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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. trrata to pelure, n d n 32X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 uss im \ m\ ^■Mtm V '^ FIRST BOO Toronto Public Library | phlet Collection) FOR >i^. \ il I CANADIAN OHILDllEN. \ ,■>■ \% I P MONTRExVL : PRIUITIfiD BY LOVELL AND GIBSOK, ST. NICHOLAS ST3SEET. 1843. \-A- ,:' ' ^•;^-. 4aran« «*'->. -m-mm:^... ''5,.. 1^ / 1 UA)' )t': Toronto Public LiBi.ary. Reference Department. THIS BOOK MUST NOT BE TAKEN OUT OF THE ROOM. 1} a. J - s itt li- f r tr'- ^ 3ff J' TSfT^T '" FIBST BOOK t/-- FOR CANADIAN CHILDREN. i. MONTREAL: PRINTED BY LOWELL AND GIBSON, ST.. J^ICHOLAS STREET. 1843. i wvo-s JM 2 J 1333 'A'^pp^'^^^. • r .• » -.w. PART FIRST. A. I u B F M ^^ R « b L. P T V^ff^ X in i Y Z a h c d e 1 f 99 k 1 m q n r o 8 P u T W X y ilK j^.^gp' .^mm ;%;5fite-.iSiftu. 6 Alphabet in which C and G are repealed. The hard sounds of these letters being given in the first names and the soft in the second, which are distingnished by the colon placed above them» A * t KL Q € D E IS I J N X YZ P T U V * .First C to be pronounced ik ; second C to be pro- nounced see. t First G to be pronounced ig \ second G to be pro- nounced jee^ a b c e d •• Vi S k e h I f 1 m S J n o 8 W S-iJ^S X.M^ P X q n y 1 ^ f Z The letters promiscuously dispoaed, Double and Triple Letters. ff fi ffi fl ' ffl ♦ W and Y are consonants when they begin a word or syllable ; in other situations they are vowels. AV BR CD CO DO EF HN IJ I L K R M W GC i OQ U V VY PB ST XZ t1 a s bd • b p CO dp T e r f 1 hk • . • • • 1 1 J 11 m n m w 1 n u pq r t • V X . X z gy 1 » , The Vowels. 1 a e i u, and sometimes w and y.^ 1 ■ • « The Consonants. ^B b c d f g h j t 1 m n P i • * q r St V w X y z sl il M. ba ca da be •- # de Syllables of two lettres. The vowels long. bi • • di bo CO do bu cu du by • • dy ia ga ha fe • • he fi • • hi o go ho fu hu • • hy 1} til la ma je le me li mi JO lo mo mu • • ly my mm:^.C:, op er ir or es ; is • ■ OS et ev ex it iv ix ot ov OX wg uk um un up ur us ux H Words of two letters. by he be do go lo ! ray we me to so ^ no am as if it of up ■ « an at " V m IS • on us • - . ' . - ■ f Reading Lesson. * Do go in I am up He is in Is it on"? Do it so It is up If it be He is up Do as I do Is he in So am I Do to us Go to it Do as we do We go up If he be in So I do I go in i III ii\ 12 H 1 1 1 Syllables of three letters. H 1 bla ble bli bio blu bly ^^^^^^^1 bra bre bri bro bru ■ bry ^1 cla cle cli clo clu cly ^^^^^^1 ^^^^^^^^^H ^^^^^^^^^1 ^^^^^^H era ere cri cro cru cry H dra dre dri dro dru dry 1 1 fra fre fri fro fru fry 1 i gla gle gli glo glu giy 1 ii gra gre gri gro gru gry I 1 pla pie pli plo plu ply H ! 1 pra pre pri pro . pru pry II c sha she shi sho shu shy B sla sle sli slo slu sly ^^^^^H sma sme smi smo smu smy tra tre tri tro tru try ■r%*- ^-^ ,«a„ ^^^ 13 bad bag ban bat bar bob bog cap cat fan mat par Words of three ettcrs. a as in far. had lad dog log has pan pat far mad man Ian mar o as in not. pod mob crnf sob rob lot rag tag tax wax tar e as in met. bed led let men wet fed leg met ten set den peg net red sex hen pen pet wen pin. vex i as in bid bit fix dim lip big dig mix him sip did fit six wig tip din fin tin win pin cod cot hot and not pot rot 14 Words of three and four letters, u as in tub. bud but, • cut nut - put fun run gun sun mud mug full rug tug » u as in bull. pull . Reading Lesson. - • Let me put by my pen Do not go so far He has a big dog Get my top for me a as in I fall. . ' e as in met. all gall ell fell ball hall bell nell call tall cell tell fall wall dell well He has got mud on his cap Let us go on