CONTENTS.

[The Poetical Extracts are designated by Italic Letters]

LessonPage
Preface[v]
1.The Author's Address to the Pupil[9]
2.Same subject, continued[13]
3.Same subject, continued[17]
4.The Discontented Pendulum,Jane Taylor[19]
5.Address of the Author to the Pupil, continued[23]
6.Address of the Author to the Pupil, concluded[26]
7.How to find out the Meaning of Words,Original[29]
8.Same subject, continuedOriginal[31]
9.Same subject, concludedOriginal[34]
10.WordsOriginal[38]
11.DefinitionsOriginal[42]
12.Reading and SpellingOriginal[48]
13.Importance of Learning to Spell,Original Version[51]
14.Demosthenes,Original[53]
15.Hard Words,Original[57]
16.Fire: a Conversation,Original[63]
17.Same subject, continuedOriginal[67]
18.Same subject, concludedOriginal[73]
19.The Lark and her Young Ones,Altered from Æsop[79]
20.Dogs,Original[82]
21.Same subject, concludedOriginal[85]
22.Frogs and Toads,Bigland[87]
23.Maida, the Scotch Greyhound,Altered from Bigland[90]
24.Gelert,Altered from Bigland[94]
25.Knock againChild's Companion[96]
26.Same subject, continued,Child's Companion[98]
27.Same subject, concluded,Child's Companion[100]
28.Make Good Use of Time,Emma C. Embury[102]
29.Same subject, continued,Emma C. Embury[107]
30.Same subject, concluded,Emma C. Embury[111]
31.Verse, or Poetry,Original[116]
32.A Morning Hymn,Anonymous[121]
33.Evening Hymn,Anonymous[122]
34.The Gardener and the Hog,Gay[123]
35.The Hare and many Friends,Gay[125]
36.Maxims,Selected[128]
37.How to be Happy,Child at Home[129]
38.Obedience and Disobedience,Child's Companion[133]
39.Obstinacy,Lessons without Books[139]
40.King Edward and his Bible,L.H. Sigourney[144]
41.What does it Mean to be Tempted?Rose-bud[147]
42.Same subject, continued,Rose-bud[151]
43.Same subject, continued,Rose-bud[154]
44.Same subject, concluded,Rose-bud[157]
45.Mary Dow,H.F. Gould[163]
46.It Snows,H.F. Gould[165]
47.The Dissatisfied Angler Boy,H.F. Gould[166]
48.The Violet: a Fable, Children's Magazine[168]
49.Captain John Smith,Juvenile Miscellany[170]
50.Same subject, continued,Juvenile Miscellany[173]
51Same subject, continued,Juvenile Miscellany[176]
52.Same subject, concluded,Juvenile Miscellany[179]
53.John Ledyard,Juvenile Miscellany[180]
54.Same subject, concluded,Juvenile Miscellany[183]
55.Learning to Work,Original[185]
56.Same subject, continued,Abbott[187]
57.Same subject, concluded,Abbott[189]
58.The Comma,Parker's Rhetorical Reader[193]
59.The Semicolon,Parker's Rhetorical Reader[199]
60.The Colon,Parker's Rhetorical Reader[202]