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diff --git a/14642-0.txt b/14642-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..54446df --- /dev/null +++ b/14642-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1205 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 14642 *** + +[Transcriber's Notes: + +Welcome to the schoolroom of 1900. The moral tone is plain. "She is kind +to the old blind man." + +The exercises are still suitable, and perhaps more helpful than some +contemporary alternatives. Much is left to the teacher. Explanations given +in the text are enough to get started teaching a child to read and write. +Counting in Roman numerals is included as a bonus in the form of lesson +numbers. + +Don Kostuch +] + + +ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES. + +McGUFFEY'S[Registered] + +ECLECTIC PRIMER. + +REVISED EDITION. + +[Illustration: Two children in hammock.] + +McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of + +JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. +NEW YORK - CHICHESTER - WEINHEIM - BRISBANE - SINGAPORE - TORONTO + +Copyright, 1881, By Van Antwerp, Brag & Co. + +Copyright, 1896, By American Book Company. + +Copyright, 1909, By Henry H. Vail. + + +EP 179 + + +Preface + +The flattering success of McGuffey's Revised Readers, and the inquiry for +more primary reading matter to be used in the first year of school work, +have induced the Publishers to prepare a REVISED PRIMER, which may be used +to precede the First Reader of any well arranged series. + +The method pursued is the same as that in McGuffey's Revised Readers, and +the greatest possible care has been taken to insure a gradation suited to +the youngest children. Only about six new words are to be mastered in each +lesson. These new words and the new elementary sounds are always to be +found in the vocabulary of the lesson in which they are first used. + +The plan of the book enables the teacher to pursue the Phonic Method, the +Word Method, the Alphabet Method, or any combination of these methods. + +Illustrations of the best character have been freely supplied, and the +skilled teacher will be able to use them to great advantage. + +The script exercises throughout the book and the slate exercises at the +close, have been specially written and carefully engraved for this Primer; +they may be used to teach the reading of script, and as exercises in +learning to write. + +In the full confidence that the public will appreciate a cheap and +attractive Primer of this character, the Publishers have spared no expense +to make this book equal, in type, paper, and illustrations, to any that +have been issued from their Press. +(iii) + + + +THE ALPHABET. + +A B C D +E F G H +I J K L +M N O P +Q R S T +U V W X +Y Z + + + +THE ALPHABET. + +a b c d +e f g h +i j k l +m n o p +q r s t +u v w x +y z + + +[Illustration: Cat watching moth.] + + + +McGuffey's Eclectic Primer + + +Lesson 1 + +a and cat rat + +a e d n r t + +[Illustration: Rat] + +a rat a cat + +A cat A rat + +A cat and a rat. + +A rat and a cat. + + + +LESSON II. + +at the ran has + +Ann h th s + +[Illustration: Cat] + +The cat the rat + +The cat has a rat. + +The rat ran at Ann. + +Ann has a cat. + +The cat ran at the rat. + + + +LESSON III. + +Nat hat fan can f + +[Illustration: Children playing at the seashore.] + +a fan a hat + +Ann and Nat. + +Ann has a fan. + +Nat has a hat. + +Ann can fan Nat. + + + +LESSON IV. + +man cap lad sat + +l m p s + +[Illustration: Boy running and old man, with gout, sitting.] + +a cap the lad + +A man and a lad. + +The man sat; the lad ran. + +The man has a hat. + +The lad has a cap. + + + +LESSON V.--REVIEW. + +The cat and the rat ran. + +Ann sat, and Nat ran. + +A rat ran at Nat. + +Can Ann fan the lad? + +The man and the lad. + +The man has a cap. + +The lad has a fan. + +Has Ann a hat? + +Ann has a hat and a fan. + +[Illustration: Script Exercise: + +a at rat sat + +can cap lad and + +The cat ran. Ann ran. + +The man has a hat. +] + + + +LESSON VI. + +dog Rab fat Nat's + +o b g + +[Illustration: Boy and dog watching cat on post.] + +Nat's cap a fat dog + +Has the lad a dog? + +The lad has a fat dog. + +The dog has Nat's cap. + +Nat and Rab ran. + +Rab ran at a cat. + + + +LESSON VII. + +see sees frog + +on log e + +[Illustration: Boy sitting on fence, watching frog sitting on log.] + +a log the frog + +See the frog on a log. + +Rab sees the frog. + +Can the frog see Rab? + +The frog can see the dog. + +Rab ran at the frog. + + + +LESSON VIII. + +it stand Ann's is lamp mat i + +[Illustration: Mother with girl holding cat, by lamplight.] + +a mat the stand + +See the lamp! It is on a mat. + +The mat is on the stand. + +The lamp is Nat's, and the mat is Ann's. + + + +LESSON IX. + +Tom nag not him catch he his ch + +[Illustration: Boy and dog chasing horse.] + +See the nag! It is Tom's nag. + +Can Tom catch his nag? + +He can not catch him. + +The dog ran at the nag, and the nag ran. + + + +LESSON X.