, dew, and newspaper. C:^^ ^» SECOND READING BOOK. PART II. I— FROGS. Pronounce distinctly :- tad' pole per' feet beads dis' tance grad' u al ly gills (g as in get) lungs ap prove' al though' cu' ri ous tongues length (not tenth) I. Have you ever seen a tadpole? If you have, perhaps you did not know that the funny-look- ing thing with a long tail and without legs would some day become a per- fect frog. (■ B I02 AVMVt/ ^A.XADU.V ,S£RIICS. ii '•' f 2. The fish-likc tadpole goes through many changes before it becomes a grown-up frog. First of all, you may see in i ditch or pond patci.-s of something looking very much like bunches of beads made of jelly. These are the eggs. They float on the surface of the water, and, at a distance, look like froth or air bubbles. After a few days, from each ng^ there is hatched a tiny tadpole which has a long, fish-like tail, by means of which it swims about, but at first it has no legs. Soon the hind legs begin to grow, and these are followed by th two fore ones; then the tail gradually becomes less and less, until it quite disappears. 3. While living under the water, the tadpole breathed like a fish through gills; but now that it has become a frog its lungs have grown, and it breathes the air chiefly through its mouth, but pardy through its skin. 4. Behold him^ no y a bright-eyed frog hopping on dry land. HoW he does puff, as if he did not at all approve of being a frog ! 5. Why does he puff and pant in this way ? He is only breathing, and he cannot help making all that fuss about it; 'cause, although he has 2. Write the paragraph, usin- ibr >8coaies, pord. surface at a distance, tiny, by mean ■. or viich, begin and fore^ other words having the same meanings. SliCOND READING liOOK. 103 lungs, he lias no ribs, and, for that reason, cannot breathe easily. 6. Another curious thing about the frog is, that although he has a row of teeth in his upper jaw. he never bites, and Indeed never uses his teeth. 7. Frogs {vvx\ on flies, ants, spiders, worms, l)eetles. and even snails. By means of their long tongues they catch their prey very quickly, and, swallow it whole and alive. 8. Everybody knows that a frog can leap; but how far, do you think ? About ten or twelve times its own length at one jump. At the same rate, how many feet would you be able to leap } 6. What is the meaning of curious? Give two different meanings for row. 7. What is meant by prey? perfect; full grown, complete, approve of; like, gradually; step by step, slowly, behold; look at. disappears; goes out of sight. Thr , .ids lunr\ gills and ribs can best be explained by the teacher. Write at least ten words in which g is hard, that is, has the sound it has in frog and goes. Write sentences, each of which will contain one of these words: tail, tale, knew, new, through, threw, jeUy, whole, hole. ! fi 104 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. II.— LITTLE THINGS. Pronounce distinctly : — calm un guard' ed an' gnish thriU wound (wooud) re spect' I. Little things, ay, little things Make up the sum of h'fc ; A word, a look, a single tone, May help to calm a strife. 2. A word may part the dearest friends- One little, unkind word, Which in some light, unguarded hour, The heart with anger stirred. 3. A look will sometimes send a pang Of anguish to the heart : A tone will often cause the tear In sorrow's eye to start. 4- One litde act of kindness done- One litde kind word spoken Hath power to make a thrill of joy, E'en in a heart that's broken. 2. What is meant by a light, unguarded hour? 3- What IS here meant by A tone and cause? 4. For what does E'en stand ? SECOND READING BOOK. 5. Then let US watch these "little things," And so respect each other, That not a word, a look, or tone Shall wound a friend or brother. 105 5. What is the meaning of respect each other, tone and wound? ' ^^' ^^^' pang of anguish; shai, .eel- to calm a strife ; to quiet a ing of great sorrow. ^"'iirel. sorrow's eye ; the eye of a unguarded ; careless. sorrowful or sad person. a thrill; a tingling feeling. Write sentences, each containing one or more of the following words or phrases : sum. some, a strife, dearest friends unkind word. «^v/ ^n^fi^A/, /;7f^^/^ /y r/rry ^; /L. (^rrrA Ae^i'ci ^ e ff//r^ ire^tn / /fr}j, /c M -irriAY. % il io6 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. III.— CHARLIE AND ROB. Pronounce distinctly : — hin' der kind' ling pshaw {p silent) con' quer (congker) clerk {dark) ao counts' own'er hu' mor as sist' ing I. " Don't you hate splitting wood ?" asked Charlie, as he sat down on a log to hinder Rob for a while. I. Explain hinder for a while. SECOND READING BOOK. 107 " No, I rather like it. When I get hold of a tough old log, I say, ' Look here, now, you think you're stronger than I am, and are going to beat me; so I'll split you up into kindling wood.' " 2. '• Pshaw !" said Charlie, laughing; "and it's only a stick of wood." ''Yes; but you see I pretend it's a lesson, or a tough job of any kind, and I like to get the better of it." " I don't warn to conquer such things; I don't care what becomes of them. I wish I were a rich man." 3- "Well, Charlie, if you live long enough, you'll be a man, without wishing for it; and as for being rich, I mean to be that myself." "You do.? Ho\y do you expect to get your money .? By sawing wood .?" " May be— some of it; that's as good a way as any, as long as it lasts; I don't care how I get rich, if it's in an honest and useful way." 4- ''I'd like to sleep for the next ten years, then wake up to find myself a young man with a f,^reat deal of learning and plenty of money." "Well, I'm not sleepy— a night at a time is enough for me. I hope to work for the next ten Hilpl 2. What is meant by pretend, and tough? 4. Explain these are things. io8 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. "1:1 L years. You see that these are things which you have to wor^ out — you can't s/ee/> them out." 5. "I hate to work," said Charlie; ''that is, I hate such work as sawing and splitting wood, and doing chores. I'd like to do some great work. I want to be a clerk in a bank, or something of that sort." " Wood has to be sawed and split before it can be burned," said Rob. " I intend to own a large farm some time. I am preparing myself for it now. Besides cutting the wood, I am attending to the horse and cow, and keeping father's accounts. " 6. How Charlie laughed! "I think doing these things is a long way from being the owner of a farm. I suppose your father sells two tables and six chairs some days, does he not .^" "Sometimes more than that, and sometimes not so much," said Rob, in perfect good humor. *' I didn't say I was a farmer; I said I was work- ing to be one. Am I not nearer to it when I am assisting my father than I should be if I was doing nothing ?" 7. "Not a whit," said Charlie, as he went away. 5 and 6. Write these parts of the lesson, using for chores, intend, preparing, attending to, suppose, and perfect good humor, words or phrases which hav^e the same nicanimrs What was Rob's father ? 7. What is meant by whit, and tramp? SECOND READING BOOK. 109 Now, which of these boys do you think grew to be a rich and useful man, and which of them became a tramp before he was thirty years old ? conquer; to get the better of. expect; hope. preparing; getting ready. accounts ; statements of mon- eys received and paid, and of what he owed and what was owing to him. assisting; helping. Write sentences about splitting wood, conquer, money learning, a farmer, and a useftil man. ' IV.-GOD CARES FOR ALL. Pronounce distinctly : shin' ing (long/) 00' sy I. Do you know how many stars There are shining in the sky .?> Do you know how many clouds Every day go floating by } God the Lord has counted all : He would miss one, should it fall. - 2. Do you know how many flies Play about in the warm sun .? heav' en I. What are the silent letters in you, know, there, day, andfloatmg? • "'J'. iiii!#4.J I lO ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. How many fishes in the water?- God has counted every one. Every one He called by name, When into the world it came. 3. Do you know how many children Go to little beds at night — Sleeping there so warm and cosy Till they wake with morning light ? God in heaven each name can tell, Knows j^(??^ too, and loves you well. 2. Name the marks at the end of the lines in the verse. Why is He spelled with a capital H ? Write the following statements, placing in the blanks or spaces words that will make sense : The sun in the and you where the risris ? it rise in the or in the the shine by or does it in the at W|| ■ fiWil lilii SECOND READING BOOK. Ill v.— PERSEVERANCE. Pronounce distinctly : shov' el dif fl cult muf fler trou' sers ear' nest ly loung^ ingr en cour' ag- ingr sneer' ing* shrink' ing* I. It was a bitter cola day. There had been a great snow-storm, and the sky had a black and angry look. "Dear me," .said Mrs. Wilson, as she looked out of the window: "see how the snow has drifted mto the yard. Ann cannot get out to the wood-house for her kindling wood. The poor hens, too, have not been fed since yesterday .s*4i»fn(»f^-!! 112 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. •!*||' III ' f I I morning. What shall we do, witliout anybody to dig a path ?" 2. " I can shovel a path, grandmother," said Johnny, a bright boy about eight years old. " The task will be too difficult for you, I fear," said Mrs. Wilson, "and besides, we have nothing but this fire-shovel to work with." " No matter," said Johnny, " I can try." So Johnny put on his hat, tied his muffler round his neck, turned up his trousers, and went to work with a will. 3. He was digging away very earnestly, when a man came lounging along with his hands in his pockets. Instead of giving Johnny a helping hand, or saying an encouraging word to him, he called out in a sneering tone : " Boy, how do you expect to get through that snow-drift ?" 4. ''By keeping at it — that's how!" answered Johnny, as he tossed the snow out of his litde shovel. Then, without wasting any more time in talking, he turned to his work again. It was hard work. He was soon very tired, and his hands 2. What word means the opposite of ca%y ? What is meant by went to work with a will? 3. What is meant by lounging, helping hand, and expect ? 