M/4B M^'^^l0rM'^^^^'# '* "^Hs *^ ■ >*• WILSON, H'NKLE & CO . ^ ^ 4^^ CINCINNATI ^im NEW YORK. •^V ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES. McGUFFEY'S NEW FIRST ECLEejirtC ,UEv*CPER • - • FOR YOUNG LEARNERS. By WM. H. McGUFFEY, LL.D. v^nB WILSON, HINKLE & CO., 137 Walnut Street, 28 Bohd Street, CINCINNATI. NEW YORK < 37 fc^-^ "If PREFACE. r This b®ok ia intended' as the Iirst in the remodeled series of McGuirej'A' Eclectic Rcrtde;*si The Rfc'AhwJo'.'LKS.ioNH'ur(J oX tho; most simple character, commencing with ea«y and famiriar wonla of two letters, and gra: A a I n N n B 6 o 1 ^ C c 1 p P i' 1 ^^ D THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 9 I '3 LARKjQ lark Iq MANlR manir ^^ NUT ^ nut OX ox t QUAIL quail ?| SUN i sun TUB tub i mm 10 NEW FIRST READER. S ! IV- URNiX / urn ix VINEY Vine WRENlZ wren z ZEBRA zebra "«o>©;c MODEL PRONOUNCING EXERCISi; Embracing all the words found in Lesson I, on the foIIoW' Ing page. I in do we he it on go am my is an no ox up / mm 11 THUi ECLECTIC SERIES. ll LESSON I. Let the child spell each word in the line, then read the line. SPELL. is it an ox it is an ox it is my ox do wo go do wc go up we do go up am I in am I in it I am in it READ. Is it an ox? It is an ox. It is my ox. Do wc go? Do wc go up? We do go up. Am I in? Am I in it? I am in it. - iirniiiai MMH MM I m 12 NEW FIRST READB& LESSON II.» Is it an ax? It is an ax. It is my ax. Is it by me? My ax is by me. So it is. 4«< Is he in? It is I. He is in. 1 It is he. Is he by me? ; We do it. Do we go in? I Do as we do. * Spell each word in the line; then read the line, as in Lesson L THK ECLECTIC SERIES. 18 LEssonr III.* A sly hen. '^ Can she fly? A bad dog. It bit a man- A big ox. Let him go. A fat pig. Can it run? A red cow. Has she hay? * Spell each word in the line; then read, as in Lesson L 14 NEW FIRST BEADEB. LESSON IV.* Can the cat get the rat? See the rat. A7as it hid? See the kid. Can it run? A sly fox. > lie had a hen. An old ape. Can he hop? * Spell each word in the line; then read, as in Lessou I. THE ECLECTIC SERIES. LESSON V. 15 Is it a bed? It is a bed. Is it for mc? It is for inc. A fan for Ann. Can you fan me? I can fan you. You can fan me. Kit is on my bed. | You do fan me. 3>OiO*>- LESSON VL I see a nag. Do you see it? Yes, yes, I do. The nag can run. See it, see it run! I see a pig. How fat it is I Can the pig run? It can not run. It is too fat to ran, 16 NEW FIRST KEAAEB. LESSON VII An old log hut* A new log hut. Is it for me? Is it for you? It is for us. See my fat ox. Is it* an old ox? It is an old ox. It is not a red ox. It Is a dun ox. ^Sfe>: -oo»;< A sly old ape. It has a nut. Get it for me. May I get it? Yes, if you can. 0, sec the fly! How it can fly! It bit an old ox. Ca'n the fly run? Yes! run, fly, run. THE ECLECTIC SERIES. LESSON VIII. Is it a cow? It is a cow. It is my cow. She has no hay. Let her be fed. 17 0, see my cat! He is on a mat. He saw a lat. The rat saw him. The rat ran off. I see a tub. The tub is big. Can you use it? yes, I can. 1 can use it. • >5*:c See my new top. How it can hum. You may get one. Do not beg one. I do not beg. > p »l 18 NEW FIRST READER. LESSOW IX. Seel a new cap. A cap for you. I had a cap. It was new. Now it is old. See the big kid. It is my pet kid. Is it not shy? My kid is shy. Let us go out. It is an elk. The elk is sly. The dog saw him. He saw the dog. The elk ran off. See the dog run. It saw a man. The man did say, pup, pup, pup. The dog rflb off. See the old hen. Is she not fat? Can the hen fly? Can she fly far? . The hen can fly. THE ECLECTIC SERIES. LESSON X. can see you, cat. [Do you see me? [The cat is on luy new fur cap. Get ofl*, old cat. I see a dog. I can see a pup. Do you see me? The dog and pup may run all day. ifed and his nag. Can the nag run? Can it run fai^ yes, the