--REVIEW. + +Tom's nag is fat; his dog is not fat. + +Nat is on Tom's nag. + +Nat's dog, Rab, can not catch the rat. + +See the frog on the log. + +A lad sees the frog. + +The lad can not catch it. + +A cat is on the mat; the cat sees a rat. + +Ann's fan is on the stand. + +The man has a lamp. + +A dog ran at the man. + +Ann sat on a log. + + +[Illustration: Script exercise: + +Tom sees Nat's dog. + +A fat frog is on the log. + +Can not Rab catch it? +] + + + +LESSON XI + +nest this eggs she in get box hen + +e x sh + +[Illustration: Cat watching hen, watching eggs in nest.] + + +the box a nest + +This is a fat hen. + +The hen has a nest in the box. + +She has eggs in the nest. + +A cat sees the nest, and can get the eggs. + + + +LESSON XII. + +old run fox o u + +[Illustration: Dog chasing fox away from a hen.] + +Can this old fox catch the hen? + +The fox can catch the hen, and get the eggs in the nest. + +Run, Rab, and catch the fox. + + +[Illustration: Script Exercise: +This nest has eggs in it. +] + + + +LESSON XIII. + +pond ducks them feed Nell I by will + +i y ch w + +[Illustration: Girl watching ducks on pond.] + +Nell is by the pond. + +I see ducks on the pond. + +Nell sees the ducks, and will feed them. + +She can not get the ducks + + + +LESSON XIV. + +holds to blind Mary hand kind +a o k y + +[Illustration: Girl lead old, blind man.] + +This old man can not see. + +He is blind. + +Mary holds him by the hand. + +She is kind to the old blind man. + + + +LESSON XV.--REVIEW. + +I see ducks on the pond; Tom will feed them. + +Tom is blind; he holds a box in his hand. + +Nell is kind to him. + +This old hen has a nest. + +Mary will run and get the eggs. + + + +LESSON XVI. + +Sue doll dress new her + +let e u ew + +[Illustration: Two girls sitting by tree, playing with dolls.] + +Sue has a doll. + +It has a new dress. + +She will let Ann hold the doll in her hands, and Ann will fan it. + +Sue is kind to Ann. + + + +LESSON XVII. + +there five bird tree rob do +e i v + +[Illustration: Cat watching bird and eggs in nest on tree top.] + +A bird is in the tree. It has a nest there. + +The nest has five eggs in it. + +Do not rob the nest. + +Will the bird let the cat get her five eggs? + + + +LESSON XVIII. + +cage pet sing lives so loves + +o g ng + +[Illustration: Bird perched on girl's hand.] + +This is a pet bird. + +It lives in a new cage. + +It will stand on Sue's hand, and sing. + +Sue loves her pet bird. + +So do I love it. + + + +LESSON XIX. + +are you yes fast too + +like boys of (ov) play + +a a y oy + +[Illustration: Boys playing in snow by a canal. Town in background.] + +Do you see the boys at play? + +Yes, I see them; there are five of them. + +Tom is too fat to run fast. + +Nat can catch him. + +I like to see boys play. + + + +LESSON XX.--REVIEW. + +Sue has a doll and a pet bird. + +Her doll has a new dress and a cap. + +Sue loves Mary, and will let her hold the doll. + +The pet bird lives in a cage. Sue and Mary will stand by the cage, and the +bird will sing. + +There are birds in the tree by the pond. Can you see them? + +Yes; there are five of them in a nest. + +Tom will not rob a bird's nest. He is too kind to do so. + + +[Illustration: Script Exercise: +Nell will feed the ducks. + +Sue has a new dress. +] + + + +LESSON XXI. + +what night owl day an but well big eyes best + +a ow wh + +[Illustration: Owl perched on tree branch.] + + +What bird is this? It is an owl. + +What big eyes it has! + +Yes, but it can not see well by day. + +The owl can see best at night. + +Nat Pond has a pet owl. + + + +LESSON XXII. + +grass they come off barn + +shade hot cows out + +e ou + +[Illustration: Cows standing under a tree.] + +The day is hot. + +The cows are in the