4. What word already used in the lesson has the same meaning as hard ? hat is meant SECOND READING HOOK. i\ 113 were cold, but he kept at it bravely until he had dug a good path. 5- Now, boys and girls, we shall all have paths to dig, of one kind or another, as we go through life. Many snow-drifts will lie in our way, but if we work with a stout heart we shall be sure to succeed in the end. 6. Bear this in mind, and when you find your- selves shrinking from any good and useful task, and asking, "How shall I ever do this.?" or, "How am I to do that.?" be ready with Johnny Wilson's answer: '^ By keeping at //—that's how !" ' ee. Ca e-^ ^-ri T A, ^t-ie^'ri-t^ ■/ 5- What is meant here by snow-drifts ? 6. What words or phrases have the same meanings as rcmcm. ocr, and work? 8 114 ROYAL CANAIUAN SERIES. bitter; sharp, biting'. shrinking; drawing back very earnestly; with all his through fear. '"'^''^*' sighing; sorrowing. an encouraging word; a waiting the tide; waiting f.r word that gives hope. a better chance. sneering; mocking. prevail; win, conquer. Write sentences about a snow-storm, a sneering tone his work, and a fire-shovel. ' VI.— MAKE YOUR OWN SUNSHINE. Pronounce distinctly : — •^^^''^i® fac'tory amuse' ment wretch' ed news' pa per (not mos) dreamed sand' wiches {widj) fam' i ly cheer' ful I. "Oh, dear, it always does rain when I want to go anywhere," cried Jennie Moore. " It's too bad. Now I must stay in-doors, and I know 1 shall have a wretched day." "Perhaps so," said Uncle Jack; "but you need not have an unpleasant day unless you choose." 2. " How can I help it .? I wanted to go to the park and hear the band, and take Fido and play on the grass, and pull wild flowers and eat sandwiches under the trees. But now there isn't 1. What word means miserable? 2. Give another meaning for band. drawing back eering tone, muse' meni SEcom) A'/: An/ AG nooh'. i r 5 going to be any sunshine, and I'll have to stand here and see it rain all day." 3. "Well, let us make a little sunshine," said Uncle Jack. "Make sunshine!" said Jennie; - why. how can we make it?"-and she smiled through her tc-ars. "You haven't a sunshine factory, have you ?" 4. "Well. I'm going to start one now, if you'll l^e my partner." replied Uncle Jack. "First, let me give you these rules for making sunshine • Don't think what might have been, if the day had l)een better ; see how many pleasant things there are left to enjoy ; do all you can to make other people happy." 5. "Well. I'll try the last thing first;" and enme went to work to amuse her little brother Wilhe who was crying. In a short time she had him nding upon a chair and laughing, and she was laughing herself. "Well," said Uncle Jack, " I see you are a good sunshine-maker, for you've nearly all you or Wilhe can need just now. Let us try what we can do with the second rule." 6. " But I haven't anything to enjoy; my dolls are all old and my picture-books all toi and- 3- Tell what a factory is. What oth ler meaning has tears? li^Ti ii6 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. "Hold!" said Uncle Jack; "here's an old newspaper. Now, let us get some fun out of it." " F'un out of a .lewspaper! Why, how can wi: get fun out of it ?" 7. But Uncle Jack showed her how to make out of paper, a mask, a whole family of dolls, and a lot of pretty things for Willie. In this way Jennie found many a pleasant amusement, and when bed-time came she kissetl Uncle Jack and said, "Good-night, dear Uncle Jack." 8. Jennie dreamed that night that Uncle Jack had built a great house, and had put a sign-board over the door which read : She made Uncle Jack laugh when she told him her dream; but she never forgot — what you must remember — that "a cheerful heart makes its own sunshine." C^ji/t -t2€^/AM^y dt?- df^-ti^nf red ficel. 7, What is meant by amusement? What two words in the script lines mean the same thing ? SKCONJ) READING HOOK. »'? partner; sharer in the busi- mask; .i cover for the face a "^"««- false face, to enjoy ; to take pleasure in. cheerful; joyful. amuse; please. Write questions, each containinf; one or more of these words: Jennie Moore, sandwiches, sunshine, picture-books. Write words that are pronounced like rain, hear, see, through, some, and great. wo words in One Step and then another. And the longest walk is ended ; One stitch and then another, And the largest rent is mended. One brick upon another, And the highest wall is made ; One flake upon another, And the deepest snow is laid. So the little coral-workers, By their slow but constant motion. Have built those pretty islands In the distant, dark-blue ocean. And the noblest undertakings Man's wisdom hath conceived, By oft-repeated efforts, Have been patiendy achieved. 1. !.. A L i ii 11 ii8 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. VII.— TO WHOM SHALL WE GIVE THANKS? Pronounce distinctly : — sought quenched ac' cents spark' lingr ao cept' ne'er ea' ger gen' er ous o' cean draught (draft) bowed (ow as in cow ) sub dued I. A little boy had sought the pump From which the spark- ling water burst, And drank with eager joy the draught That kindly quenched his raging thirst ; Then gracefully he touched his cap — *' I thank you, Mr. Pump," he said, I. For what words can shining brightly, poured out, fierce, and brought up be used ? SECOND READING BOOK. 1 1 9 "' For this nice drink you've given me !" (This little boy had been well-bred.) 2. Then said the^pump : " My little man, You're welcome to what I have done ; But I am not the one to thank — I only help the water run." "Oh, then," the little fellow said (Polite he always meant to be), " Cold Water, please accept my thanks, You have been very kind to me." 3. "Ah," said Cold Water, "don't thank me; Far up the hill-side lives the Spring That sends me forth with generous hand To gladden every living thing." " I'll thank the Spring, then," said the boy, And gracefully he bowed his head. "Oh, don't thank me, my little man," The Spring with pleasant accents said. 4. Oh, don't thank me, for what am I Without the Dew and Summer Rain } Without their aid I ne'er could quench Your thirst, my little boy, again." 2. For what word can mannerly be used ? 3. What is meant by gladden and bowed ? t' k|i P f I 20 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES, "Oh, well, then," said the little boy, "I'll gladly thank the Rain and Dew." ** Pray, don't thank us — without the Sun We could not fill one cup for you." 5. " Then, Mr. Sun, ten thousand thanks For all that you have done for me." " Stop ! " said the Sun, with blushing face ; *' My little ic-llow, don't thank me ; 'Twas from the Ocean's mighty stores I drew the draught I gave to thee." " Oh, Ocean, thanks ! " then said the boy. It echoed back, " Not unto me — 6. " Not unto me, but unto Him Who formed the depths in which I lie ; Go, give thy thanks, my litde boy, To Him who will thy wants supply." The boy took off his cap and said. In tones so gende and subdued, " Oh, God, I thank Thee for this gift ; Thou art the Giver of all Good !" 5. What words can be used instead of blushing and echoed? Explain the steps by which the well gets its water to the sun. 6. Why are the first letters of Him and Thee capitals ? SECOND READING BOOK, 121 sought; looked after. generous; not stingy, boun- draught ; dnnk. tiful. gracefuUy ; in a gentlemanly accents ; words or language. ^^y- Ocean's mighty stores • quenched his thirst ; satis- great quantities of water th'e fied his thirst. ocean holds. accept ; take. supply ; fill, satisfy. subdued; softened. Make statements each containing one or more of the following words or phrases : a draught, gracefuUy. you're, accept, the daw. the sun, the G-iver of all Good. ^ VIII.— I WAS IN LIQUOR THEN. Pronounce distinctly : — due drowned al low' con sent' in tox' i cat ing- liq' uor T. A little mouse was once playing near a vat full of beer, and not taking due care fell into the liquor. A cat which chanced to be near by heard the splash and came and looked over the edge of the vat. 2. " Will you please help me out of this vat ? " asked the mouse, «' I am nearly drowned." "Yes," said the cat; "if you will allow me to eat you when you get dry, I will help you out." "Well," replied the mouse, - I will drown if I stay here and I can but die if I get out. so I will consent to what you ask." 3. The cat put down her paw and helped the "i!!*^^ 122 RO YAL CANADIAN SERIES. mouse out of the vat. The mouse sat very quietly for a time until it was nearly dry and then quickly popped into a hole close at hand. 4. After a while the cat arose and began to lick her jaws and said to the mouse, "Now you are dry, come out of your hole and let me eat you." " I will not go out and let you eat me," said the mouse. " But," answered the cat, ''when you were in the vat and about to drown you promised that you would." "True," said the mouse, "I did promise, but / ivas ill liquor theny 5. Many a rash promise is made when a man is in liquor which he does not escape from so easily as did the mouse. If boys and men never have anything to do with intoxicating liquors they will never be led into danger by them. due ; proper. intoxicating liquors ; rash promise ; promise made drinks tliat will make oiu' hastily and without thought. drunk. consent ; agree. Make sentences from the following groups of words We, careful, never, be, promises, should, rash, to. make. Many, health, character, in, liquors, and, by, intoxi- cating, ruined, thousands, are, property. Write a statement about yourself and your teacher, and another about yourself and your playmate. SECOND READING BOOK. 123 iquors ; ill make oiu" by, intoxi- teacher, and IX.— MICE. Pronounce distinctly : — tim' id cup' boards (cuhlnmh) mows (oiv as in cow) di rec' tion yel' low ish whit' ish plait' ed en' trance wind' ing I. Boys and girls all know what mice are. They are timid, but pretty little creatures. The common mouse— that is, the one that lives in our houses, and gets into our cupboards and cellars, and nibbles our bread and cheese and cakes— is found in all parts of the world. 