nag can run; 8o can 19 20 NEW FIRST RKADER. LESSON XI. ^^^mmrnrnm^ I see an old eat. | A sly old fox, and The old cat is by I a fat old hen. her pet kit. The cat and kit are on a rug. The fox did try to get the hen. Did the hen fly? A^^ dog boy get log M let hog tov set fog coy bet *^ Do you see the boy and his dog? Is it a dog, or is it a fox? Is it a fox? no, it is a dog. The dog can run; so can tlie boy. Now, Tom, let us see you run. THE ECLECTIC SERIES. LESSON XII. bee the do sec can liiiii lium fly lK)y bud you joy 21 V '. * Do you SCO the bee? Is it on the bud? yes! I sec the bee. It is on the bud. Can the l)ee flv? Can it hum too? The bcH3 can fly and hum. Ah! so it caa me can sec so hop yes ah Ned far oh Tom you oo^*^'> Ned, can you hop? Can you hop far? Yes, I can hop. I can hop so far. Can you hoj), Tom ? Can you hop to me r Yes ; sec me. I can hop to you, Ned. 1 can hop as far as you can. Ah! so you can. Now let us hop. Itit lid. Z 22 I , NEW FIRST READER. -■•-r »^^>«r^.« — LESSON XIII. fe^- ^"'' ten old ^^Sfl arc six you . ^^^Ki 1' Aw>^Ib l>\ ' big how Si^w^ as but whv Ann, how okl arc you? I am six. Are vou but six? Why, I am ten. But you arc not as bin; as I am. -ooVOtJoo- Ned too but llnl was bad pet box odd pig boy who Do vou see it? Ked has a i)et pig. Is it not an odd pet? Can it run? Hal lias a pet lien. His hen can run. Can she fly? Can she 11 v or run far? Ned, who has the i)ig, is a bad boy. Ilal is a big boy, but not a bad bov. Simple and familiar words, not found in the reading lesson, are occasionally introduced into the spelling list THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 23 LESSON XIV. lap its SIS A 1 „ ^ I f v% Hi red Ihc one ''tHHs .^■nfvlB did ])Ut was tIr^vJ^ tfji^^^H I)id and Ann ^n«SUS ^^x Ann bid licr dog pnt up its red paw. The dog did as it Avas bid. It juit its paw in lier lap. Did you not see it? It put up no paw but the red one. ■-«»Ot<^Oc. . I rat iar fee I get. sly lee has run see dog you bee Can the dog get the rat? See, see, how sly he is. jAh, now he has the rat. Did you see i the rat run? Did it run far? [The dog did not let it run far. The ; dog did get the rat. 24 N K W F in ST K K A I) E U. LESSON XV. \ is fat let lis sty IVhI iiiv not bit lay ray say tlie pit; now pay I see a doi];. Tlic dop: bit my \Yi^. Is niv piir in the stv? Let ns see. The dog ean not see my pig now. Let the fat old })ig be led. — «»<»'<> It* l)()v lid ofT ill pnt sat out pill box eat ran kill \\v\\ the eve mill A lK)y put a eat and a hen in a l>ox. The bov sat on the lid of the box. The eat bit the hen; and the hen i)ut out the eve of llu^ eat. The bov crot otT the lid of the box. The eat got out and I'an otf. THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 25 < rj 'V LESSON XYL k ill as she lie 1 too the put die k S^* nm hay pie W hen sun was hie The hen was too ill to get \\\y, but she was not so ill as to die. The hen was put on the hay. She was put . on the hay, in the sun. ooV^t lap tip lie all pet she ear tall clog kid eat call Ann her one hall Ann had a pet lap-dog. She let it lie on her hed. She fed it of all she had to eat. Her dog was not as hig as a kid; not as big as a kid one day old. The tip of one car was red. 26 NEW FIRST READER. LESSON XVII. let us our fay hot fun out hay dog can new nay bog put Avith day It is a hot day. Let us go out. Let us go out with our dog. We can go to the new-cut hay. We can put hay on our dog for fun. all oh fit the for aid we this his bid ai-e that God our eye then 0! my God, let me do no sin. Aid me to do as I am bid. Our God can see all we do. Let all I do be fit for his eve. Let me do to all as I am bid. Let me do as all are bid to do to me. THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 27 LESSON XVIIL fox fat old rat say cat may hat ran fly hen sly dog try