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.
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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 eat 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

can cap lad and

The cat ran. Ann ran.

The man has a hat.
]

LESSON VI.

dog Rab fat Nat's

o b g

[Illustration: Boy and dog watching cat on post.]

Nat's cap a fat dog

Has the lad a dog?

The lad has a fat dog.

The dog has Nat's cap.

Nat and Rab ran.

Rab ran at a cat.

LESSON VII.

see sees frog

on log e

[Illustration: Boy sitting on fence, watching frog sitting on log.]

a log the frog

See the frog on a log.

Rab sees the frog.

Can the frog see Rab?

The frog can see the dog.

Rab ran at the frog.

LESSON VIII.

it stand Ann's is lamp mat i