Produced by Colin Bell, Andrew Chesley and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) THE TWELVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR; _With a Picture for each Month._ Adapted to Northern Latitudes. [Illustration] PORTLAND: BAILEY & NOYES. THE TWELVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR; _With a Picture for each Month_ Adapted to Northern Latitudes. [Illustration] PORTLAND: BAILEY & NOYES. [Illustration] Should you like to read something about the months of the year? "How many months are there?" "Twelve." "How many days are there in each month?" Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; February hath twenty-eight alone, And all the rest have thirty one; Except in leap-year, then's the time That February hath twenty-nine. [Illustration] _January._--Now the weather is very cold. There are no leaves upon the trees. The ground is frozen quite hard. Perhaps it is covered with snow. Every thing looks very cold and comfortless. A little boy or girl, when out of humor, reminds me of this month. Bring plenty of wood and make a good fire, that we may warm ourselves. [Illustration] _February_ is a cold month, but the days are getting longer. Now the crocuses and snow-drops begin to appear. When little boys and girls have been naughty, how pleasant it is to see them begin to be good again! Remember, the crocuses and snow-drops do not make themselves grow: it is God that causes them to grow. So we must look to him to enable us to be good. [Illustration] _March._--The wind blows very hard. Mind it does not blow you away. See, that tree has been blown down. Job says that God is angry with the wicked, and that they are as stubble before the wind. Do you recollect that the winds and the sea obeyed Jesus, and were still when he bade them? He can still our angry passions as easily as he did the winds and waves. [Illustration] _April._--The spring is come; the trees are in blossom; the leaves begin to appear. The birds sing merrily, and every thing looks cheerful. Now you may work in your gardens. Do you not like to see a garden neat and free from weeds? It is very pleasant to see children free from bad habits and naughty ways. The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich and he addeth no sorrow with it. [Illustration] _May._--This is a very pleasant month: now there are a great many flowers. Little girls are fond of swinging. I hope they will not disobey their parents. Little boys and girls often get hurt when they are disobedient to their parents. They forget that the Bible says, "Children obey your parents." [Illustration]