SHELDON'S READERS.

80 pages, carefully graded and arranged for Beginners.

SPECIMEN OF TYPE AND ILLUSTRATION FROM

Sheldon's First Reader.

SHELDON'S READERS.

III.

John and May at the River.

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5. While he stood looking at his brother, and trying to think what he could do, Ned

stood up and clapped his tiny hands with

The most attractive School Reader ever prepared.

7. "O Ned!" cried John, "sit down! sit down!"

8. Little Ned tried to sit down; but it

224 pages--95 Original Illustrations.

SHELDON'S READERS.

IV.

A LIVELY SLED-RIDE.

173

sixteen pounding hoofs, sled cutting through the snow
like a ship at sea, and a little darkey shooting out be-
hind at every bounce ov r a rough place!

Just Published, 1 vol., Elegant 12mo.

363 Pages, Superbly Illustrated.

Specimen of Type and Illustration

-FROM

SHELDON'S FOURTH READER.

SHELDON'S READERS.

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V.

SHELDON'S FIFTH READER.

The Concluding Reader of the Series.

XXI. THE FRIGATE-BIRD.

432 Pages, Handsomely Illustrated.

THAT bird is this? It is
the little ocean-eagle,

WHAT bird

first and chief of the winged
the daring navigator

race,

who never furls his sails, -
the lord of the tempest, the
scorner of all peril, -the man-
of-war, or frigate-bird.

2. Here we have a bird which is, virtually, nothing more
than wings; while his body is barely as large as that of

Specimen of Type and Illustration.

-FROM

SHELDON'S FIFTH READER.