saw cry Tlic fox may say: I am sly. I had an old fat hen. A man saw me. A dog saw mc. I ran and hid. I am so sly, a man can not get me. A dog can not get me, if 1 run. •«^o^ Sly pig but eel man hen let peel met how and heel mud now Avhy feel Sly will do as he is bid. lie is a i)et dog. He will run at a pig or a cow. He will nin at a fox or an ox. He will run at a hen or a rat. A fox or a pig will not run at Sly. i 80 NEW FIHST READER. LESSON XXI. get try but eel did use you feel can saw low heel mud now may peel I saw an eel in the mud, and I did try to get it, but did not. May I try now? No, it is of no use. It is low in the mud. You can see it; but you can not get it if you try. -•ojO^oo- let kit do are she am the now but her not why has bid will may Let the cat be: she has a kit. Do not go to her now, but sit by mc. ^^♦Whv mav I not go to her now? Do not ask why, but do as you are bid. I will do as I am bid. I will not go. THE KCLECTIC SKUIES. 31 LESSON XXII. eat free who lest egg seat tree Avhv best effc^s heat trees Avhat nest bird neat si)rec when nests birds What is in the tree? A nest. A nest is in the tree. What are in the nest? Eggs. Eggs are in the nest. The nest is in the tree. What are in the eggs? Birds. Birds are in the eggs. The eggs are in the nest. The nest is in the tree. Spelling is of the utmost importance iu securing the prog- ress of the young learner in reading. A A A A A NKW FIUST HKADER. LESSON XXIII. air fair hair pair (log will bark and run and play, ccnv will crivc milk if well fed. lien will lav eixiiis on tlie hav. slv cat will o'ct mice and rats, bird will sing in the tree all day. ^^^o« nee rat vice mts nice cats mice hats tree egg bird eggs sing give milk liorse cart bark liark mark A liorse cjvn draw^ the cart and man. A bee will ily in the air and hum. An ox or a cow^ will cat hay. A fox will cat hens. lie will cat mice and rats too. Ah, the sly old fox! Always see that the spelling lessons are thoroughly studied. THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 83 LESSON XXIY. Ma-ry Lu-cy Kit-tv la-dy cov-er liov-er lov-er cov-et po-ny bo-ny co-ny ho-ly lit-tle ket-tle set-tie met-tle y,*'.oo- big tail li-on cow kill Zi-on paw long let-tcr blow mane bet-ter Is it a dog, or a cow, or an ox? Ko; it is not a dog, or a cow, or an ox. It is a li-on. See liis long mane and tail. The li-on can kill a man. He can kill a man with one blow of his big paw. Many words of two syllables are more sifnple than some mono- lyllables of three, four, and five letters. 34 NEW FIRST READER. LESSON XXV. get six M'hat lie got you when die bed mix where pie sun now i)lay fio Get up, Lu-cy. Do not lie in bed now. It is day, and the sun is up. Ma-ry got up at six, and is out at play. Up, up, Lu-cy, why do you lie in bed? Get up, Lu-cy, and go out to Ma-ry, ^oXXo*. red new the came has Ann this same box was that fame vou said then tame Ma-ry has a new box, a big box. Let us go and see it. The box is red. Ma-rv said it was for her: so, Ann, it can not be for vou. %i It has M on the cov-er; M for Ma-ry. THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 86 iC oak owl aft-cr saw gun raft-er was tree sun-set said shot sit-ting An owl was sit-ting in an oak tree. The owl can not see by day ; but it can see aft-er sun-set. A boy saw the owl, and said to a man, An owl is in the top of the oak. The man got his gun and shot the owl. THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 41 LESSON XXXII. (leer look to-ken brook sto-len down bro-ken drink spo-ken Tom, eoiiie and l(M)k at the deer. At the deer? AVliy, Ned, is tliat a deer? Yes, it is a deer. Can you not see? Does not the deer look Avild and shy? He lias come down to the brook to drink Jane fall Sam poor left lit-tle t(H)k floor broke room head bro-ken Poor Jane! Her doll is bro-ken. Lit-tle Sam Tape Avas in the rumi. Jane had left her doll, and he took it He let it fall on the floor; and now it is bro-k(^n. Its head is bro-ken oft'. Do YOU not see it on the floor? 