Produced by Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: 'Here comes the big black hen.' Page 85.] CHAMBERS'S ELEMENTARY SCIENCE READERS BOOK I. WITH OBJECT LESSONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON: 38 Soho Square, W. W. & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED EDINBURGH: 339 High Street CHAMBERS'S ELEMENTARY SCIENCE READERS. With Object Lessons and Attractive Illustrations. Book I. for Standard I. 140 pages. Price 9d. Book II. for Standard II. 148 pages. Price 10d. Book III. for Standard III. 196 pages. Price 1s. CHAMBERS'S OBJECT LESSON MANUALS. With Lists of Apparatus, Numerous Illustrations, and Blackboard Summaries. BOOKS I., II., and III. Price 1s. 6d. each. Complete in One Volume, price 3s. 6d. CHAMBERS'S OBJECT LESSON SHEETS. A Series of Twenty-one Illustrative Diagrams for Standards I., II., and III. Printed in Black and White on Stout Manilla Paper, size 29 by 23 inches. Strongly mounted on Roller, 12s. 6d. per Set. Separate sheets can also be had, 6d. each; or Eyeletted, 7d. each. W. & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED, LONDON AND EDINBURGH. P. 1912. CONTENTS. (The Titles of Poetical Pieces are in _Italics_.) PAGE The Cat--Part 1 7 " " 2 9 The Dog 12 Buttercups 15 _Daisies and Buttercups_ 19 Wheat--Part 1 20 " " 2 23 Slate--Part 1 26 " " 2 29 Chalk--Part 1 31 " " 2 34 The Mouse 36 _The Field-Mouse_ 39 The Rabbit 41 Ivy 43 A Tree 47 Bricks 50 A Donkey 53 Sheep 55 _The Sheep_ 58 Turnips 59 Green Peas--Part 1 62 " " 2 65