out the hours, and is called the hourhand; the long hand is for pointing out the minutes, and is called the

minute-hand. The minute-hand goes round once every hour; but the hourhand goes much more slowly, or only from the mark of one hour to another in the space of an hour.

When the hour-hand points to XII, it means twelve o'clock; when it points to I, one o'clock; and so on with the other hours. After seeing where the hour-hand points to, look where the minute-hand points, and there the number of minutes after the hour is marked. In the picture here given, the hour-hand points to IX,

and the minute-hand to 6, which signifies that it is six minutes after nine.

When the minute-hand goes to 10, it will be ten minutes after nine; at 15, it will be fifteen minutes, or a quarter of an hour, after nine; and so on according to the marks: at 30, it is half an hour after. When the minutehand comes round to where 45 is marked, it is called a quarter to ten; at 50, it is ten minutes to ten; at 55, it is five minutes to ten. And when the minute-hand is at 60, the hourhand has got to X, which shews that it is ten o'clock exactly. All the other hours of the day are known in the same manner, by looking at watches and clocks.

The

Seven days make a week.

names of the seven days are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Sunday is the first day of the week, and it is also called the Sabbath-day, because it is the day of rest. Two weeks

make a fortnight, which means fourteen nights, for, as you know, seven and seven make fourteen. Four weeks make a month, and fifty-two weeks make a year.

Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday:

This is the end

Of Solomon Grundy.

There are twelve months in the

year. Their names are:

January, April, July, October, February, May, August, November, March, June, September, December. The months have not all the same number of days. These you will learn by and by. The first day of January is the first day of the year, and it is called New-Year's Day. After one year has ended, another begins, with the same number of months and days over again.

There are four seasons in the year. These are spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Each of the seasons lasts for three months.

The months of spring are February, March, and April. The months of summer are May, June, and July. The months of autumn are August, September, and October. The months

of winter are November, December, and January.

In summer it is very hot, and in winter it is very cold. autumn it is not so summer, nor so cold as

In spring and hot as it is in it is in winter.

In spring the fields are dressed in green the pretty flowers spring up through the ground: the green leaves come out on the trees, and after them the beautiful white and red blossoms appear. The birds now build their nests and lay eggs in them, all the while singing their merry songs.

The lambs are frisking about on the meadow, or bleating for the old sheep, their mothers. The bees are humming round their hives, and the bright butterflies are on the wing. The farmer now ploughs his fields and