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MCQUFFEY'S

ECLECTIC PRIMER REVISED EDITION.

NEW YORK

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CINCINNATI

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CHICAGO

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

VAN ANTWERP, BRAGG & Co. BY AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.

COPYKIGHT, 1881, BY COPYRIGHT, 1896,

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY M'G. EC.

HENRY

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The

flattering

and the inquiry used in the

first

success for

of

Mcfriiffey's

Revised Readers, to be

more primary reading matter

year of

school

work, have induced the

Publishers to prepare a REVISED PRIMER, which may be used to precede the First Reader of any w ell arranged r

series.

The method pursued

is

the

same

as that

m McGufFey's Re-

vised Readers, and the greatest possible care has been taken to insure a gradation suited to the youngest children. Only

These

new words are to be mastered in each lesson. new words and the new elementary sounds are always

to be

found in the vocabulary of the lesson in which they

about six

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

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have spared no expense to make this book equal, #ype, paper, and illustrations, to any that have been issued from their Press. \

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THE ALPHABET,

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K L

M N

O

P

E V

S

T

W

X

Q

U

Y Z

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THE ALPHABET.

abed e

f

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h

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

Y

w

x

and

a w

at

d

a

n

a rat

A

a cat

A

cat

A A

rat

cat rat

and and

a

rat.

a

cat.

rat

(7)

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LESSON

ran

the

at

II.

^

Ann th

The

cat

The The

Ann The

cat rat

the rat

has ran

a at

rat.

Ann.

has a cat. cat ran at the

rat.

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LESSON

Nat

a

III.

hat

a

fan

Ann and Ami has Nat

Ann

an

fan

has can

hat

Nat.

a a

fan.

hat.

fan

Nat.

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LESSON

IV.

man

in

1

p the lad

a cap

A man

s

and

a

lad.

The man sat; the lad The man has a hat. The lad has a cap.

ran.

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LESSON

The

cat

Ann

sat,

A

rat

REVIEW.

V,

and the

rat

and Nat

ran.

ran.

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

(L

.

has

oX

a

and a

hat

A/oX i/oxl

3-fu/

fan.

ooZ A/o/w

o/nxi

0/n/Kb a,

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LESSON

VI.

Rab Nat's

o

Nat's cap

g 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.

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LESSON

13

VII.

see

fro g

Oil

a log

the frog

See the frog on a Rab sees the frog.

Can the

The

frog

Rab ran

log.

frog

see

Kab?

can

see

the

at

the

frog.

dog.

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LESSON

VIM.

stand

it w

a

mat

the stand

See the lamp!

The mat The lamp is

mat

lamp

15

is

Ann's.

is

It

is

on a mat.

on the stand. Nat's, and the mat

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15

IX.

Tom

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LESSON XXVII.

look

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34

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LESSON

or oil

Jane

some

XXVIII.

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LESSON XXIX. for

out

a

horse

should

hurt

no

Look out

How No

how

try

be

A

u

for the cars!

they come! horse can go as fast as the fast

cars.

not try to catch them, I should fall and be hurt.

I will for

See the horse look at the Will he not run?

cars.

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LESSON XXX.-REVIEW,

on the pond and the mill wheel can not go round. The boys are all out on the ice There

is ice

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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

fast as the cars go,

but they can

skate

as

John has had a fall. The girls are not on the pond but some of them have skates which roll on the floor. not.

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LESSON XXXI.

work

ax

pile

o

th

Ned

think

wood hard

Ned and John

n

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?

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LESSON

XXXII.

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Two

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girls

have gone out

for

a walk. It is

May, and the

They hear the

air is cool.

sing in the trees, and they hear the noise of the frogs in the pond. They see men at work and

boys at play.

birds

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LESSON

XXXIII.

art

pull

Bess

goats ride

up

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hill

u WH

Bess has a cart and two goats. She likes to ride in her cart. See

how

the goats pull! so big, I think

Bess is should walk up the

The goats

she

hill.

love Bess,

for she

feeds them, and is kind to them.

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LESSON XXXIV.

blaze

put

yet

house

fire

roof call

ring

we

This house

is

on

Look! the roof

fire.

is

in a blaze.

Kun, boys, and ring the Call

some men

We may if

we work

to put out the

bell. fire.

yet save the house, hard.

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LESSON XXXV.-REVIEW.

do

you hear a noise? Yes, Tom; what is it? It is the mill by our house;

Bess,

logs are cut there.

How

do

they cut with an ax?

the

logs,

Tom, 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 are here, the mill.

Tom; we can

cart

ride to

not up hill, and the goats can pull us fast. It is

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LESSON XXXVI.

wonId

wants

Miss

tSllg

rule

keep obd that

each

u

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,

you would to you."

"Do

to each one as

like each

one to do

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This

a

is

boys and

good

girls

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and

rule,

should keep

LESSON

school

child

church

w hen

all

it.

