For Youngest Readers.
Reading edition
VOLUME XXII.—No. 4. BOSTON: JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36 BROMFIELD STREET, 1877.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by JOHN L. SHOREY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. FRANKLIN PRESS: RAND, AVERY, AND COMPANY, 117 FRANKLIN STREET, BOSTON.


IN PROSE.
PAGE
The Parrot that played Truant97
Feeding the Ducks100
Chestnut-Gathering104
A Day with the Alligators107
The Spider and her Family110
Why Uncle Ralph did not hit the Deer 113
Faithful Dandy114
Emma and her Doll117
Our old Billy119
The Thrush feeding the Cuckoo120
The Cat and the Starling125
IN VERSE.
PAGE
A Baby Lay101
The Pigs106
How to draw a Goose112
Learn your Lesson116
Jippy and Jimmy122
The jolly old Cooper123
The Express Package126
The White Owl (with music) 128


THE PARROT THAT PLAYED TRUANT.