We can get a box I got a pin i as in pin. u as in tub. gill cull rill dull till hull will mull Reading Lesson. I will fill my mug We can go up a hill I am not so tall as he He can-not get his ball Go and get it for him We will run, but not far -mmm Mmmm,^ ^ 16 Lessons on final e. a as in far bab . cab bad cad bed ced ded fate babe cabe bade cade fay bak lak rak sak -# fate bake lake rake sake « . far fate. tak take inak make bal bale cal cale san sane gal — * • gale • pal pale wak wake hal hale ral rale dal dale mal male sal sale fal fale nal nale tal tale cam came lam lame car care dam dame sam same Ian lane gam game tarn tame mar mare ham hame ban bane can - * • ' cane e as m met me bede cede dede met me i as in pin pine. led lede bid bide wed wede hid hide red rede lid . lide ««.■ wtr" i. 16 I M,1 i Les sons on i tinal e. i as in pin pine * pin pine pin pine it mid mide tid tide lit lite t rid ride bit bite mit mite 1 sid i as in pin side pine hit hite pine rjt pin rite F pin pine. ^ 1 bii bile nil nile mim mime :' hii hile til tile rim rime pil pile im ime sim sime mil bin mile bine lim lime line tim tin time :•. lin tine • fin fine nin nine vin vine • bin hine rin rine win wine min mine sin sine Reading Lesson. I will do as I am bid He has got no nuts We will get nuts for The sun is set him Do not run The dog will not go to him Final e with s added in the plural. tie ties pie pies code codes tube tubes .-jT^fe-.'-ir-, 17 ♦ 1 4 Lessons on final e. pine oas in not no not no not no lite bod bode mod mode bol bole mite cod code pod pode hoi hole rite hod bode nod node mol mole • lod lode rod rode nol nole llilit;* • oas in not no not no not no pol pole dom dome con cone sime timp rol role hom home Ion lone sol sole tom tome hon hone • vol vole bon bone ton tone tme vine cop cope rop rope bor bore wine hop hope rop rope cor core lop lope sop sope dor dore mop mope top tope lor lore lilts as in not no s as z s as z bos bose mos mose bot bote lOt go dos dose nos nose lot lote pos pose ros rose tub. mot mote as u in tubes come some none 18 Lessons on final e. .V I u as in tub, lube. bud 1 bude but bute bul bule cub *i 1 cube cut cute mul mule lud 1 lude fut fute mun mune mud mude lut lute tun tune nud nude mut mute sum sume tud tude Proper nut nute able,. names of one syll Ann James George Tom Ma^ Kate Jane John Fi Frank Dick Rose Sue nal e, c, and g soft. a as in face. i as in pine. a as in fate. ace face lace mace bace race ice rice mice slice nice vice age gage page rage sage wage Reading Lesson., Let George and Ann get a ride. We will go and pull buds, red rose buds. lake care, Jane. Do not fall. J^.i9i^ iXl Words of one syllable. EH' • Double Vovveli. bule ee as e in me. 00 as in move. ■ mule deed need weed book look sook 1 mune heed reed need cook nook took 1 tune meed seed seek hook rook brook ■ sume • 1 Kate Sue fate. rage sage wage buds. Words of one syllable and of frequent occurrence. I mine me We ours us Thou thine thee Ye yours you He his him She hers her They theirs them A an the My thy our your their Who whose whom this these that those Reading Lesson. If you will lend your ball to Kate, I will lend my top to you. Well I will lend the ball to Kate. Now let me have your top. Here it is. Take care of it and Kate will take care of your ball. The sun is set. It will soon be time for us to go to bed. b2 ~^:.