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PREFACE. 
This little work has been written in the hope 
of supplying a deficiency often felt by those en- 
gaged in teaching very young children. Many 
excellent little books, beginning in words of four 
letters, change so soon to a larger number, that 
there are really few which a child can amuse 
himself by reading without help ; — and few, also, 
from which dictation lessons can be given at an 
early age. Natural History is so interesting to all 
children, that it has been thought that a simple 
form of it might prove attractive, and give the 
desire for a farther acquaintance with the subject. 
A. L. BOND. 