124 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. 2. Besides visiting our houses, these mice sometimes take up their abode in a barn. Here they do a great deal of mischief. They live in the mows, through which they make runs in every direction, and they multiply so fast that hundreds of mice have been taken from one log barn. 3. The Long-tailed Field-mouse — sometimes called the Wood-mouse — is a pretty little animal, somewhat larger than the mouse we see in our houses. It measures about four inches in length and its tail is about as long as its body. Its color is yellowish-brown on the back, and whitish be- neath. 4. One of the smallest of the mouse family, and at the same time the prettiest, is the Harvest-mouse found in Britain. The head and body of this little animal are not more than two and a half inches long, and its tail is about the same length. 5. The Harvest-mouse makes its nest of grass I and 2. Write, in a column, the following words, and opposite to each of them write one or more other words which can bo used instead of it : timid, houses, nibbles, abode, amount, mischief, fast, direcfion. 3. What difference in meaning is there between four and foref 4. What is Britain ? Of what countries is it composed ? SECOND READING BOOK. \ 25 and leaves twisted together, and forms it into the shape of a ball, a little smaller than a cricket-ball. This nest, so warm and soft, is hung among the stalks of the grain from twelve to eighteen inches above the ground. 6. One nest which contained eight little mice was plaited so closely that it could, without losing Its shape, be rolled along the table. There was no opening through which the mother could get to her young ones, so that she must have closed the entrance when she left. 7. The mother can climb to the nest with great ease, and she gets to the ground by winding her tail around a straw, and sliding down. 6 and 7. What is meant by contained, and plaited? mows ; heaps of straw or hay multiply ; become plentiful. rZ.1 A *^® entrance ; the way in. "'"^ ' ^°^^^- winding ; twisting. Form a sentence out of each of the following groups of words : Boys, timid, are, and, sometimes, girls. The, John, nibble, a, saw, mouse, pie. Men, the, threshing, rvcre, who, mice, the grain, many, found, a, great;. II it > I SECOND READING BOOK. 127 X.—THE WOOD-MOUSE. Pronounce distinctly : chest' nut (t silent) Ob' e ron in' no cent mush' room for' est re gard' ed I. Do you know the little Wood-mouse. That pretty little thing, That sits among the forest leaves Beside the forest spring ? 2. Its fur is red as the chestnut, And it is small and slim; It leads a life most innocent Within the forest dim. 3. I saw a little Wood-mouse once. Like Oberon in his hall. With the green moss beneath his feet, Sit under a mushroom tall. 4. I saw him sit, and his dinner eat, All under the forest tree — His dinner of chestnut ripe and red, And he ate it heartily. the' w ii^r' '^ " ''^^ " "'« "^"^ '™-»*. -J w ' '' m I III 'pfffK pr,p|d 128 l^OYAL CANADIAN SERIES. 5. I wish you could have seen him there ; It did my spirit good To see the small thing God had made Thus eating in the wood. 6. I saw that He regarded them — Those creatures weak and small ; Their table in the wild is spread By Him who cares for all. 5. What is meant by It did my spirit good? 6. Explain Their table in the wild is spread. heartily ; with sharp appetite, regarded ; took notice of. Oberon ; the king of the fairies. Write statements telling what you see in the picture. XI.— GOOD ADVICE FOR CHILDREN. Pronounce distinctly : — re la' ting ex act' ly (egz) al' ter in vent' jest pro fane' ob serve' fa' ture pre vent' I. Never tell an untruth. When you are relating anything that you have seen or heard, tell it exacdy as it happened or as it was told to I. Write the paragraph, using for tell, untruth, relating-, exactly, think, and have forgotten, other words which wTll make sense. SECOND READIXG HOOK. 129 you. Do not alter or invent any part, to make, as you may think, a prettier story. If you have forgotten any part, say that you have forgotten it. Persons who love the truth never tell a lie even in jest. 2. Consider well before you make a promise. If you say you will do a thing, and you do not do it, you tell a lie; and who will then trust or believe you } 3. Never allow yourself to use bad language. Avoid listening to profane and filthy words ; or, if you hear them, try to forget them. And if you cannot forget them (for they are very hard to forget), at least never let them cross your lips. 4. When you have done wrong, do not deny it, even if you are afraid you will be punished for it. If you are sorry for what you have done, and try to behave better in future, people will seldom be angry with you, or punish you. They will love you for speaking the truth ; they will think that they may always believe what you say, because they know that you will not tell a lie, even to hide a fault, or to prevent yourself from being punished. 5. Never amuse yourself with giving pain to anybody or to anything, not even to dumb crea- tures. 1: \)n ^O liOYAL CANADIAN SERIES. I f wisdom's ways you wisely seek, Five things observe with care : To whom you speak, of whom you speak, And how, and when, and where. relating; telling. alter; change. invent ; make up. jest ; joke or fun. consider; think. avoid; shun, keep away from. profane; unholy. observe; notice. Write statements about an untruth, a promise, a jest filthy words, dumb ci:eatures. Write questions about an untruth, a pretty story, a pro- mise, dumb creatures. XII.— SPEEDY AND STEADY. Pronounce distinctly : — nap' kin sigrhed thread' ed plod' ding pict' ure sew' ing tor* toise (tiz) pert tri' fled I. "Well, Amy, how are you getting on with your napkin.^" cried Lizzie, whose swift fingers seemed to fly over her work. ''Not very fast," replied quiet little Amy. without raising her eyes; -J have almost fin- ished one side." I. Write this part of the story using other words which will make sense for swift, seemed, replied, and finished. SECOND READING BOOK. iSi 2. "One side!" said Lizzie, with a laugh which was neidier pleasant nor kind; -why, we both began hemming our napkins at the same tune, and I'm now at the /our//i side of mine!" " I know that I am slow," sighed Amy. ''You may well say that!" cried Lizzie. "But I'll try to be steady and do my best," said the little girl, as she threaded her tiny needle, and went on with her work. 3- "As I sew very fast," cried Lizzie, "I am sure I shall have finished my napkin long before the bell rings for dinner. I'll mst urn for a minute to the garden to see if the roses are out." So, tossing down her work on a chair, Lizzie flew off. 4. Amy longed for the fresh air and the flowers, but her work must be done first. Steadily she laid down her broad hem, and had completed the second side of her napkin before her sister came back. "Ah! you plodding little thing," cried Lizzie; "you will never get up to me. I'll have time to go to my room and put up my new picture on the wall." 2. What is meant hv +-.r» l-u» affx^A^n p-r . , - , -- — "^ ststxviji- r ijcluie each of the words plea^nt, kmd, and steady, put a syllable to make the meaning of the word the opposite of what it now is. 132 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. 5- Off went gay little Lizzie. Amy went on with her work. Before her sister again entered the room, the third side of her napkin was hemmed. "Had you not better finish your sewing.?" said Amy. "It must be near dinner-time now." "Oh! I can get it done in two minutes; only I want to look at that story, which Tom told us was so amusing." "But if you are late.?" "No fear of that!?' cried Lizzie; "no one is so likely to be late as a slow little creature like you!" 6. Poor Amy made no reply; stitch after stitch, stitch after stitch, quietly she worked on. Lizzie was soon so much taken up with her story that she forgot all about her work, till she was startled by the sound of the bell. "Can it be dinner-time?" she cried. "Oh dear, and my napkin is not hemmed! And yours — " " It is just finished," said Amy, as she quiedy folded it up. 7- "'Tis just like 'the Hare and the Tor- toise,'" thought Lizzie, who, though pert and vain, had sense enough to take a lesson. Quickness may 'have the start, but the quiet, steady worker does most in the end. went on itered the hemmed, sewing?" ne now." :es ; only 1 told us lo one IS ture like ch after rked on. ler story she was . ''Oh ! And ; quietly le Tor- ert and e quiet, SECOND READING BOOK. 133 ^p/^ ^e^4f/^ Jr^-J^/,d /rr/^ .4/^^,, ^v?^^ €^M- 4^^f^i completed; finished. reply; answer. plodding; slowly but steadily pert; saucy. ^°^ ^"^' trifled away; fooled away. flnil"*^" '''" *^^^^"*^"^es in the lesson in which finish or finished, or words with the same meaning as these, are Ted. XIII.— THE BOY WHO HAD PRESENCE OF MIND. Pronounce distinctly :- wick cur' tain con tents' sub dued' pres' ence val' u a ble ex am' pie cul' ti vate tri' fles thith' er un u' su al op' po site I. Willie Hinton carried a lighted candle to his bedroom one night, and set it upon the table near his bed. After saying his prayers and un- dressmg, he blew out the candle, jumped into bed, and soon went to sleep. 2. In putting out the candle, Willie did not Ir I 134 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. notice that he blew a spark from the wick into the folds of the w'ndow-curtain. The spark, did not go out, but sinking into the stuff of which the cur- tain was made slowly set 'it on fire. The smoke filled the room, and awoke the boy from his first nap. Starting from his pillow, he saw the flames creeping up the side of the window. 3. What did he do.? Most boys of his age would have rushed screaming from the room. What did Willie Hinton do.? 4. He leaped from his bed, ran to the door, and shouted, - Father! father!" Then closing the door, he took the water-jug from his wash-stand, and, stepping upon the table, poured its contents steadily upon the flames. When his father and mother entered the room a few moments later, the fire was so far subdued that it was easily put out. Willie had saved the house from being burnt up. He had presence of mind ; that is, he thought clearly and acted wisely in a moment of danger. 