shade of the big tree. + +They feed on the new grass. + +Our cows do not run off. + +At night they come to the barn. + + + +LESSON XXIII. + +soon sun neck set + +way bell one (wun) their + +oo + +[Illustration: Cows leaving pasture at subset.] + +The sun will soon set. + +The cows are on their way to the barn. + +One old cow has a bell on her neck. She sees our dog, but she will not +run. + +Our dog is kind to the cows + + + +LESSON XXIV. + +brave if ship boat + +drown men rock save + +[Illustration: Men rowing through storm to shipwreck.] + +The ship has run on a rock. + +Five men are on the ship. + +If the boat can not get to them, they will drown. + +The boat has brave men in it. They will save the five men. + + + +LESSON XXV.--REVIEW. + + +Come, boys, and feed the cows. The sun has set, and they are at the barn. + +Sue has a bell on the neck of her pet cat. + +One hot day Ann and Nell sat on the grass in the shade of a big tree. They +like to rock their dolls, and sing to them. + +The brave men in our boat are on their way to the ship. They will save the +men in the ship, if they can. They will not let them drown. + +What bird has big eyes? The owl. Can an owl see at night? Yes, an owl can +see best at night. + + + +LESSON XXVI. + +fall ice skates cry with had stone did + +a c sk + +[Illustration: Children skating on pond in winter.] + +The boys are on the ice with their skates. + +There is a stone on the ice. + +One boy did not see it, and has had a fall. + +But he is a brave boy, and will not cry. + +[Illustration: Sawmill near river; town and hillside in background. +two children playing near river in foreground.] + + + +LESSON XXVII. + +look go John here all wheel mill have round + +oo j + + +Look! there are John and Sue by the mill pond. + +They like to see the big wheel go round. + +They have come to play on the logs and in the boat. + +John and Sue will play here all day. + +[Illustration: Script Exercise: + +The cows like grass. + +They stand in the shade. +] + + + +LESSON XXVIII. + +or Jane girls floor roll some which black + +o + + +Here are some girls with skates; but they are not on the ice. + +Their skates roll on the floor. Which way do you like to skate,--on the +ice, or on the floor? + +The girl with the new black dress is Jane Bell. + +[Illustration: Four girls roller-skating.] + + + +LESSON XXIX. + +for out as how try horse should hurt ears be + +o no u + +[Illustration: Train approaching railroad crossing; +two boys and a horse and wagon waiting to cross tracks.] + + +Look out for the cars! + +How fast they come! + +No horse can go as fast as the cars. + +I will not try to catch them, for I should fall and be hurt. + +See the horse look at the cars. + +Will he not run? + + + +LESSON XXX.--REVIEW. + + +There is ice on the pond, and the mill wheel can not go round. + +The boys are all out on the ice with their skates. + +I will let you and Tom try to skate; but do not fall, for you will be +hurt. + +Look! here come the cars. + +John and Nat try to skate as fast as the cars go, but they can not. John +has had a fall. + +The girls are not on the pond; but some of them have skates which roll on +the floor. + +[Illustration: Script Exercise: + +How fast the cars go! + +Can you see them? +] + + + +LESSON XXXI. + +work ax pile Ned think wood saw hard cut + +o th n + +[Illustration: Two boys, one sawing, the other chopping logs.] + +Ned and John are hard at work. John has a saw, and Ned has an ax. + +They will try to cut all of the wood which you see in the pile. + +Do you think they can do this in one day + + + +LESSON XXXII. + +noise air hear gone May walk cool two + +a oi + +[Illustration: Two girls walking near a lake. Men working and boys playing +in background.] + +Two girls have gone out for a walk. + +It is May, and the air is cool. They hear the birds sing in the trees, and +they hear the noise of the frogs in the pond. + +They see men at work and boys at play. + + + +LESSON XXXIII. + +pull cart goats Bess up ride hill + +u + +[Illustration: Girl riding in small cart pulled by two goats.] + + +Bess has a cart and two goats. + +She likes to ride in her cart. + +See how the goats pull! + +Bess is so big, I think she should walk up the hill. + +The goats love Bess, for she feeds them, and is kind to them. + + + +LESSON XXXIV. + +blaze put yet house fire roof call ring we + +z + +[Illustration: Boys running in front of burning house.] + + +This house is on fire. + +Look! the roof is in a blaze. + +Run, boys, and ring the bell. Call some men to put out the fire. + +We may yet save the house, if we work hard + + + +LESSON XXXV.