THE 13 FOURTH BOOK FOR CHILDREN. BY JOHN WHITE, TEACHER OF ENGLISH, GEOGRAPHY, AND HISTORY, SECOND EDITION. EDINBURGH : SOLD BY WM. WHYTE & CO., OLIVER & BOYD, WM. WILSON; M. OGLE, GLASGOW; JOHN SINCLAIR, DUMFRIES; SIMPKIN & MARSHALL, LONDON. 1833. [Price 1s. 6d. bound.] 3987. f. 156 THE FOURTH BOOK. (See Directions.) Rule taken mason aught rude spoken lesson eight true given person straight gru'-el frozen reason plough ru'-in broken button taught mutton freight in-trude' raven tru'-ant cotton bough ripen. EXERCISES. The mason has taken the rude stone which lay here, and broken it to pie'-ces. He applies' his rule to see if it is straight. Do not take aught that be-longs' to an'-y of these cru'-el boys; for they will then have reason to fall out with us. They are sure to come to ru'-in; for they waste and spoil ev-er-y thing that is given to them. They do not learn their lessons, when in school, and they prevent' ev'-er-y person near them from learn'-ing. One of them tore a button off my coat, and next day he played the tru'-ant. When he was sick he got gru'-el to drink; and his pa-pa' gave him eight grapes, which he said would do him no harm, as he was much bet'-ter. When he was al-lowed' to eat mutton he thought it ver-y nice. That man holds the plough in the fur'-row, and the hors'-es draw it a-long after them. There is a raven fly'-ing a-cross' the field: he is look'-ing for food. When the ground is frozen hard, the plough can'-not be em-ployed'; and when it is wet with rain or melt'-ed snow, no seed can be sōwn. Some boys and girls are taught to spin cotton when they are ver'-y young. It is true they earn a small sum by it to help to sup-ply' them-selves' with food, but their health is much hurt by so much con-fine'-ment. Cotton is got from a plant which grows and ripens in the fields. We will not in-trude' up-on' those men, who seem to be much engaged'. They are pre-pa'-ring these goods to freight a ship with. EXCEPTIONS. Wom'-an doubt mon'-ey al'-ways moth'-er fa'-ther broth'-er fruit saun'-tered bought half'pen-ny re-ceived' threw trouble most al'-most. TOM LOVEBOOK. Tom Love'-book was a ver'-y clev'-er boy; he was ver'-y young when he went to school, and by his great at-ten'-tion he soon be-came' the head of his class. See, he is now go'-ing home af'-ter mor'-ning school hours, his slate well filled with sums. He is walk'-ing a-way' with-out' see'-ing that he is car'-ry-ing his bag turned up'-side down; his Lat'-in book has |