5. This quality of mind is very valuable. Children should cultivate it in little things, by not 2 and 3. Write the paragraphs, using for notice, slowly Starting, rushed, and screaming, other words which will make sense. 4. What is DrABennn of T«i«/io wHq* ,.,-, 1 : 1 "^ * ^^ — -.*»nvi : v\ n at wurd in paragraph 1 has the same meaning as leaped? SECOND READING BOOK. 135 allowing themselves to be frightened at trifles Some little folk, for example, act wilJiy if they see a cow or a dog near them; if in crossing a street, a horse is coming towards them, they run wildly hither and thither; if they hear an unusual sound in or near the house at night, they become greatly alarmed. Such conduct shows want of clear thought and wise action. It is the opposite of presence of mind. Those . , y-frightened chil- dren should try very hard t.. u.mk cleariy and act wisely whenever they see anything that alarms them. hitLri'n VfV-^^ ""'^'i ^"^ of aUowing, trifles, little folk, Hither and thither, alarmed, and conduct? ,wL'^.°'V^''^l . valuable; of great worth. Its contents ; what it held. cultivate ; help on its growth. subdued; mastered, brought unusual; strange, under control. action; doing. fi^^^^l^^l?"""!;"!. '^'''^'' "'^"'^'"^ ^^*^h «"ent letter: cul- tivate, frightened, folk, near, towards, and greatly Make a statement out of the following words: Willie, fire, had, the, father, subdued, before, his, came, help, to fc it Ill ii III 136 /^OV/]L CANADIAN SERIES. XIV.— GRANDPAPA. Pronounce distinctly: — errand' pa pa hon' est (A silent) hon' or {h silent) cour' age I. Grandpapa's hair is very white, And ifrandpapa walks but slow wear' ing fougrht gran( SECOND READING BOOK. He likes to sit still in his easy-chair, While the children come and go. "Hush! play quietly," says mamma; " Let nobody trouble dear grandpapa." 2. Grandpapa's hand is thin and weak, It has worked hard all his days,— A strong right hand, and an honest hand, That has won all good men's praise. " Kiss it tenderly," says mamma; " Let every one honor grandpapa." 3- Grandpapa's eyes are growing dim, They have looked on sorrow and death, But the love-light never went out of them', Nor the courage and the faith. "You, children, all of you," says mamma, " Have need to look up to dear grandpapa." 4. Grandpapa's years are wearing few, But he leaves a blessing behind; A good life lived, and a good fight fought, True heart, and equal mmd. - Remember, my children," says mamma, ^^Von^ bear the name of your grandpapa. ^Z7 mark 7,tT^lT^''''' °'^"^^' '"'^^ ^^ "^^ -^ ^'^^^ f ^'^f " '"^"^"^^y *°look up to dear grandpapa? 138 J^O YAL CANADIAN SERIES. honor ; respect highly. love-light; loving look. courage; bravery. faith; trust. equal mind ; evenness of tem- per. 4- Why should the children remember that they bear the name of their grandpapa ? Before true, equal, likes, honest, and honor, place sylla- bles which will make these words mean the opposite of wli:,t they now do. XV.— SPEAK THE TRUTH. 't Pronounce distinctly: — in duced' (not doost) urg' ing mag'ic Ian' tern in con sis' tent ex treme' ly 1. "O mother. I am tired to death! It's so long a walk from the school-house to our home \ "Tired to death, Jane.5>" "Yes, mother, I am— almost, I mean." " No, my daughter, not even almost." 2. "Well, at any rate, mother, I would not walk from our house to school again for anything in the world ! " *'0 yes, you would, my dear!" " No, mother, I am sure I would not ; I am sure nothing would tempt me." 3- "But I am nearly certain you could be in- duced to go without any urging." 2. Name the stops or pauses in this part of the lesson. SECOND READING BOOK. 139 vennessof teni- they bear the "Well, mother, try me, and see if anything could make me willing to go." " What if I should offer to take you to see the magic-lantern this evening. I am going to see it." 4- ''Are you, mother.? May I go.? You promised to take me when you went." "I did intend to take you; but the place where it is to be shown is a very long way beyond your school." 5. " But I am quite rested now, dear mother ; I would not miss going for all the world ! Why do you smi'e, mother .? " " To see what an inconsistent little daucrhter I have." '* What do you mean by inconsistent, mother.?" 6. ''Why, when a little girl says one minute that she would not walk a certain distance 'for any- thing in the world,' and in the next moment says she 'would not miss' walking still farther for 'all the world,' she is not only inconsistent, but foolish. It is a very bad habit to ta'k in such a way." 7. " But I don't often talk so— do I, mother.? I do not mean to be foolish." '•Yesterday, when you came from school, you said you were almost frightened out of your life. When I asked the cause of your alarm., you replied 4. Instead of what words can mean and farther than be used ? 140 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. that you had met as many as a thousand cross dogs on your way home from school." 8. "O mother! did I say a thousand? I'm sure I saw our dog and two other dogs." "Now, my daughter, I wish you to Ireak yourself of this bad habit. When you are tird or hungry or alarmed, use only the words that express your meaning. You may be tired or extremely tired, or you may be frightened or greatly frightened. Will you try to bear in mind what I have been saying, and from this time let your lips speak the simple truth.?" 9. "Yes, mother, I will try. I know my way of speaking is wrong, and I feel ashamed of it." "Well, my dear, I am glad you are ashamed of your fault. I hope my little daughter will be a truthful child. And now you may get ready to go with me to see the magic-kntern." ■^nrry,i 8. What is meant by extremely frightened, and simple truth? SECOND READING BOOK. 141 bear in mind this time let it at another time, or who says one thing and does the opposite. express ; tell, explain, sabre ; kind of sword. scar; mark left after a wound is healed. tempt; induce, induced; coaxed, urging; pressing. magic-lantern ; this can best be explained by the teacher, an inconsistent person is one who says one thing at one time and the opposite of «p-Before the pupils attempt the following exercises, the teacher should write on the blackboard examples of similar questions and answers. Write answers, each of which must be a complete sentence to these questions : — ' Why did Jane find the walk to school so tiresome ? Why did Jane's mother say she was inconsistent ? What is a magic-lantern ; a wound ; a scar ? ad, and simple 142 ROYAL CANADIAN SKR/ES. XVI.— ANDY MOORE. Pronounce distinctly : — freck' led par tic' u lar pro tect' ed fash' ions rail' way- en' gine (jinn) screech' ing pass' en gers col' lege ex pens' es ser' vice grat' i tude I. Andy Moore was a short, freckled, little country boy, as tough as a pine knot. Sometimes he wore a cap, and sometimes he did not — he was not particular about that; his shaggy hair, he thought, protected his head well enough. Mis 1. What is meant by was not particular about that ? SECOND READING BOOK. H3 bout that ? home was in the country-and a very wild, rocky country it was. 2. He knew much more about rattlesnakes and birds' nests than he did about the fashions. He liked to sit rocking on the top of a tall tree, or to chmb to the summit of a high hill, where the ^md almost took him off his feet. Andy's house was a rough shanty on the side of a hill. There was nothing very pleasant there. 3- Near the road was a railway track. Andy often watched the engine as it ran past, puffing out clouds of steam and smoke, and screeching through the valleys and under the hills in a fearful way. Although it went by his hut every day he never wished to ride on it. He would rather lie on the sand-bank and watch it, until it disappeared in the distance. 4. One day, as Andy was walking across the track, he saw that there was something wrong about it. He did not know much about such things, because he was as yet quite alitde lad; but the rails seemed to be wrong, in some way;' and And>Miad heard of cars being thrown off the track 2. What is the meaning of the fashions? What words in hut,andwished,oti.erwordshavingfhesarf;*g;™^^ M 144 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. because there was something out ot place about the rails. 5. Just then he heard a low, distant noise, — the cars were coming. He was only a little boy. but perhaps he could stop them in some way ; at any rate, there was nobody else there to do it. Andy never thought that he might be killed, so he stood in the middle of the track, and stretched out his little arms as far as he could. 6. On, on cam(i the cars, and the noise they made became louder and louder. The driver saw the boy on the track, and whistled for him to get out of the way. Andy took as little notice of the noise as if he had been made of stone. 7. Then the driver had, of course, to stop the train, saying something to Andy, in a passion, as he did so. But when Andy pointed to the track, and he saw that the brave little fellow had not only saved his life, but the lives of the passengers, his angry words changed to blessings. 8. All the passengers rushed out to see what was the matter. Had the cars not stopped, they would have been thrown headlong down the steep bank into the river. Ladies kissed Andy's rough, 6. Explain the driver whistled. 7 and 8. What is meant by the train, passion, passen- gers, headlong, and steep? S/CCOXn READING HOOK. 145 freckled face, and cried over him; and the men, as hey looked at their wives and children, said, 'b« Vf rite six statements about things spokeu .i in ihe lesson. XIX. -TAMING GIANTS. Pronounce distinctly : gi' ants prop' er ty pris' on wa' gres clothes noth' ing" (nuth) 1. Jack the Giant-Killer was a strange little man. He went about seeking great giants, to kill them But there are some giants that he could not kill, for they cannot die. I think it is better to tame such giants, and make them do good in the world, than to let them live and work mischief. 