42 NEW FIRST READEIL LESSON XXXIII. mel-ou fel-on Icin-on wag-on fol-lv play sor-iy j clay sol-id I slay cop-y stay -«»o» it. Was he not a ver-y, ver-y bad bo\ . THE ECLECTIC SERIES. LESSON XXXIY. 48 cage lov-or cock ral-ly sage cov-er flock sal-ly page oth-er dock par-ry rage moth-er lock • Imp-py gage broth-er rock sap-py ^>Ko^ Ann oh was shut now then your how hap-py -c3^* '8Hra«M» book with nioth-er Ann, you may shut your book now, and we will go out. Ann shut her book, put on her hut, ana 4-hen she ran for her pet dog. Ann went with her moth-«r; and oh, how hap-py she was! i 44 NEW FIRST KKADKR. LESSON XXXY. mill mills pills hills rills lidit riup will bark lUvC a dog. A docc will lie on a mat or a rug. Puss will ])ur, if I i)laee her in my lap. She will lie still in my lap and i)ur. Is not puss a-fraid of the i>up? No; but she is a-fraid of the old dog. THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 46 ••-f '•^^♦, -t^mt — ■ LESSON XXXYI. gan-dcr heal pan-der peal dan-dcr steal liin-der dear cin-dcr clear crip-ple latch diiu-i)le catch l)iin-[)le cbatch siin-ple patch rii)-plc match -♦ ^H jMi^m^f "^ '.iJ-?"^ <"■ good who book aunt MM M^^&g HUch kind your mS S^^Sm have come gave Do come, Ma-ry, and see my new book. A new book, Lu-cy, have you a new, book? yes, and it is such a nice one too. Ah, so you have. Who gave it to you? Your aunt? How kind and good she is. A9^^ snow food loose swan neck goose swans short riv-er looks much larg-er This is a swan with its lit-tle swans. Thcv ai-c in a riv-er. Can vou see them ? The swan looks like a goose; but it is larg-cr, and as white as snow ' It has a long neck and short legs. It is not good for food. 50 NKW FIRST RKADER. LESSON XLI. bird rests gloss-y aniic ri-ses gold-en Aving sis-ter set-ties thing prct-ty slii-ning See! oh sec tliis shi-ning thing! It rests its gold-en, gloss-y wing: Its wing so bright with gold-en light; Say, is it not a prct-ty sight? •♦ Sis-ter, sis-ter, .come and seel Tis not a bird, 'tis not a bcc: Ah, it ri-ses! np it goes; Now it set-tics on a rose. seal hear that aw-ful heal haste then law-ful steal waste these arm-ful takes rings thOHC let-ting Hikes sings there set-ting bakes wings thine bet-ting THE ECLKCTIC SERIES. 51 Qj^i^^T^ mu-sic bc-giin iiiom-ing mo-ments Tbc hnk is up to meet the sun, The bee is on the wing; Tlie ant its la-bor lias l)e-gun, The woods with mu-sic ring. Shall birds, and bees, and ants, be wise. While 1 niv nio-nients waste? let me Avith the morn-ing rise, And' to my du-ty haste. fees go(xls why sticks air sees hoods who ricks fair bees woods what kicks hiir ccmld looks when ])icks leak would books which nicks peak sliould hooks whei'c biicks beak 52 MOW Kiitsr i!i;.\ i>i;i« LKSSON XLIII. ^iil lloor v(M'-y bird kiir<(l linp-py ^^iWi) n-lK)iit iiH)(li-(*r cngo a-giuii nin-ning Soo the ;i;irl \\\\]\ licr l)ir(l and ciijic. One diiv her uioth-er >♦?< stay wing that rives pound clay bring then dives wound pjay string there hives ground THK ECLECTIC SERIES. 55 LESSON XLVL fast wing more side string rise some wound ri-ses dives gmiind oth-er See the boy with his new kite. Now it dives in the air. ' It will come to the gi-ound. 0, it has but one wing! It will not lly. Put a w^ng on the oth-er side. Theit3, that will do. Now let us see if it will rise. yes, liow fa*st it ri-ses! Now the string is all wound ofi'. You may stay and hold it I will go and get some more string. 3>^<^ com cow sack lass long hora now back mass song horns plow black grass strong 66 NEW FIRST READER. '.