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The Waggoner and Hercules. From Dilworth's A New Guide to the English Tongue. Henry Barnard Collection . . . . . . 51
The Ungrateful Adder. From Dil worth's A New Guide to
the English Tongue. Henry Barnard Collection . 52
Frontispiece to Fenning's The Universal Spelling-Book
facing 54
The Town in Danger. From Fenning's The Universal
Spelling-Book . . . . . . 54
The Truant Boys. From Fenning's The Universal Spelling-Book ........56
Virtuous Tommy gives Naughty Harry some Good Advice
From Fenning's The Universal Spelling-Book . . 57
Frontispiece to The British Instructor; "Being a Plain and Eafy Guide to the Englifh Language on a Plan Entirely New," London, 1763. Henry Barnard Collection . 58
Selections from a Series of Alphabet Illustrations in The
British Instructor. Henry Barnard Collection . . 59
Frontispiece to Watts'*s Compleat Spelling-Book, 1770 facing 60
An American Reprint of A New Bat tie door. Owned by
Mr. George A. Plimpton . . . facing 63
The Inside of the First Leaf of A New Battledoor. Owned
by Mr. George A. Plimpton . . . . .62
Heading from a Manuscript Arithmetic of Colonial Days.
Owned by Miss Alice Dickinson, Hadley, Mass. . 63
Page from a Manuscript Arithmetic of Colonial Days.
Owned by Miss Alice Dickinson .... 64
Frontispiece and Title-page of a Colonial Arithmetic. Owned
by the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. 65
Frontispiece to The Schoolmaster'*s Assistant . . .66
Portion of Page from Fenning's A New and Easy Guide to
the Use of the Globes, 1760 ..... 68
The Earliest Mention known of The New England Primer.
From Newman's News from the Stars, Boston, 1690 . 71 |
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