2. I know a great giant whose hime is in every part of the world. He takes ud ore room than all the people, and covers three-fourths of the earth. We could not live without him as our ser vant, and we could not live with him as our master SECOm READING BOOK. 153 .J' ^"' "''''.'"■°''" °"' °^ '"■■' P"»°". -"d flew over mens heads, and under their feet, and round about them on every side. He filled the valleys and covered the mountains, and killed all the peop e m the world except eight men and women wi,o knew he was coming. It took many months' to get h.m back again into his prison, and even- now he runs out sometimes and takes men's lives arul robs them of their property. 4. But when he stays in his prison and attends to h,s work, he .s a good servant. He eats noth- mg, asks for no wages, needs no clothes, and never sleeps. He works night and day, and never stops to rest, for you cannot tire him. 5. One man builds a mill to grind his grain. He brmgs the giant and gets him to turn the great wheel that drives all the other wheels. When this work is done, the giant goes on his way 6. Another man has a great load to carry F.fty horses could not move it. He places it on the great broad back of the giant, who bears it awav. This giant will carry the man and many oth, .^ d^e^topof^e load, and by the help of What is here meant bv nrison O wiu 4. ur- M-r.o+ • Ui '*"'■ ijy prison J* What event is referrprl ^ant "::^Xr''''' ^''' '''-' ' "- '^' ^-^^y ^^^e fi wh ^' "^7 'li* *^^* ^® ^""^ *he giant? 6. What are the big brothers spoken off i ' » 154 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. one or two big brothers, will bear them round thi; world. 7. Sometimes he is angry and has a fight with one of these giants. But his anger never lasts long. He seldom remains still, for he loves to roam about and see the world. He lives in the sea, in rivers, lakes, and clouds. Now, what is his name ? 7. What is the giant With whom he has a flght? Write the names of the stops or pauses in paragraph 7. Write answers in the form of sentences to the questions on paragraph 3, asked at the foot of the preceding page. XX.— WISHING. Pronounce distinctly : — prim' rose house (houz) ruf fle I. I wish I were a primrose, A bright, yellow primrose, blooming in the spring I The drooping boughs above me. The wandering bee to love me. The fern and moss to creep across, And the elm-tree for our king ! SECONJJ READING BOOK. 155 2. Nay— stay ! I wish I were an elm-tree— A great, lofty elm-tree, with green leaves gay The winds wculd set them dancing, The sun and moon would glance in, The birds would house among the boughs, And sweetly sing. 3. O— no ! I wish I were a robin— A robin, or a little wren, everywhere to go — J h rough And 156 ROYAL CANADIAN .StRIli^j, rill winter comes with icy tiiiimbs To ruffle up our wing ! 4. But— say ! where should I fly to ? Where go to sleep in the dark wood 01 dell ? Before a day was over, Home comes the rover, For mothers kiss— sweeter this Than any other thing. 3- Explain Till winter comes with icy thumbs house ; get shelter. Tr* r.i,ffl^ dell- c'npll h..f ^ ^^™® "^ ^^^ WlL^; tu valley ""' "'""" ^'^*"^'^ ^^^ ^-^^hers. ami ,n rover; traveller this way give the wing a ' ''^'''^^"^^' rough appearance. Pn ba' con spir' its de vour I. ' where t bacon, ■ oil and 2 ^ trees ai nothing cities, k they hac with foo dislikes 1 3- I ' giant, an know ho Sometim 2. What tile last sen are names 3. What paragraph ? SFCONn READING HOOK. '57 XXI.— TAMING GIANTS. CONCLVDED. Pronounce distinctly :— ba' con spir' its de vours' con sumed' wor' t..hipped met' alb soft' ens (/ silent) sau' cers mould' ed I. There is another s:iant who will only live where then- is plenty to eat. He can eat butter bacon wood, paper, hay, ,d coal. He will drink oil and spirits, but he does n.t like water. 2. Sometimes he gets o.t of p> 'son and devours tr.es and forests, ships and ho. .s. and leaves nothmg behind. He has consumed towns and Cities killed the people, and robbed them of all they had. He can travel very fast, if he meets witii food that he likes; but he is very lazy, \i he dislikes the food that is given to him. 3- I ong ago, some nations worshipped this giant, and feared him very much. They did not know ho to carry him about from place to plare ^^m^^sh^V^ out of the way when he was pari;™h'p 'l/"; ""'^^^*^"^ ^>' the second sentence in this Paiayaph? I" wl.at form would he appoar suddenly? 158 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. really needed, and at other times he would appear suddenly and eat many of the people up. 4. But since men have become better acquainted with his nature, he has been tamed, and made to work. He can be a good servant to those who know how to manage him. He is very greedy, and cannot live without a constant supply of food. 5. He is a good cook. He can roast beef, fry ham, bako bread, and boil eggs. But he must be watched, or he will spoil everything which he is asked to cook. He is a great friend to those who work in metals. He can make iron so soft that it may be bent to any shape. He can melt lead, and make it run like water. He has the same strange power over gold and silver. 6. But while he softens metals, he hardens some other substances. Our cups, saucers, and plates are made of soft clay, which he has made firm and strong. If a piece of clay be moulded into the form of a brick, he can make it almost as hard as a stone. 7. He is a good servant, but a bad master. If carefully watched and properly fed, he will serve you well. But if you give him too much to eat 5. Write the names of seven metals. 6. What is meant by moulded? 7. Write the paragraph, using for watched, serve, allow, freedom, perhaps, and foe, other words that will make sense. SECOND READING HOOK. '59 and allow him too much freedom, he will rob you of all that you have, and, perhaps, take away your life. His greatest foe is water. Now, what is his name ? spmts; such liquids as whis- appear; come in sight. key and brandy. manage; rule. devours; eats greedily. constant supply; unfailine consumed; eaten up. store. uniainng worshipped; honored as God. foe; enemy. Write sentences containing the following words .--spirits dislikes, acquainted, manage, power, freedom, foe. ' Combine the words in the following groups into sentences :- Burnt, struck, the, it, barn, up, and, lightning, the. earned, place, by means of, can be, from, about, to, place, nre, matches. ' ' t » •K^fff I 60 A'OV/IL CANADIAN SERIES. m m iili f.i XXII.— WILLIE WORTH. Pronounce distinctly : in' va lid {Ucd) snAnt«rq ^ / • • / sneaicea prec' i pice {prc$s) I. The landlord was standing behind the bar of the village tavern as little Willie Worth came in one winter night to sell his papers. "Have a glass of beer," said the landlord. "It will make you warm this cold night." But Willie went on selling his papers to the half-tipsy men who nearly filled the room, and only shook his head in reply. 2. -Why not?" said the landlord more loudly than before, - Beer won't hurt you. It never hun SECOND RE A DING BOOK. j 6 1 me and j have used it many a year. Come, you must take a glass." ^ 3. Willie grasped his papers firmly in one hand, and facing the landlord, with a pale face and flashmg eye, said .— h,v" ^'7 r"'' ^"" ■"" ■' ^^^''' '^^ reason I have. Wh ;'° '^'"^ ""°' "^^ ^' °*- boys have.. Why haven't I a happy home and plenfy ■n a. ke other folks.. Why do I have to sell papers, and sometimes beg for work .. Why am I forced to go half dad and without shoes when I am at work ? - dr„nt 'T^ ^T^"' ''''^'"' ^^ "i'^^^^rd. and died a drunkard, and you sold him beer. " He used to spend his days here, and at night he would come home and beat mother and me. Often he turned us out on the street on cold wmter n.ghts. At last, he was found one morning frozen to death, after drinking your beer 5. " My mother is sick, and we are very ooor. old TmT """^ ''^^P^ "^ '"'•°'" hunger" and old. All these terrible troubles came from your beer, which you say will not hurt me vour i' '" f""n"'- ''d°-h-'me. I hate your beer. I will never touch it." j. vv flashing, tile mean grasped, flnuly, will not change l62 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. 6. The landlord sneaked off from the curses and jeers of the half-drunken men, who were not. however, too tipsy to miss the force of Willie's sad but truthful reply. There are many Willie Worths in the world. He had a sad lot, but a brave heart. /y €i>t-fl^C'C€^ . / '^ /z-€4/. 6. What is the meaning of curses, jeers, force, sad, and reply? Write all the words in the paragraph that are nanus of things. landlord; tavern-keeper. jeers; mockings. clad ; clothed. lot ; condition in which to livi;. sneaked off; stole away slyly, brink; edge. as if he was ashamed to be vice; an evil. habit. seen. precipice; steep fall. Rea'^l carefully the following statements : — My mother is sick. We are poor. Willie is selling papers. WiUie and John are selling papers. Toronto is in Ontario. Toronto and Kingston are in Ontario. Kingston is in Ontario. The book is in my desk. The books arc in my desk. SECOND READING BOOK. 163 should be uTed when the sH^' T"' " ""^ '^ "^^^ ' ^"^ «- person, place orthlg ^''"""' " "^'^ ^^^"^ ^^ ^^-« -^ Fill in the blanks in these sentences with is or ... - Tl, . ^, , heavy and yellow. Those apples ifouandl studynig our lessons. '?-^^aJ'/,'J XXIII.-THE POOR MATCH-SELLERS. Pronounce distinctly: kin'dlin^ re'al fare although' I. Are all your matches sold yet, Tom ? Are all your matches done ? Then let us to the open square, And warm us In the sun ; To warm us in the sweet, bright sun. To fed his kindling glow ; For his kind looks are the only looks Of friendship that we know. O Tom, don't you crv Although the cold winds blow ; For the sun is shining bright and warn, In th e great square down bel ow. 164 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. 