%, j»ilSI^' LESSON XLVII. ksf/ four cart lies 1 draw liaixl (jiiite works ifi ^iccp drinks , y "-" r aft-cr white wa-ter An ox has two homs. He has four legs and four feet. The ox can draw the i)l()w. lie can draw the cart. He is quite strong, and works ver-y hard for man. He has itxl, or white, or black hair. He eats grass, and hay, and corn; and he drinks wa-ter. He lies down on his side to sleep or to rest, aft-er his work is done. >j*:< sees light glow could east flees night gi-ow would feast trees bright know should beasi THE ECLKCTIC SERIES. 67 -»^ #^«»;/Jfc«^-« — takes makes LESSON XLVIII. west trees lives stales gives moon made know keeps grass s brass al-so ho-ly o-bey a-live could should See, the sun is up. The sun gives us light. It makes the ti-ees and the grass grow. The sun ri-ses in the east, and it sets in the Avest. AVhen the sun ri-ses, it is day; when it sets, it is niaiit. Do you know who made the sun? God made it. G(xl al-so made the nu)on, and all the stars. Thcv G:ive us lidit bv night. God gives us all we have, and keeps us a-live. We should love God, and o-bey his %o-ly w ilL ir; 58 NEW FIRST READER. LESSON XLIX, isick what Wil-ly etich blind a-bout wliich mates Ilen-iy school James him-self free kej)! large thank three slept barge Frank Well, Hen-rv, what do you read a-bout in your new book? I read of three l)0^'s Avho Avent to scliool; James, Frank, and AVil-ly. Each boy had a tine, large cake. James ate too much of his cake. It made him sick. Frank kept liis so long, that it was not lit to eat. But Wil-ly gave some of his to each of his school-mates. He then ate Bome him-self, and gave the rest to a poor, old, blind man. Which, do you think, made the bost use of liis cake? THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 59 LESSON L. pie word ws-ter nice on-ly known • does speak sit-ting says wants Ed- ward Sis-ter Ma-ry, do look at Fi-do, He is sit-ting up, and has a hat on. Does lie not kK>k like a lit- tie boy in the chair? It is on-lv Fi-do. Shall I ask him to dine with us to-day? yes; do ask him to dine with ns! Fi-do, we aie to have a ver-y nice pig for din-ner. Will vou tidvc a lib with us? You can have a bit of pie, al-so. He savs not a word, Fi-do can not speak as we do. Yet he has wavs by which he is a-blc to nmke his wants knowft. Ed- ward was the name of the boy. The name of the dog was Fi-do. 60 NEW FIRST READBR. LESSON LI. ^ ^ goes a-ny cni-el fight li-ou ti-ger night young caU'ed sheep strong al-most cave eaves sleep sleeps find beast live finds beasts lives The Li-on lives in dark caves. It sleeps there all the day. At night it g()cs out to find focxl. In the day it goes back to its cave. It can kill an ox, or a sheep, or a ti-ger, or a man. It can kill al-niost a-ny thing it can find. The Li-on will not eat a-ny thing that it finds dead. It is not cru-el, but will fight for food, or for its young. It is so strong, that it can kill al-most a-ny oth-er beast. It is called the King of Beasts. THE ECLECTIC SERIES. -»■ r ■•^'^^•>«-. 61 LESSON LIL* latch li'^ aft-er e-vcn catch tri'ed sis-tcr sor-iy hatch taiiglit suf-fer hun-gry match caught t)roth-cr some-thing Henry. Ma-iy, I just saw a large rat in the shed; and old Xc-ro tried to catch it. Mary. And did he catch it? Henry. No, sis-ter, Ne-ro did not, but the cat did. Mary. My cat? Henry. No; it was the old cat. * Too early attention can not be given to Emphasis. It is (luring the first year at school that those habits of drawling auil monotony in reading are formed, which teachers find so much Uifficnlty in correcting, when the pupil has advance\M}\\ on-ly Jane f(X)t class nev-cr Go-ra read {sliall rcad-cr Ma-ry hear llircc al-ways Lu-ey head uilh me to the pond" "0 no," said Frank, "1 can not; I nuist go to Hcliool." But tko bad lioy told liini it was not time to go to scliool. So Frank vent with Idni to the pond. Do YOU see the bad hoy? He stands by the side of the