--REVIEW. + + +Bess, do you hear a noise? + +Yes, Tom; what is it? + +It is the mill by our house; logs are cut there. + +How do they cut the logs, Tom,--with an ax? + +Not with an ax, Bess; it is too hard work; they cut them with a saw. + +May we not go and see the mill at work, Tom? + +Yes, I think so. The air is cool, and we can walk in the shade. We should +go soon, Bess, or the pile of wood will be gone. + +Our two goats and the cart are here, Tom; we can ride to the mill. It is +not up hill, and the goats can pull us fast. + + + +LESSON XXXVI. + +Miss wants would tells rule keep good that each +u + +[Illustration: Six children surrounding young woman.] + +The girls and boys all love Miss May; she is so kind to them. + +Miss May tells them there is a rule that she wants them to keep. It is, +"Do to each one as you would like each one to do to you." + +This is a good rule, and all boys and girls should keep it. + + + +LESSON XXXVII. + +school child church when books skates + +[Illustration: Several people standing in front of school that appears +similar to a small church.] + +What kind of house is this? + +Do you think it is a schoolhouse, or a church? + +It looks like a church, but I think it is a schoolhouse. + +I see the boys and girls with their books and slates. + +When the bell rings, they will go in. + +A good child likes to go to school. + + + +LESSON XXXVIII. + +quail quick seen kill me oh eat first know Henry + +qu + +[Illustration: Quail in brush.] + +"John! come here. Be quick, and tell me what kind of bird this is." + +"Do you not know, Henry?" + +"Oh, no! what is it?" "It is a quail." + +"It is the first quail I have seen. Is it good to eat?" + +"Yes; but I should not like to kill it." + + + +LESSON XXXIX. + +Kate dear name blue baby near shut crib sit + +[Illustration: Baby sleeping in crib.] + +Is not this a dear baby in the crib? + +Her name is Kate, and she has big, blue eyes. You can not see her eyes, +for they are shut. + +Kate is a good baby; but she will cry if she is hurt, or if she is not +well. + +Bess likes to sit near the baby, and to rock her in the crib. + + + +LESSON XL.--REVIEW. + +Henry Black and Ned Bell live near our house. They go to school, and I see +them go by each day with their books and slates. + +Miss May tells the girls and boys that they should be at the schoolhouse +when the bell rings. So Henry walks fast, and is first at school. He is a +good boy, and wants to keep the rule of the school. + +Ned is not a good boy. I do not think he likes to go to school or to +church. + +I saw him try to kill a quail with a stone. The quail is too quick a bird +for that, and Ned did not hurt it; but I know that a good child would not +try to kill a bird. + +[Illustration: Script Exercise: +There is a baby at Ned's house. Her name is Kate. Ned is not a good boy, +but he loves Kate, and I do not think he would hurt her. +] + + + +LESSON XLI. + + +light far its high where sea tall were + +The tall house which you see on that high rock is a lighthouse. At night +its light is seen far out at sea, and the men on ships can tell where to +go. + +If it were not for this, they would run on the rocks. + +How would you like to live in a lighthouse? + +[Illustration: Lighthouse on cliff above pounding surf.] + + + +LESSON XLII. + +wrong wolf us my took sheep more watch lambs + +[Illustration: Sheep grazing under a tree. Two boys watching from fence +in the background.] + +Let us watch the sheep as they feed on the hills. They like to eat the new +grass. + +Do you see my two lambs? I had two more; but an old wolf took them one +night. + +I love my pet lambs. It would be wrong to hurt them + + + +LESSON XLIII. + +laugh snow head fun mouth made pipe + +gh (as f) + +[Illustration: Three boys making a snowman; two children in foreground +carrying water buckets.] + +The boys have made a big snow man. + +They have put a tall hat on his head, and an old pipe in his mouth. + +Hear them laugh as they play! + +It is good fun for the boys. + +They would like to have it snow all day and all night. + + + +LESSON XLIV. + +sweets mean please bee buzz vine could +said (sed) once (wuns) + +[Illustration: Bee flying near vine.] + +"Buzz! buzz!" a bee said to Mary. + +"What do you mean?" said Mary. "Please tell me once more." + +"Buzz! buzz! buzz!" but Mary could not tell its wants. + +I think it said, "Please let me get some sweets in this vine. + + + +LESSON XLV.