XXXVII,

books slates

What kind Do you think

of house it is

is

this?

a schoolhouse,

or a church? It

think

looks like a church, but I it

is

a schoolhouse.

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boys and their books and slates. I see the

When

girls

with

the bell rings, they will

in.

go

A

good child

likes

to

go to

school. LESSON

XXXVIII.

quick

quail

seen

kill

me

oh

eat

first

know

Hen'ry

qu

"John! come here. Be quick, and tell me what kind of bird this is."

"Do you

not know, Henry?"

~

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"Oh, no! what "It "It seen.

is is

Is

is it?"

a quail." the first it

good

"Yes; but

I

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quail I to eat?"

have

should not like to

kill it."

LESSON XXXIX.

Kate

dear

name

blue

ba'by

near

shut

rib

sit

Is not this a dear

crib?

baby in the

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Her name

Kate, and she has You can not see big, blue eyes. her eyes, for they are shut.

Kate

is

will cry if is

is

a good baby; but she she is hurt, or if she

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.

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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.

saw him try to with a stone. The I

kill

a quail

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 a bird.

kill

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LESSON

XLI.

llo-ht

far

its

high

w here

sea

tall

were

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

The

tell

tall

where

/

to go.

were not for this, they would run on the rocks. If

it

How to

would you live

in

house ?

a

like

light-

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LESSON

wrong

woolf

watch

lambs

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XLII.

took

US

Let us watch the sheep as they feed on the hills. They like to eat the

new

Do you

grass.

see

my

two lambs?

I

had two more; but an old wolf took them one night. I love

my

pet lambs.

be wrong to hurt them. Pr

4.

It

would

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LESSON

laugh

XLIII.

snow head made mouth pipe

fun

gh (as f ) 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!

good fun for the boys. They would like to have it snow all day and all night. It is

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LESSON XLIV,

sweets

mean

please

bee

buzz

vine

eould said (sed)

one

(wuns)

"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 I

think

tell its

wants.

it

"Please

said,

let

me

get some sweets in this vine."

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LESSON XLV.-REVIEW.

One day Nat and I sat on the high hill by the sea, where the

We

could lighthouse stands. look far out, and could see the

tall

ships at sea.

As we

man

sat

there,

we saw

a

near by, with some sheep and

The man had a pipe in mouth. He sat with us, and

lambs. his

the sheep eat the grass. What fun it is to see lambs

let

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

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their sheep,

so

that

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a wolf can

not catch them. LESSON XLVI.

while

might

time

thmg

done

right

your

halve$

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VkxxL

ofoiyu dxr,

crru/ nxrL cLoru/

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LESSON

XLVII.

went fish fell

safe

arm sprang

One

wa day

thank

John

went

got to

the

His dog, Watch, pond to fish. went with him. John sat on a log for a time, but did not catch a

As he got up

to

fish.

go,

he- fell

off the log.

Watch sprang

in to save him.

John put

arms round the

his

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dog's neck, and was soon safe on the log once more.

"Thank

you,

dog," said

John

my to

LESSON

brave

old

Watch.

XLVIII.

Jame

asks

warm

town

then

drlve

been (bin)

show

James has been to the The day is warm, and he his A.-.-.K_/

JL.M.

X_^-- K_y \_/

stand K_/

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the shade.

in /.v^

horse

-

w','.--u^^/i-'?'.rr-^:.^fe --.-.*.

''

mill.

lets

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A the

girl

way

him

asks

to

the town.

to

show her

He

tells

her the way, and then drives on.

LESSON

Pll

XLIX.

she'll

don't

puss

pur

pat

fur

narm

deedg

dear puss, so warm; And, if I don't hurt her, She'll do me no harm. I

love

my

Her

fur

Ill

pat

my

is

dear puss,

And then she will pur, And show me her thanks For

my

kind deeds to her,

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LESSON

now

wood It

is

the

L.

who

wreadi

shall first

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of

queen crown

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

one they will crown some

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Queen of the May. it

Who

shall

be? It

should be the best

girl,

and

that is Kate. LESSON

LI.

God

Do

you Long ago small nut.

see it

that

tall

tree?

sprang up from a

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Do you know who made

do

it

so?

was God,

It

my

child.

God

made the world and all things in He made the sun to light the it. day, and the moon to shine at night.

God shows by

all

Should

that he

us

loves

that he has done for us.

we

not then love him?

LESSON

LI

I.

Lord

smile

joy

tear

ni

morn

griefs

woe

star

say

When

the stars, at set of sun,

'Watch you from on high; When the light of morn has come, Think the Lord

is

nigh.

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All you do, and all you say, He can see and hear;

When

you work and when you Think the Lord is near.

play,

All your joys and griefs he knows, Sees each smile and tear;

When

to

Know

him you

tell

your woes,

the Lord will hear.

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