2. We'll call the sun our father, Tom, We'll call the sun our mother ; We'll call each pleasant little beam A sister or a brother : He thinks no shame to kiss us, Tom, Although we ragged go ; For his kind looks are the only looks Of friendship that we know. 3. But oh, there's One above him, Tom, Who loves us more than he ; Who made the great bright sun to shine With beams so warm and free ; He is our real Father, Tom, Although, wnile here below. The sun's kind looks are the only looks Of friendship that we know. 4. We'll tell Him all our sorrows, Tom, We'll tell Him all our care ; We'll tell Him where we sleep at night. We'll tell Him how we fare : And then, oh then, to cheer us, Tom, He'll send His sun to glow ; For His kind looks are the only looks Of friendship that we know. 3 and ,4. Why are capitals used as the initial, or tirst letters, of One, Father, Him, and His ? SECOND READING BOOK. O Tom, don't you cry, Although the cold winds blow ; For the sun is shining bright and warm In the great square down below. 165 glow; shinih.' heat. all our sorrows ; all that gives us trouble or pain. fare; are treated or fed, cheer; gladden. square; an open space of ground with houses huilt around it. XXIV.— THE BOY LOST IN THE BUSH. Pronounce distinctly: — wan' dered sur prised' for' est in clined' ex act' di rec' tion in creased' cau' tious ly dense nu' mer ous prog' ress plod' dod bruised en' er gies in qui' ring mourned de ter' mined ob' sta cles I. Far away in the backwoods of Ontario, in an old log-shanty, with his father and mother, there lived a young lad, named ^VilHe Wilson' Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were very poor, and had hard work on their rough bush farm to make both ends meet. by 'saWnr^hat''h?r:.'\^ log-shant^^^^ What is m'^t meetr """''^ *'' "^^^^ ^°*^ «^;*-» 1i-.«v>>-> in his throat, and inclined to cry. SECOND READING BOOK. 167 nth. his , Willie stream. 1 away, t began ; to go as sur- er and )re, but jwering •athless . brave ome of carcely y lump bought nd my n, and 10 one ■k that e worn \ cried 5. Next morning he awoke refreshed, but had to rub his eyes a long time before he could remember where he was. He sat up and looked around, ate a few of his berries, and tried to think of what his father would do if he were there. As he sat, he thought he heard the mur- muring of a stream in the distance. He listened carefully to know the exact direction of the strean: ; then looking straight towards it, off he set to try and reach it. 6. He had seen his father guide himself by always keeping three trees in the same line, and Willie did so now, and found, to his great delight, that the sound of the water increased. Cautiously looking forward from one tree in front to one still further on, so as not to go either to the right or left out of the straight line, he soon reached the banks of the stream. 7. He knew now that by keeping along the edge of the stream he would in time come to some clear- ing. But the wood was dense, the fallen trees numerous, and the brushwood so thick that he had 6. What IS meant by keeping three trees in the same hne? Write the paragraph, replacing guide, dehght, in- creased, and reached, by other words having the same meanings. 7. Name words in fhe naratrranh whiVh H""o *K^ --^m- ^ — r°—n—i-^i vviiLcn Have iHe aamu rucan- mgs as plentiful, walked in slowly but steadily, and tired. 1 68 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. hard work to make any progress. Little by little the berries went, and still the brave little fellow plodded on>, until the second night. Weary and footsore he again lay down to rest, and again cried himself to sleep, after praying to God to help him and to bring him to his parents once more. 8. Next morning he was very hungry. No berries were to be found, but his brave spirit kept him up, and still he pushed on down the bank of the stream. At last, when almost worn out, his clothes all torn, and himself cut and bruised, he spied a little clearing. Gathering all his energies together he managed to reach it, and soon came to a small log-shanty, where he was taken care of. 9. Upon inquiring, it was found that he was now twenty miles from his home, but the kind people who had taken him in sent word to his father, who joyfully came and took him home. His mother, when she saw him, cried for joy, after having wept and mourned for her poor los[ boy, whom she never expected to see again. Nor, indeed, would Willie have ever reached home if he had not been brave and determined, in spite of all obstacles. S. What is meant by spied, and managed to reach it was surprised; was astonish- ed, was struck with wonder. pathless forest; bush with- out a path, refreshed ; with new life. murmuring; low confused noise. cautiously; carefully. SECOND READING BOOK. 169 direction of the stream; way it was from where he was. dense; thick, progress ; movinfj forward, energies; strength. inquiring; asking. obstacles; hindrances. Write a sentence about yourself anrl nno ^f /• • , TTo« +u r 11 . "'•^'uuibeii ana one of your fnend o • baences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STtlET WEBSTH.N.Y. MSSO (716)a72-4503 '^ ? .^ n,^^ ^ ,« 172 ROVAL CANADIAN S/CAyES, way in which the roots act. They seem to knou what the plant needs. The roots of one kind < I plant will suck out of the earth just what thai variety needs, and the roots of another kind ol plant will absorb just what // needs. 7. The roots of all plants know what to take out of the ground besides water, of which they all take a great deal. And if a plant should be placed in a soil that has not the food it needs, what can the poor roots do.? They do not find their proper food, and so the plant grows sickly and dies. 8. How do roots get so deep into the earth. and grow all over and around big rocks and little? It is in this way. When the tips of the rootlets are sucking up food for the plant, they are also growing longer. As the young roots are verv' fine, they can pick their way easily enough, for they have nothing to do but to lie still and let more root grow on to their ends; and of course- these litde ends will go which ever way they like or can. huiTioane or tornado ; vio- absorb ; suck up, drawn in. lent storms of wind. variety ; kind. Use is or are correctly in sentences containing the followin.. words and phr^. .: a plant. 8om« ani^nal- hurr-'n^r- tiny herbs, the soil. " ' " *"i^ai„, tumeane^. SECOND READING BOOK. 173 XXVI.— THE LEAF. Pronounce distinctly: — seal' loped (skolupt) o' val chest' nut (chess) herbs as' ters tu'hp en a' bled juice as par' a gus I. We think of a leaf as something thin and broad, of its edges as smoothly rounded, prettily scalloped, or nicely toothed, and of its color as of a pleasing green. Many plants have leaves shaped somewhat like the apple leaf —which is nearly oval. On fW^l some plants these oval leaves (Cvy/^ are smooth on the edge ; on \^ ' ^ others the edges are toothed, ^0 like those of the chestnut-oak leaf. 2. The leaves of some plants are coarsely toothed ; on other plants, the teeth are very fine. Many herbs, such as the asters and golden-rods of our woods, and the wild sunflowers, have not only leaves with both coarse and fine teeth, but have many small leaves with smooth edges', all on the same plant. A leaf may be very long and oval, or very short and broad, and some leaves are almost round. 174 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. 3. Then, again, there are heart-shaped leaves. Some morning-glory plants have such leaves. Many plants have scalloped leaves. Nearly all oaks have leaves of this kind. The live-oak and the willow-oak, which are not found in Canada, have smooth oval leaves. 4. Here is a leaf of a very curious shape, and a pretty leaf it is. It grows on very large and tall trees, called hdip trees, so named because they have large flowers shaped some- what like a tulip. These splendid tr grow in the forests in some parts of Can- ada and the United States. 5. These are only a few of the coundess varieties of leaves to be met with in the forests of the world. Their shapes are so many and so different that a large book would not hold pictures of them all. 6. Leaves are for the most part thin and broad. Being thin they are ligh,, and a tree with its many i'*' ^'J: ^"^^ ^^^ paragraphs, using for curious, shape, tall splendid, forests, countless, different, for the most part and branches, other words or phrases which will not chan. c" the meaning. ^ SKCONP READIXG HOOK. '75 little branches can hold thousands of them and not break down. Being broad, they are enabled to come into contact with a good deal of air; and that is just what the plant wants them to do —to take in from the air all the food they can. 7. And how do the leaves do this.^ By a kind of breathing. A leaf has a skin on each of its sides, and the skin on the lower side has thousands of fine holes, through which the air gets inside the leaf. There a part of the air joins the sap or juice that has come up from the roots, and the two together make the food upon which the whole plant feeds. 8. When the wind blows, the leaves bend and flutter about, but they hold fast to the branches by their tough litde stalks; and if a few of the weaker ones do blow off it does not matter much, for the plant has plenty more left. The firm, round trunk hardly moves, and the strong round branches bend over, but do not break; while the roots in the ground below hold everything fast. 9. There are plants, however, that have very slender, needle-like leaves. The different varieties of pines have such leaves, which generally hang from the trees in bunches. The asparagus plant, t g. What word in the paragraph has the same meaning as bunches? ^ 176 ROYAL CANADIAN SKRIES. the young shoots of which we eat. has thread-like leaves that come out on the stems in round clus- ters. There are many other plants with leaves not thicker than pins; and some plants have very short and thick leaves. scalloped; marked along the enabled; made able. o^^'^ra' Trf ""'''"" ^°°^« i^*^ contact with- oval , shaped hke an egg. touch. ' we^k'^Bomf ;'"'' ^!V""°""^^^' ''^^ *ir. ^hole. their, SECOND READING HOOK'. ^77 XXVII.