--REVIEW. + +One day Nat and I sat on the high hill by the sea, where the tall +lighthouse stands. We could look far out, and could see the ships at sea. + +As we sat there, we saw a man near by, with some sheep and lambs. The man +had a pipe in his mouth. He sat with us, and let the sheep eat the grass. + +What fun it is to see lambs play! It made us laugh to see them. + +The man said that once, when the sheep and lambs were out in the snow, an +old wolf took one of the lambs, and ran off with it. + +I think that men should watch their sheep, so that a wolf can not catch +them. + + + +LESSON XLVI. + +while might time things done right your halves + +[Illustration: Script Exercise: +Work while you work, + Play while you play, +One thing each time, + That is the way. + +All that you do, + Do with your might, +Things done by halves, + Are not done right. +] + + + +LESSON XLVII. + +went fish fell safe arms sprang was thank got + +[Illustration: Boy fishing from log.] + +One day John went to the pond to fish. His dog, Watch, went with him. + +John sat on a log for a time, but did not catch a fish. + +As he got up to go, he fell off the log. Watch sprang in to save him. John +put his arms round the dog's neck, and was soon safe on the log once more. + +"Thank you, my brave old dog," said John to Watch. + + + +LESSON XLVIII. + +James asks warm town then drives been(bin) show + +[Illustration: Girl talking to boy leading horse and wagon.] + +James has been to the mill. + +The day is warm, and he lets his horse stand in the shade. + +A girl asks him to show her the way to the town. He tells her the way, and +then drives on. + + + +LESSON XLIX. + +I'll she'll don't puss pur pat fur harm deeds + +[Illustration: Kitten.] + +I love my dear puss, + Her fur is so warm; +And, if I don't hurt her, + She'll do me no harm. + +I'll pat my dear puss, + And then she will pur, +And show me her thanks + For my kind deeds to her. + + + +LESSON L. + +now wreaths who queen woods shall crown + +[Illustration: Children playing in wood. Two boys in foreground playing a +fife and drum.] + +It is the first of May. The boys and girls have gone to the woods to have +a good time. See them at their play. + +The girls have wreaths in their hands. + +Now they will crown some one Queen of the May. Who shall it be? + +It should be the best girl, and that is Kate. + + + +LESSON LI. + +God small from world moon shine nut long ago + +[Illustration: Small girl watching a tree. Two acorns shown in inset.] + +Do you see that tall tree? + +Long ago it sprang up from a small nut. + +Do you know who made it do so? + +It was God, my child. God made the world and all things in it. He made the +sun to light the day, and the moon to shine at night. + +God shows that he loves us by all that he has done for us. Should we not +then love him? + + + +LESSON LII. + +Lord smile joys tears nigh morn griefs woes stars say + +[Illustration: Sunset; lake in foreground; moon and stars.] + +When the stars, at set of sun, + Watch you from on high; +When the light of morn has come, + Think the Lord is nigh + +All you do, and all you say, + He can see and hear; +When you work and when you play, + Think the Lord is near. + +All your joys and griefs he knows, + Sees each smile and tear; +When to him you tell your woes, + Know the Lord will hear + + + +SLATE EXERCISES + +[Illustration: Script Exercise: + +n u n nun +u r n urn +s u n sun +c o w cow +s a w saw + +r i m rim +c a t cat +l a d lad +b o x box +h e n hen +k i d kid +q u o quo + +p e n pen +j a r jar +e y e eye +g u n gun +v i z viz +i v y ivy +f a n fan +] + + + +SCRIPT ALPHABET + +[Illustration: Script Exercise: + +A B C D E F G + +H I J K L M N + +O P Q R S Y U + +V W X Y Z + +a b c d e f g h + +i j k l m n o p q + +r s t u v w x y z + +SCRIPT FIGURES + +1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +] + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised +Edition, by William Holmes McGuffey + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 14642 *** |