man. Frank fell in-to the pond, and the bad boy conld not help him out. He cried, "Help, hel])!" A man heard hhn, and ran to the i^ond. But when he got there, jioor Frank was dead. What will his pa-rents do when he is ta-ken home dead? Do not stop to play on your way to school. Do not play with bad boys. They will lead you in-to harm. jr«^o« their game skate bri-dlc theirs games skates bri-dles stand shame school pa-rent stands shames schools pa-rcnts 69 laauo bhuU foiu*o fa-llicr So this \\m iH>-ny! His naiuo is Jmk. Is hi) uut lh\i\ aiul sKh^U? Uo oau trot, and pam aud viuu tX how fast Uo can run! An> not )us t\vvs lari^> and bnji:ht ,^ UuH ho not a K>ng maaoV 70 NEW FIRST HEADER. The name of this lit-llc boy is George. lie and his fa-thcr live iii this house. Do you see his fa-ther? He stands by the fence. George is a p;oo(l boy. When he was ten years old, his fa-ther gave him this po-ny. George has come out to catch hispo-ny. He holds out his right hand to him, an^ says: "Come, come, Jack!" But will Jack let George catcli him? Will he not run? no, he will not run; he will let George catch him. See, he looks at George and docs not run. Did you ev-er ride on a pony? It is fine sport. Do you see the bri-et? What, a lamb for a pet? Does a lamb make a nice pet? 74 NEW FIRST READER. This lamb is on-ly a few weeks old; but it can run, and skip, and i>lay. The sheep, or dam, takes good care of it. See how close she lies to it Does she not seem to love it? She does love it. She does not like to have it out of her sight. If she sees a dog com-ing near her land), she will run in front of it. Do you know why? Some dogs kill lit-tle lambs. They will kill sheep too. But sheep can keep the dogs off: the lambs can not. Would you not feel sad to see a dog kill this lit-tle lamb? 0, what a pret-ty, pret-ty sight, To see a lit-tle lamb, TVltli snow-y fleece, so soft and white, At play, be-side its dam. see dam leap be-side sees dams leaps be-sides seem lamb take be-tide seems lambs takes be-tides THE ECLECTIC SERIES. — *-». .^ /»»•*— — LESSON LIX. 75 calf fast tliis much tliink last your liook wear llicm could touch guess strike Avould bos-sy a-fraid a-bout to-ward tcacli-er The last k^srson Avas a-l>out a sheep and a hinih. This les-son is a-l)out a cow and her calf. Ix)ok at them. Do you think they are as pret-ty as the bhcep and lamb? 76 NEW FIRST READER. We call a calf bos-sv. IIow shy this bos-sy looks! Do you tliink it Avould let you pat it with your hand? No, it wouUl not. It would run, if you were to try to touch it. One day it saw a boy com-ing to-ward it. Can you guess what it did? It ran a-way as fast as it could. The boy ran ver-y fast, too. The cow saw the boy, and ran to-waixi him. She tossed her head, as much as to say: **Do not touch my bos-sy; if you do, I will h(X)k you.'' The boy was a-fraid of the cow, and ran off. Was he not a bad boy, to try to strike a lit-tle calf? 5r«« head strike look les-son what strikes looks les-sons lamb hook learn read-er much hooks learns read-ers touch thinks wears teach-ers THE ECLECTIC SERIES. LESSON LX. 71 must good docs wear front livnirli (luiic a-gani teach cr 0, uliat a sad, sad sight h Ihis! A boy with a dunce-cap on his head! AVhy does ho stand there, in front cf the school? What has he done? He is a had hoy. He talks and hiughs in school He loves to be i-dle, and does not learn his les-son. /^" J* 78 NEW FIRST REAUER. Does ho not look bad? All the good boys shun him! 1)() you think a good boy can love a bad one? Can his teach-er love him? 1 think not. No one loves a bad boy. No one can love those who ai-e bad. This boy tries to hide his face with his hand, for it is i-ed with shame. Can you see his face? Do you see how he tries to hide it with his hand? Poor boy! I hope he will he good, and nev-cr have to wear a