-BEAUTIFUL GRANDMAMMA. Pronounce distinctly : quaint rip' pie win' some a' pron rib' bona ha' zel I. Grandmamma sits in her quaint arm-chair; Never was lady so sweet and fair; Her gray locks ripple like silver shells, And her own brow its story tells Of a gende life and peaceful even, ^ t^"st in God, and a hope in heaven. pearis zest his'tory and'pe'llreKt "' """'"' "'"''^'^ "^« ""'«' *«"«■ 12 178 h'OVAL CAXAD/AA' .SA7,7/,\v. 2. Little girl May sits rocking away In her own low seat, like some winsome fay; Two doll babies her kisses share, And another one lies by the side of her chair; May is as fair as the morning dew, Cheeks of roses, and ribbons of blue. 3. "Say, grandmamma," says the pretty elf, "Tell me a story about yourself. When you were little, what did you play.? Were you good or naughty the whole long day } Was it hundreds and hundreds of years ago.? And what makes your soft hair as white as snow } 4. Did you have a mamma to hug and kiss, And a dolly like this, and this, and this.? Did you have a pussy like my little Kate.? Did you go to bed when the clock struck eight .? Did you have long curls, and beads like mine.? And a new silk apron with ribbons fine.?" 5. Grandmamma smiled at the little maid. And laying aside her knitting, she said : "Go to my desk, and a red box you'll see; Carefully lift it and bring it to me." So May put her dollies away, and ran. Saying, "MI be careful as ever I can." 4 and 5. Write and give the meaning of words pronounced like eight, maid, and see. si'XOND REAnrm; hook. '79 me fay ; r chair; elf, ly? ongday? s ago? as snow ? ss, 5? te? V eight? mine? ee; onounced 6. The granchnnmma oi)(!necl the box, and lo! A beautiful child with throat like snow. Lip just tinted like pink shells rare, Eyes of hazel, and golden hair, Hand all dimpled, and teeth like pearls.— Fairest and sweetest of little girls. 7- "Oh! who is it?" cried winsome May, "How I wish she were here to-day! Wouldn't I love her like everything; Wouldn't I with her frolic and sing! Say, dear grandmamma, who can she be?" "Darling," said grandmamma, "I was she." 8. May looked long at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face:' •' How funny!" she cried, with a smile r d a kiss, "To have such a dear little grandma as chis! Still," she added, with smiling zest, "I think, dear grandma, I likejjw/ best." 9. So May climbed on the silken knee, And grandmamma told her history: What plays she played, what toys she had. How at times she was naughty, or good, or sad! "But the best thing you did," said May, "don't you see? Was to grow a beautiful grandma for me." 6. What is meant by pink shells rare? 8. What is meant by dimpled grace? i8o ROYAl. CAXADIAN SERIES. quaint; odcMc.okinK. tinted; slightly colored. npple; wave, arc wavy. hazel; li^ht l,rown. ^nsome: morry. Baint; holy person, fayo elf;fa,ry. zest; enjoyment, her history ; story of her life. ^^^Make a sentence out of each of the following groups of G^rf r' "^f^;?"^' «^^«*' «°' ^' l^^V yo" ^^^ eas- / ily tell which is the leaf and which is the flower, although you see no color. How is this.? You see thai the leaf is made of only one blade, but that the flower has several blades, all growing from the same centre. 4. A vast number of plants have flowers like the lily. Some ha/e only three blades, some have four, some five, some six, some seven, eight, nine, ten, or a great many more. 5. These little blades are called petais. l^owers with five petals, as in the picture, are very plentiful. Now, you see, the petals set in a circle make the flower somewhat 3. What word means the opposite of wiih difficulty f 5. What word means the opposite oi scarce, and what one has tne same meaumg as arranf^edf I 82 J^OVAL CANADIAN SERIhlS. round In form. Indeecl. there is something round about ahnost every flower. 6. Sometimes the petals do not stand apart, but are joined by theii edges, form- r\^'^ ing a little bag or tube somewhat A {K/l like a quill; or, they may be joined ^<^|fcZ> so as to make the flower hollow like (r^\^ a cup or a bell, as in the morning- X/v^ glory and the harebell. There are also leaves that are quite round; but then they are not hollow or cup-shaped like a flower. They are flat. 7. Look at some flowers and you will see little thread-like things, usually of a yellow color, and growmg from the same centre as the petals. On the end of each is a little case, or hol- low body, about as big as a pin-head, or larger. These little sacks are mostly narrow and long-that is, oval. This thread with the case is called a stamen. 8. If you will look into some other flowers you will not see these stamens, but, instead, you 7. Name a word in paragraph 2 that has the same meaning as usuaUy in this paragraph ? *' ng round id apart, ) leaves are not are flat. 5ee little lor, and Is. On each is or hol- bout as n-head, These :s are 3w and case is flowers d, you meaning sr.coM) NiiADisa hook. 183 will see. standing in the centre of the flower, one or more little stalks, with knobs on top of them very like a small bead in shape fhey often look somewhat like stamens, but they are generally much thicker, and not so yellow. These stalks with the knobs are called />ish'/s. The morning- glory has only one pistil, but the rose and butter- cup have a great many. Some pistils have two, three, four, or five knobs. odors ; smells or scents. t::^Thesclessons will he very useful and interesting if the pupils are taught to distinguish petals, stamens, pistils, etc., on real flowers. Was and were, like is and are, are often improperly used hy hoys and girls. Notice the following statements and questions: The morning-glory was\ _, growing '. ^ "^ mornuig-glory and the The rose* was growing.' '.WW '^*'^*' '''"'' tf^«^wi"«- The flower u-as plucked ... The flowers were plucked. Was the lily watered ? . . . . Were the lilies watered ? From these we learn the following rules: When we make a statement, or ask a question, about one person, place, or thing, we should use was, but were should be used when the statement or question is about more than one person, place, or thing. Write statements (using was or were) about a violet, a sun- flower, daisies, and dandelions. In each statement draw a line underneath the words which show what the statement is made about, and two lines under- neath the words which show what is stated. Write questions (using ivas or were) about stamens, petals John and Mary, some flowers, and the picture. ' 1 84 RO YAL CANADIAN SERIES. XXIX.— THE FLOWER. CONCLUDED. Pronounce distinctly: a dome' pump' kins with' ers pol' len per' fume rus' set I. Now, it is in the bottom of the pistil that the young seed grows. Already, while the lovely flower adorns the beautiful day, the young seed so small that it cannot be seen, is beginning to grow at the bottom of the pistil. And after the petals of the flowers drop off or wilt, the seed con- tinues to grow until it gets ripe, while the bottom of the flower, usually green and hard, grows round the seed, and makes the fruit. 2. Look at the large yellow, bell- shaped flower of the squash or pumpkin- vine. There it is, at first, with its pis- tils of three knobs, gladdening the day- light with its beau- tiful color, and ants, I and 2. Write these paragraphs, using for T^velv ^-Mr, mng. continues, gets, usuaily. gladdeningrl^J^'Sfr; other words which will not change the sense. ™ners, SECOND RKADIXG HOOK. >«5 bees, wasps, and butterflies go in to sucl< the sweets; while all the time the young fruit is grow- ing at the bottom. By-and-by the flower withers and drops off, and where it was, there now grows and npens the big squash or still bigger pumpkin. 3- But there are other flowers on the pump- km-vme. They, too, are large, yellow, bell-shaped and beautiful ; but wh tkey drop off no fruit takes their place. Then what are they for ? Ah I that is the question! Look into those flowers and you will see stamens, but no pistils. Such flowers cannot bear fruit. No seed grows in a stamen. 4. Then what are stamens for.? In the hoi low bodies or cases on the end.s of the stamens there grows a fine dust. That dust, when it is npe, works out of the cases, and when wasps butterflies, or other little creatures go into the flower, they rub against the cases, and the dust sticks to them. Presently they go into other pumpkm-flowers, perhaps into one that has a pistil. Of course, they are very likely to rub against that too. Then the fine dust-called A//^«-which the insect brought from the stamen m the first flower, rubs off on to one of the cases of the pistil. 4- Write tlie names of five kinds of insects. m 1 86 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. 5. Then it is, and not till then, that the hidden seed begins to grow in the bottom of the pistil. The pollen had to come from the stamen, or no seed would have grown in the pistil. So you see, stamens have work to do. From their knobs they yield the pollen, and that pollen must in some way get to the pistils, or no fruit will grow. 6. Many plants have both pistils and stamens in the same flower. In such flowers the pistil is in the middle, and the stamens usually grow around it in a circle. Did you ever see an apple blossom.? That has the pistil with the stamens set round it. The pollen from the stamens gets on to the pistil, and only then does the fruit begin to grow. 7. After sweetening the air with their perfume for a few days, the little rosy blades or petals of the flower drop off, the young apple not as big as a pm-head grows bigger and bigger, and by the time the autumn comes round there hangs on the tree a fine russet. Remember, stamens and pistils made that apple grow. adorns ; makes beautiful, wilt ; begin to wither. gladdening ; making bright. perfume; scent, sweet smell. ,,J,r %^ ^°"r'"^ ""^'^^ ^"^ ^"""" sentences :-pistil. grow, until, off. ant, aunt, rub, too, one. won. yield, middle, no, know, a few days, apple. SECOND READING BOOK. XXX.— LITTLE WHITE LILY. Pronounce distinctly: — shone crown' ed veins I. Little white Lily Sat by a stone, Drooping and waiting Till the sun shone. Little white Lily Sunshine has fed; Little white Lily . Is lifting her head. 2. Litde white Lily Said ''It is good; Litde white Lily's Clothing and food." Little white Lily Dressed like a bride! Shining with white- ness, And crowned beside ! .87 1. What is meant by droop- ing? 2. What is the clothing of the hlyf With what is she crowned ? i88 RO YAL CANADIAN SERIES. 