- W» . **, 20 Words of one sylla ible. Double Vowels eel feel heel 1 ec as e in me, been beet queen meet seen feet 00 as in move. boon boot moon foot loon moot peel ween soon root Words irfi which the final e has not its usual efTect. i as in pin. o ns u in tub. far. e as a in fate, o as u in tub. give clove are there come live love were where some Monosyllables of from four to six lettres. a as in far, car. dart bank bark catch part hank hark hatc\ tart lank mark latch rank park match aasinfalL e as in met. awl bawl crawl drawl hem jest nest flesh fresh mesh thresh bring ling cling wing 1 as m pin. fist list mist wist last mrst past vast blis3 hiss kiss miss u 21 Words of one syllable. Rending Lesson. George has got a top and a kite. Tom will give the dog to you. Let Ann get a rose, a red rose. I met Frank in the lane. We are to go home soon. Pull the bell. i as in pine. as in I nor. as in not. bind mind born morn bord prong find hind kind rind grind wind corn horn lorn torn worn sworn ford long song strong throng wrong u as in tub. blush flush hush clung flung stung Svvung urn burn churn turn drunk sunk- trunk slunk as in not. cock lock mock rock -.^^sm. ».' M I m aid gain laid main niaid pain paid rain ^ead eat beak bleat beam cheat bean feat earl earn pearl learn 22 Dipthongs. ai ', IS a in fate. fail chain rail fain sail saint tail taint ea as e in met. heat ear meat fear neat hear seat near ea as e in met. bread tread spread head faint plaint air fair leak bleak freak sneak lair pair chair stair gleam cream dream scream earth heart dearth hearth brief grief ieasein me or ee in meet. chief mien thief lie^re field shield wield fierce tier le as e in met. tierce. f f,ai,„. m^^ [' ' " >..^ • ,'•/ _ , . ,'■■■:, '^^^M^_^^ '^T ' ' 'iiiiiytiiiiiui!" ' -- ^:-~Ttr 2S Dipthongs, oa as in no. lair oar boat goad moat coal foam .:-! pair boar coat load groat foal moan I'i chair roar goat road throat bloat loaf j I stair soar float toad oats goal groan ou as in no. ou as in pound. jleam four pour hour sour flour * :ream Iream cream ui as in move or oo in coo. as i in pin. fruit juice build guilt suit sluice built guild Both vowels sounded. • ' eart as in nor, i as in pine, ou as in pound. ow as in cow. learth 1 oil hoist bound hound bow tow boil moist mound found how vow spoil voice round loud low j-.^E ler 1 toil sound cloud mow 1 oy as in no, y as e in met. |m ^^B. boy coy joy loy toy blew flew grew drew strew mew new 24 ft books Here Take Words of one syllable. Reading Lesson. Come, Jane— come, Georf^e ! G et your is a new book, care not to tear it Good bojs and girls do not spoil their books well Speak plain. Take pains and ivy to read Stand still. Do not read so fast Mind the It is a full stop stops. What stop is that? Now, George, do you read. Jane has read half th Th is IS a page ir the page, . . . ^ This is a leaf. A page IS one side of the leaf. Now shut your books. Put them by. You may go and play. Stay in the shade. Do not run in the sun-shine. .^^id-^^ "■■*■■'* »*-!i*»«i»«*n 25 t your their read ble as bl a-ble ca-ble sa-ble ta-ble dl can-die han-dle bun-die trun-dle Words of two syllables. Sounds of lie, die, tie. pie as pi bat-tie cat-tie met-tle set-tl am-ple sam-ple tram-pie e fle as fl. baf.fle raf-fle lit-tle brit-ile Reading Lesson. How do you do, Frank? I am glad to see you. Here are new books. Lay them on the ta-bie. Hold the mug by the hun-dle. Then you will not let it fall. Do not try to s nutf the can-die. Your little fin2;ers can- not do it well. bound-ing flow-ing sound-in^ round-ing grow-mg sow-ins: throw-ing mow-ing break-ing mak-ing rak-ing tak-ing a-gain a-round be-side never gar-den broth-er be-neath qui-ct { 1 :mm' ,im:'f^mM: 26 Words of one and two syllables. ■ ■Reading Lesson. « Now you may go to play." " Nfi^h'J'" ''n° ''^'' 'P'" «"'' Tops." us.'' ^'' "" ^°P-- he cannot play with "But I have a ball and I can toss it." l^P it goes the bound-ing ball, Catch it, do not let it fall