THE TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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An Introduction 5 



A List of the Plates . 12 



Lesson i. Vacation Song .......... Frank Dempster Sherman 15 



Lesson 2. Things to Remember When 



Writing ., . 17 



Lesson 3. September. Helen Hunt Jackson . . . 20- 



Lesson 4. Autumn . 22 



Lesson 5. A Weather Record ' - 23 



Lesson 6. Why the Ears of Wheat are Small : 



A German Folklore Tale .24 



Lesson 7. Wheat . . . " * , . - 26 



Lesson 8. The Little Red Hen . . '. . H' . 27 



Lesson g. A Picture Study ...;.. 30 



Lesson 10. The Story of a Great Artist : 



Jean Francois Millet ... . . .\. . 30 



Lesson n. Corn "........ 33 



Lesson 12. Mondamin . Henry W. Longfelloiv . . 34 



Lesson ij. Plants 37 



Lesson 14. Talking in Their Sleep . . . Edith M. Thomas .... 38 



Lesson 15. Monthly Summary ..... 40 



Lesson 16. Seeds . . . . . ... 40 



Lesson 77. The Scattering of Seeds 41 



Lesson 18. How the Leaves Came Down . Susan Coolidge . . . . 42 



Lesson 19. Contractions 45 



Lesson 20. Observation of Trees , . . . . . 46 



Lesson 21, The Ant and the Grasshopper : 



A Fable 47 



Lesson 22. Insects 48 



Lesson 23. The Sandpiper Celia Thaxter 49 



Lesson 24. Birds 5 1 



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