WANDERING WILLIE. Wil-lie went out one morn-ing, The riv-er had run for a thou-sand years, rivulet, a little river or stream. 3three years. laughing, the noise made by the water. Down by the sing-ing riv-er4 The rush-es had made their bed; 66 Tis me to be king of the cas-tle;" He shoul-dered a reed as a sen-try's gun,8 4singing river, the water made a pleasant noise. 5rushes, a very large kind of grass growing by the river side. haughty, proud. shouldered, carried on his shoulder. sentry, a watchman, who often carries a gun. pacing with martial tread, walking like a soldier. Old mother sheep10 was feed-ing— "What brings him, that boy, this way?" She slow-ly came after Wil-lie, .12 The war-ri-or11 edg-ed a-way;" The one that was dumb13 was in earn-est14 then, Nei-ther en-joyed 15 the play. 10mother sheep, a sheep with her young lambs. 11warrior, soldier. 12edged away, moved slowly away. 13dumb, the sheep was dumb. 14in earnest, not playing. 15njoyed, liked. "This is the gi-ant,' "16 said Wil-lie. "And I am the val-i-ant knight ;17 If only he18 would not come quite so close, I think I should like to fight.' The sheep fol-lowed clos-er, and clos-er yet; Wil-lie grew white with fright." 19 16giant, who lived in the castle. 17valiant knight, brave soldier. 18he, the giant, that is the sheep. 19fright, fear. Over the hedge went Wil-lie, And into the ditch20 fell he; The ground it was soft and no limb was scarred, 21 20 ditch, the channel for water at the bottom of the hedge. 21scarred, 23dimpled, little and fat. 25slain, killed. 26 maidens, young girls. 27frown, angry look. 28 appears, was seen (by Willie). 29 weary, tired. 30pilgrim, a wanderer. 31moments, minutes. 2 serenely, quietly. 33private fears, nurse was afraid Willie was lost. 34hero, brave one. 35 dissolved in tears, began to cry. A FAREWELL.1 Miss Williams. My fair-est child, I have no song to give you; For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clev-er; dull and grey, dark looking, stormy. noble things, good things. "vast for ever, life farewell, good bye. 2pipe, sing. 4ere, before. part, separate. in heaven. Charles Kingsley, born 1819, died 1875. PENCE TABLE. As 12 pence make one shilling, divide the number of pence by 12, and the answer is the number of shillings. The remainder is pence. 8. d. 27 are 2 3 Manchester; JOHN HEYWOOD, Deansgate and Ridgefield, John Dalton Street and 11, Paternoster Buildings, London BRITISH ISLES. YORKSHIRE. England and Wales-Four Sheets, Size, FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY. Showing the Mountains, Hills, Rivers, Roads, Railways, Cities, Towns, Parishes, &c. PRICE:-Full Coloured, Mounted on Rollers and Varnished, price 68. Size, 86 x 23. JOHN HEYWOOD'S NEW CHART OF THE WORLD. ON GALL'S PROJECTION. 30 x 20. Price 1s. per Set. Mounted on Rollers and Varnished, 7s. per Set. Ireland-Two Sheets. Size, 35 x 23. Price 4d. per Set. Mounted on Rollers and Varnished, 4s. per Set. Scotland-Two Sheets. Size, 35 x 23. Price 4d. per Set. Mounted on Rollers and Varnished, 4s. per Set. F'cap 4to. Oblong, 1d. each. JOHN HEYWOOD'S GEOGRAPHICAL COPY-BOOKS. 1-Geographical Definitions. 2-Artificial Divisions. 3-Natural Divisions. 4-England and Wales. PRICE:-Full Coloured, Mounted on 5-Ireland. 6-Geographical Derivations. Rollers and Varnished, price 68. Manchester: JOHN HEYWOOD, Deansgate and Ridgefield, John Dalton Street. and 11, Paternoster Buildings, London. |