3. Little white Lily Droopeth with pain, Waiting and waiting For the wet rain. Little white Lily Holdeth her cup; Rain is fast falling And filling it up. 4. Little white Lily Said " Good again, When I am thirsty To have fresh rain. Now I am stronger, Now I am cool; Heat cannot burn me, My veins are so full." 5- Little white Lily Smells very sweet ; On her head sunshine, Rain at her feet. Thanks to the sunshine. Thanks to the rain , Little white Lily Is happy again! cup?^^^'''* "^"'"^ ^""^ *" droop with pain? What is ber 4- Of what are her veins ftiU? SECOND READING BOOK. 189 XXXI.— THE FRUIT. Prono'ince distinctly: tough wheth' er tu' bers (long «) to ma' to pears peach' es or' an ges lem' ons mel' ons cu' cum bers {kcw) cur' rants cran' ber ries huck' le ber ries war nuts hick' o ry husks a' corn (long a) purs' lane I. If you cut open an apple, you will find, in- side the seeds. These seeds, as we learned in the lesson on the flower, first began to grow at the bottom of the pistils of the flower. The litde pink petals, and the litde threads of stamens, dropped off; and after that the young seeds still went on to grow, and around them also grew larger and thicker the green and harder part of the flower, which was below and outside of the little colored petals. 2. As the young seeds went on growing, and the lower part of the flower went on growing too the big round apple began at last to ripen, and the seeds inside of it also ripened. Now, of what use was all that part of the apple around the seed? You will say: "O, it grew there for us to eat." 3. But it did not grow there merely for us to eat The apple, when it was getting ripe, was a kind of house for the seeds. It kept them safe from the weather, and no doubt kept off many a ff ii I90 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIl-S. bug and t]y. And when the tender little seeds at last got ripe, and had a good tough skin around them, they could begin to take pretty good care of themselves. 4. This house for the seeds we call the fruit. Whether it is eaten or not, it is still the fruit of the plant. There are thousands of plants which bear fruit which nobody ever eats. 5. We must not make a mistake and call things fruits that are not fruits. Common potatoes are not fruits. They are tubers, which are thickened parts of the underground stems of certain plants. When you cut open a potato you find no seeds. But the potato-plant /las seeds. It has flowers, fruit, and seed, all above ground ; but the plant is usually cut away before the fruit and seed can ripen. It is only those large round lumps which we call potatoes that the gardener cares about, and they are the only thing about the potato-plant that is fit for eating. 6. It is different with tomato-plants. They have no tubers, but they bear those beautiful fruits which we call tomatoes. When you cut open a tomato, what do you see.? A large number of seeds. That shows you it is a fruit. Now, a 4. Name plants whose fruit is not good for food. SHCOND READING HOOK. 19 1 potato-plant and a tomato-plant are very much a^_.kc. rhey are like sisters in the same family. «ut of the one plant ^ve eat the fruit, and of the other we eat-not the root, but a tuber that grows underground. 7- Remember, then, it is not always the fruit of a plant which we eat; but the fruit is that which holds the seed. A bean-pod is the fruit of a bean-plant; and when the pod gets ripe and dry it splits open, and there, inside, are the ripe seeds, the beans, ready to drop out. Just so is it with peas. 1 he peas are the seeds of the pea-plant, and they grow inside of the pea-pod, which is the fruit. 8. Fruits have many shapes; but almost every fruit IS somewhat round in form. You can think of apples, pears, cherries, plums, peaches oranges, lemons, grapes, watermelons, pumpkins' cucumbers, currants, gooseberries, cranberries' huckleberries, walnuts, and hickory, nuts, with their coatings or coverings. 9- But ther. .here are fruits not so round as these. Maple trees have fruits shaped like the one shown in this picture. They are called keys. The two seeds inside are close together, and near the stalk; and from each thick round part where the 192 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. seed is there grows a thin blade or wing. After the fruit is ripe, it falls off the trees, and away goes the key sailing through the air. 10. An acorn is a fruit with a cup. Some plants have fruit like a little box. The lid opens when the fruit is ripe, and the seeds drop out. The common purslane, in almost every gar- den, has such a fruit. In this picture you see the seeds piled up inside, and the lid about to fall off. This gives the seeds a chance to reach the ground, take root there, and in due time bring forth others of their kind. But this you will hear of in the next lesson. Write sentence-answers to the following questions:— How can the fruit of a plant always be known ? What is the chief use of the fruits ? What are tubers ? What is the fhiit of the maple called ? SECOND READING BOOK. 193 XXXIL— THE SEED. Pronounce distinctly: — °^°*^® plumes (« as in tunes) sprout I. A young seed is like a little child, and the plant on which it grows is its mother.. The plant takes care of the young seed. 1 1 feeds it, and gives it a litde house to grow in. That house is the fruit. The seed and the fruit cannot feed them- selves. This is done by the mother plant, which, through its roots, takes food from the ground, and by its leavrs takes other food from the air. 2. A tiny young plant will grow out of the seed if the ground into which it drops is good, and if the weather is favorable. This plant will take root in the earth, send up stem and branches into the air, and clothe itself with beautiful leaves. Thus the little seed, which once clung to its mother, as it was growing in its little house, becomes in its turn a pretty plant. 3. It grows larger and stronger, and at last it is ready to put forth flowers. Then, if all its flowers have stamens only, and no pistils, it can have no fruit. But if some or all of its flowers have pistils, it can have fruit. The ^ds will grew where the pistils were, and with the seeds will come the fruit. 13 194 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. 4. And so it goes on. One plant will grow up and have llowers, fruit, and seed. From that seed a like plant will grow. The seed of an apple will grow into an apple tree. An orange seed will grow into an orange tree. The seed of a rose will grow to be a rose-bush. A grain of wheat will grow up to be a fine large grass. That grass is the noble wheat-plant. And so it is with all plants. Each plant has its own kind of seeds ; and these seeds will grow to be plants like itself. 5. Seeds, as well as flowers and fruits, are of many shapes ; but, like flower and fruit, every kind of seed is round-like in form. Very many seeds are round, like the pea. A great many grasses and other plants have very small round seeds, some not larger than grains of sand. 6. Then there are oval seeds, like beans, and thin and flat seeds, such as you find in a water- melon or in a pumpkin. Some seeds have silken plumes, and when they drop off" the plant, go sailing far and wide through the air like those of thisdes and dandelions. 7. No matter how sm.all or how large the seed is, or what its shape, inside of its snug covering lies a litde plant, asleep. It may be very small, still it is there. When it falls into good ground,' and rain and heat and light come to it, the seed SECOND READING BOOK. 195 will sprout : and this sprout is the little plant that was asleep inside of it. now growing out into root, stem, branch, and leaf. -^irr.^e /f/e. r/gre/A^ €i>7i^ //fc required by the sense : — shales' ^'tL ,^^°"^\^°V^««^ed- Seeds of many shapes. The wheat-plant, the oat-plant, and the barley-plant grasses. The seeds of beans oval Roots stem, leaves, flowers, and seeds parts of a plant. Use was or were in the following :— The orange seed dropped on the ground. He and I sheep """tn^iniltoTnteleep ='°'™; , ^'^'^ theirfold. A floe, of Pigeons '' tet abont th:tr. 196 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. XXXIII.— srVEN TIMES ONE. Pronounce distinctly: — dai' sies pow' dered marsh ma' ry yel' low col' um bine wrap' per cuck' 00-pint toU lin'net I. There's no dew left on the daisies and clover, There's no rain left in heaven : I've said my "Seven Times " over and o er ; Seven times one ai e seven. 2. I am old, so old I can write a letter ; My birthday lessons are done; ' H . lar.-ibs play always, they know no better ; ; lujy are or.ly one times one. 2. What different meanings has letter? Write sentences con- taining the words write and right. E. c' oo-pint let on the r, left in imes seven. :ter ; ccscon- secomj reading book. 19- 3. O Moon! in the ni^^ht f huNfe seen you sailing And shining so roinul and low; You were bright! ah. bright! but your light is failing; You are nothing now but a bow. 4. You Moon! have you done something wrong in heaven, That God has hidden your face } I hope, if you have, you will be forgiven, And shine again in your place. 5. O velvet bee, you're a dusty fellow. You've powdered your legs with gold ! O brave marshmary buds, rich and yellow, Give me your money to hold ! 6. O columbine, open your folded wrapper Where two twin turde-doves dwell ! O cuckoo-pint, toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green bell ! fJiZ^'^^l^l '"'"* ^'^'"'' ^" ^&^*' sailing, low briffht cuckoo'Jnt^^'t'^^'^ •marsh-marigold), columbine, and cuckoo-pint arc the names of flowering nlanf<= vvh,. i~ h-r 198 ROYAL CANADIAN SERIES. 7. And show me your nest with the young ones in it ; I will not steal them awav : 1 am old ! you may trust me, linnet, linnet f I am seven times one to day. Has like « and was, may be used to make a statement, or ask a question, about one person, place, or thing. When we make a statement, or ask a question, about more than one person, place or thing, we should use have. ^ ' Use A«s or /.«., to make statements or ask questions about Tont'"' ^i^.**^V^.^ ^^°'^«' °^y bi^^day lessons, your money, and two twin turtle-doves. ing ones net! lent, or ask we make a son, place, ons about 3ns, your