dunce-cap a-gain. God loves those who arc good. If you woidd please Him, you nmst al-ways be good and kind. 3j«K< shun docs miss bless have done inissVd blessVd liopo liide niiss-cs bless-cs front l(3ve loss kiss tliink loves toss'cd Iviss'cd stand lov'ed toss-es kiss-cs K THE ECLECTIC SERIES. LESSON LXL 79 told fault soilVd spoil'ed hate child pullVd sure-ly Y'ord those should broth-er mean wrong clothes naught-y FIIc7i. See, niani-ma, sec what puss has done! Bad i)uiss! I shall ncv-er like her a-gain. Mother Nev-er like puss a-gain ? Your pret-ty jiuss ! Sure-ly, you do not mean ' that. What has puss done? 80 NEW FIRST READER. Ellen. AVhy, main-ma, she has spoiled my doll. Sec, its head is bro-ken, and its clothes are till soiled. Mother. I am ver-y sor-ry, my dear. IJut how did puss get your doll? Ellen. I went to play with broth-er Lew-is, and left doll-y on the Hoor. Puss saw her there, and pulled her in the dirt. 0, how I hate pussl Mother. Stop, my child, do not use that naught-y word. You should not blame puss, for the fault was all your own. Ellen. 0, mam-ma, liow can you say so? Mother. Be-cause, puss did not know it was wrong to play wilh your doll. But you knew it was wrong to leave her on If the floor. Ellen. Then, mam-ma, I am sor-ry I struck puss. I shall nev-er do so a-gain, but ^^ ill love her more than ev-er. — '^>^'>^ — :•■ ^M came wix)ng toired to-ken name strong soiVed bro-ken blame throng spoiVed spo-ken THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 81 LESSON LXIL flies shout joy-ous trip-ping Bwift games mer-iy run-ning their skates in-deed laugh-ing Hear the cliil-drcn gav-ly shout, . "Half past four; and school is outf'^ See them, as they quick-ly go, Trip-ping home-ward o'er the snow. Mer-ry, play-fiil girls and boys, ^^^^^.i Think-mg cf their games and toys. Skates, and sleds, and dolls, and books: 0, how ha]>py each one looks! -m 82 XKW FIRST KKADER. ''Now lor snow-balV Ilar-iy cries, Ami to hit liis sis-ter tries; But llio ball, so M'liite and rounrl, Miss-es lier, and liits tlic ground. • Sis-ter Flor-onco, full of fun, AVith her lit-lle hands makes one, And at broth-er llar-rv throws; Swift it flies, and hits his nose, *'llavc I hurt yon, broth-er dear?'* Asks his sis-ter, run-ning near; *'llurt nie? no, in-deed,'^ says he, *'This is on-ly sport for me.'' Thus these lit-tlc chil-dren go, Trijvping home-ward o'er the sno^: Laugh-ing, play-ing, on their way Ycr-y hap-py, glad, and gay. ji^i' cries gay-ly niiss-es asks l)lay-ful broth-er sport (piick-ly Flor-cnce nudges. l)lay-ing think-ing throws chil-ib*eu home-ward THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 88 LESSON LXIII. buy waste pit-y read-y child month mau-y sec-ond friend please read-cr pa-rents friends school teach-cr chil-dren "VMiat! the last les-son ? Ilavc avc come to the last les-son in the book? A few months a-go you could not spell. Now, vou can read all the les-sons in the First Kead-er. But can you read them well? Can you spell all the words? Did you say yes? 1 84 NKW FlUST RKADEU. Then vou iiiav liavo the New Scc-ond Rcad-er. Are you not glud to bo rcad-y for a lunv book? There are maii-y chil-dren whose pa-rents are too poor to send them to school. Do you not pit-y them? They can not have nice books, and leam to read them, as you do. Are not your pa-rents kind to send you to school, and buy new books for you? Shoukl you not try to please them? You must not waste your time in school. Try al-ways to know your Ics-sons. If you are good, and tiy to learn, your teach-er will love^ you, and you will please your pa-rents. When you go home, you may ask for a New Sec-oxd Read-eu. Take gcxxi care of your new book, and give your old Read-er to some child who is too poor to buy one. And now, my lit-tle friends, we must bid you all a kind Good-by! THE END.