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Little Reader, For the Use of Schools

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1837 printing of 1836 copyrighted text. Part of the Parley's Series of Readers. Sixty-nine chapters on objects, animals, children and moral instruction written as stories (sometimes in verse). Stories are written as numbered paragraphs. Vocabulary words are defined at the bottom of pages. Illustrations accompany many of the chapters. The Schultz Archive copy is roughly the complete text.

Creator/Author:

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860

Submitter:

Russel Durst

Date Uploaded:

05/24/2016

Date Modified:

07/23/2020

Date Created:

1837

License:

Public Domain Mark 1.0
Introduction to the Pictorial Reader, Containing a Variety of Easy and Instructive Lessons Upon the Most Familiar Subjects: Illustrated with Numerous Engravings, and Adapted to the Capacities of Young Children

Type:

Document

Description/Abstract:

1847 printing of 1842 copyrighted text. Author is credited as the author of the pictorial spelling book, pictorial primer, etc. Includes a recommendation of the Ward School Teachers' Association of the City of New York for a set of three books by the author. Preface states there are three objects of importance: to make the lessons pleasing, instructive, and moral. The work contains original and selected lessons (readings) on familiar subjects adapted to their level of comprehension. Engravings illustrate many lessons. Moral principles are taught through binaries such as good and evil, kindness and cruelty, and truth and falsehood. Schultz Archive copy is roughly the entire text. TOC is at the end and is partially cut off.

Creator/Author:

Bentley, Rensselaer

Submitter:

Russel Durst

Date Uploaded:

05/24/2016

Date Modified:

07/20/2020

Date Created:

1847

License:

Public Domain Mark 1.0

Little Reader, For the Use of Schools

Introduction to the Pictorial Reader, Containing a Variety of Easy and Instructive Lessons Upon the Most Familiar Subjects: Illustrated with Numerous Engravings, and Adapted to the Capacities of Young Children

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