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...