Produced by Don Kostuch
[Transcriber's Notes:
Welcome to the schoolroom of 1900. The moral tone is plain. "She is kindto the old blind man."
The exercises are still suitable, and perhaps more helpful than somecontemporary alternatives. Much is left to the teacher. Explanations givenin 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 lessonnumbers.
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 formore 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 usedto precede the First Reader of any well arranged series.
The method pursued is the same as that in McGuffey's Revised Readers, andthe greatest possible care has been taken to insure a gradation suited tothe youngest children. Only about six new words are to be mastered in eachlesson. These new words and the new elementary sounds are always to befound 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 theskilled teacher will be able to use them to great advantage.
The script exercises throughout the book and the slate exercises at theclose, have been specially written and carefully engraved for this Primer;they may be used to teach the reading of script, and as exercises inlearning to write.
In the full confidence that the public will appreciate a cheap andattractive Primer of this character, the Publishers have spared no expenseto make this book equal, in type, paper, and illustrations, to any thathave been issued from their Press.(iii)
THE ALPHABET.
A B C DE F G HI J K LM N O PQ R S TU V W XY Z
THE ALPHABET.
a b c de f g hi j k lm n o pq r s tu v w xy 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