Up and up a-gain it flies, On-ly made to sink and rise. Up It goes the bound-ing ball. JVev-er, nev-er let it fall. Are you tired? Then let it rest. A-ay It in its qui-et nest. Come Rose, sit be-side me ind «!,«. your new doll. A pret-ty doll.' "^ ""' ■■'«^V,-f: 27 Words of one and two syllables. Heading Lesson. me She has long curls of fair hair, and soft blue eyes. Did you dress her ? ^' My sis-ter Ann made part of her dress for me." " Kow you may lay her by if you please. We will go in-to the gar-den and see if there are a-ny ripe plums. Here are some un-der this tree. Come Rose, come and help to pick them up. Put them in-to this lit-tle bas-ket. Let us count how ma-ny we have got. One, two, three lour, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and here is another just fall-en. We have eleven. Now take five for yourself and car-ry six to Char-les and here are two green ga-ges for you and one for him. " There were ripe plums be-neath the tree Broth-er, aunt has sent you some :" Six for you and five for me And three green ga-ges. Brother come !" 1*1 k i .im. Mm 28 b silent, lamb limb comb as in move. tomb Words of one syllable. Consonants not sounded. gh silent, i as in pine, k silent, b silent, ou as In bull. briglit right back sack could lack tack should light si'^ht might tight knack hock would e. night tight rack Various sounds of ough. gh.ila^,ouasainfall. gii silent, ou as o in no. ought fought sought doudi bought iiouo'ht Avrought though gh as f, ou as o in not. coudi trouo^h o gh silent, ou as o in move. throuo-h gh si'cnt, au as a in fall. caught fraught gh as f, ou as u in tub. enough tough rough gh silent, ou as u insounJ. bouofh plough gl: silent, au as a in far. caught taught laugh eight g-h silent, ai as a in fute. neigh weio'h veigh 29 balk chrat chase Words of one syllable. Consonants not sounded. I silent, a as in fall. chalk talk walk stalk Different sounds of ch, ch like k. choir chord scheme school ch like tsh. charm cheer child chide chill tch, ch like sh, a as in far, batch catch hatch latch match ch as sh. bench inch French pinch ow as ou in pountl. crown cow frown cowl drown crowd linch quench stench wrench clench growl howl owl as in not. grow SOW own mow mown ► 30 Words of one syllabh Diflerent sounds of the dipil ea as in me, ca as in met long ea, with short read ssons to correspond. ing bead head Will you give me th gleam beam ose blue beads to put on my doll's head? lead lead Lead the baby to me. Hand me that small piece of lead, mead bread Mead is made from honey. Bread is made from do read, did read. wheat. read read I read this pa 6' I meat breath spread tread bean health stream wealth ^ ^^ now. _ read the other yesterday. Do yo wish for some meat? His breath is sweet. A Dright gleam of sunshine spread over the field. Hook that scale on the beam. Tread on the floor-cloth. The beans are in pod. She is in good heallh. Wealth flowed on him in a stream. 31 Words of one syllable. Diflerent sounds of the dipihong en, with short reading lessons to correspond. ca as in me^ ea as in met. bleat thread The lamb bleats. Hand me the thread. tear threat The young gii-l shed tears. These are vain threats. seat death Take this seat. Death is the end of all. ca like a in fate. bear tear wear One bush of beans bears many pods. Do not tear the paper. You will wear your new hat to-day. Of the Points and Notes used In composing Sentences. A Comma is marked . • A Semicolon .... A Colon . . . . . . A Period, or Full Stop . A Note of Admiration A Note of Interrogation . A Parenthesis ... . . thus , . thus ; . thus : . thus . , thus ! . thus ? . thus i PA .