McGuffey's newly revised eclectic second reader : containing progressive lessons in reading and spelling. Revised and improved. (1848)
Engel, Irving, donor, McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873, ed, Shepard, Edwin, stereotyper, Winthrop B. Smith & Co. publisher · Cincinnati: : Winthrop B. Smith & Co., publishers. · leaf 19
show more wisdom than the bea- jI ver. j I 3. When summer comes, a great many beavers get |together, and build their houses. They have cham- {i bers to their houses. J f 4. When a beaver has no one to help him, he can- |5 not do much. $ o If—*\ 14 MCGUFFEYS SECOND READER \ 5. Sometimes two hundred… … 7. The beavers cut down veiy large trees with theirteeth. They make their houses of wood and mortar. 8. A beaver can live in the wate^M-and he can liveout of the water. Beavers like to build their housesclose to a river or pond. J^hUr fur is used to makehats. ^ Questions. -^vI large is the beaver?…