NEW No. III.-NELSON'S SCHOOL SERIES.

THE

YOUNG READER.

A BOOK OF

SIMPLE STORIES AND LESSONS

IN PROSE AND VERSE.

LONDON:

T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW;

AND EDINBURGH.

PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT AND CO.

THERE is a bee on a flower. See how it shakes its wings, and seems to work with its little feet. Ah! it is off to another flower.

It is working again!

Now it is off to another! How busy it is! It does not rest a minute in one place. It looks as if it had a great deal of work to do, and in haste to get it done.