PREFATORY NOTE. Ir having been found that the advance from the Second to the Third Book is not sufficiently gradual, the following Lessons have been compiled in the hope that this objection may be removed. The present Third Book will now become the Fourth of the Series, and in future, parties will oblige by ordering it under that title. The Compiler trusts that the insertion of the Woodcuts may contribute both to the pleasure and the profit of the young reader. GLASGOW, July, 1862. Favourite Story Book, Mary Lundie Duncan,... Favourite Story Book,... I must not Tease my Mother (verse), Anon, The Child and the Robin (verse), Anon, 47 49 50 51 ... ... ... God made all things-the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them were made by Him in six days. First of all He made the light, because all before was dark, but whenever God said, "Let there be light," the light came. God has made for us the sun to shine by day; and the moon, and the bright stars to shine by night. He also made the sea, with all kinds of fishes; the dry land, with all the beasts that live on it; besides the trees and flowers that grow on its surface. God made the air we breathe, with all the kinds of flies and insects that live in the air, many of which B |