Nature Readers: Sea-side And Way-side No. 3 By Julia McNair Wright

From the author:

“I have not sought to model these Readers upon any pattern previously set, but to make them the outcome of what I have learned, by observation, of children’s receptive and retentive powers. I desired to impart useful and needful knowledge in a fashion which should not be burdensome and which should strongly impress young minds. My one idea has been to benefit the child, and to that end, I have directed my whole effort.”