-4m^ .JBtf" Jbk '"'MHk 32 '■i, m\ Pauses in Reading. The learner should stop— at the Comma, till he could count one ; at the Semicolon, two • at the Colon, .•,..'." three ; at the Period, four. Reading Lesson. Rain. Shall we walk? No— not now, I think it will rain soon. Look how black the sky is ! Now it rains. How fast it rains. Rain comes from the clouds. The ducks love rain. Ducks swim and geese swim. Can Charles swim 1 No; Charles is not a duck nor a goose: so he must take care not to go too near the pond, lest he should iall in. I do not know that we could get him out. If we could not he would die. When Charles is as big as Frank he shall learn to swim. .^ „ , "mmmmm^mmk^/ FIRST BOOK FOB CANADIAN CHILDREN. PART SECOND. Words of one, two, and three syllablee. School. Teach-er, pu-pil, mas-ter, scho-lar, class, school-mate, class-mate, play-mate, les-son, a-round, hap-py, show-ing, read-ing, sit-ting, at-tend, po-lite, tell-ing, stand-ing. Home. Fath-er, sis-ter, un-cle, ne-phew, moth-er, broth-er, aunt, niece, ba-by, peo-ple, cra-dle, lit-tle, help-less, chil-dren, ser-vants, kind- ness, pret-ty, Ma-ry. Some-times, ma-ny, e-ven, gent-ly, co-ver- ed, al-ways, e-nough, a-lone, will-ing-ly, green-ish. 34 •m: Reading Lessons. School. '' Lit-tle one can you tell me where you are, and who I am, and who all those lit-tle boys and girls a-round you are?" '' I am in school, you who are shew-ing me and tell-ing me how to read are my teacher ; they that are standing beside me, reading in books like mine, are my class- mates ; those other lit-tle boys and lit-de girls sit-ting round the room are my school-mates and we all are your pu-pils." ^'Then as I am your teach-er you must at-tend to what I say to you, and do what I tell you to do ; and, it you wish to be good and hap-py you must be kind and po-lite to your class-mates and to your school-mates." Home. " You do not stay always in school V *' No, we go home when school is over." 35 *;i-*." 57 1112; fruit ? In town there are long rows of houses, and shops w th larsie windows, and many fine things in them, and if we go there it can only be to look at those fine things or to buy some of them ; for the doors of your houses are always shut and we can never see what you are doing, but come to the country to see us, we like to see you, and you will find us in summer among the pleasant fields, and the waving trees, and the green mead- ows ; for our work lies there." k My Mother. Who fed me from her gentle breast, And hush'd me in her arms to rest ; And on my cheek sweet kisses prest ? ^ My Mother. Wk ^9^ ig^- , ..#f .im Mm.-. ^•^k .4 58 When sleep forsook my open eye, Who was it sung sweet lullaby, And rock'd me that I should not cry ? My Mother. Who sat and watch'd my infant head, When sleeping on my cradle bed ; And tears of sweet affection shed ? My Mother. When pain and sickness made me cry, Who gazed upon my heavy eye. And wept for fear that I should die ? My Mother. Who lov'd to see me pleas'd and gay, And taught me sweetly how to play. And minded all I had to say ? My Mother. Who ran to help me when I fell, x\nd would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well 1 My Mother. 59 Who taught my infant heart to pray, And love God's holy book and day •>. And taught me wisdom's P^easan^ wa^^^^^^ And can I ever cease to be Affectionate and kind to thee Who wast so very kind to me, My Mother Ah no ! the thought I cannot bear And if God please my life to spare i hope I shall reward thy care. ^^^ ^^^^^^^ When thou art feeble old and grey My healthy arm shall be thy stay And I will soothe thy pains away.^ ^^^^^^_ And when I see thee hang thy head, 'Twill be my turn to watch thy bed, \nd tears of sweet affection shed, My Mother. M ^9t^, 60 For God who reigns above ihe skies Would look with vengeance in his eyes If I should ever dare despise j\ry Mother. »^ Oh ! I would not be a 'sailor," said Frank Coleman, as, after reading the account of a shipwreck on the coast of France,, he laid a hickory log on the bright hearth-fire in the parlour. " I would not be a sailor," re- peated he again, as the blaze caught the rich and crackling bark and gleamed on the po- lished hand-irons. " I wonder any one can be so foolish as to be a sailor." " I do not wish you to be a sailor, Frank," said his mother, '^ we have no son but you and we would like you to remain with us, but if every one thought and felt as you do there would be no sailors." " And could we not live Avithout sailors, mamma?" said Frank. '* We mJght live without them certainly ; 3?H\ 6i but if there had been no sailors how would your grand-faiher have got to this count y where he is now so much more comfortable than he would have been if he had remained in the land he was born in 9 And If here weic no sailors now how would we hear wh people in other countries are domg^ How would we hear from your sister who is m England; or how would she and her husband cet^back to us again r M see now mamma, That we could not do very well without sa.l- ; ;» . We could not. There are many .u^.. ti^oQP T have mentioned od^er reasons l^an os 1 .ne for our not being ab,e to oo ^^tu them. You do not know and cannot at pie s nt understand the reasons some boys have for choo.inc^ to be sailors ; but look round the "dtr^ifyoucantellhowmanyj^ articles in it come from countries beyond the e Ought we not to think and speak kind- ly of those to whose toils we owe so many of our comforts 1" a fe i. ^^ :«LX..a' 62 l< „' The Sailor B03'. I am a sailor boy —dear to me The bounding bark on the deep blue sea ; When her white sails swell in the favour- ing wind, As she leaves the lessening shore behind ; Mounting the billows her sides that lave, And holding her, course o'er the parting wave. Away, away over ocean's foam, We are steering on for our island home ; But w^hile w^e are yet on the wide, wide sea, Our own tight bark is a home for me. Cheerily, merrily, high on the mast, Rock'd by the billow, and swept by the bkst, I take my place boldly 'twixt ocean and sky I can sing loudly when land is nigh. I am a sailor boy — dear to me The bounding bark on the deep blue sea. = > 63 The Yeoman's Boy. I am a yeoman's boy — not for me The toils and the perils of the deep, deep sea ; Yet I can roil, when the flowers are springing, And over my head the wild bird singing ; Can rise at the earliest dawn of morn. To yoke the oxen, or hoe the corn. And I can toil too, when winter throws Over the cold earth his mantle of snows ; You may hear my axe fall with ringing stroke On the beech and the birch and the sturdy oak. Ik- But when toil is over I love to rest 'JSfeath a sheltering roof on the earth's calm breast. I am a yeoman's boy — not for me That wandering home on the wide, wide sea ; But sailor boy ! come, if thou wilt, to ours ; Come in the season of fruits and flowers. im' 64 The first anJ great Commandment. Creature of Gocl ! thy Creator above Claims thy first homage— thy unrivall'd love ; To mortals around thee his simple decree : " Do as thou wouM'st they should do unto thee." Yet if one Vvho hath wrong'd thee for pardon should sigh, Never in anger or hatred reply. Child of the guilty— beloved and forgiv'n ! In thy bosom be mirror'd the mercy of Heaven. s^ \ m "' 'e; ito on of ^^^^^ Vf ."N.^* '. ^ -•••%.'•' >•* I -^-.f^.-^' * Vx^-i-.-v*. 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