BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, and the fifty-second year of the independence of the United States of America, Messrs. Glazier & Co. of the district of Maine, have deposited in this Office, the title of a Book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, viz: "The Primary Class-Book; a selection of easy lessons in reading, for the younger classes in common schools. By Thomas J. Lee, compiler of a Spelling-Book containing the rudiments of the English Language.' Hallowell: Printed and Published by Glazier & Co. No. 1, Kennebec-row. 1827." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;" and also to an act entitled, "An Act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." J. MUSSEY, Clerk of the District Court a Msins true eopy as of record. Attest: J. MUSSEY Clark D. C. Maine. PREFACE. THIS little book, as the title imports, is designed to be used in common schools, immediately after, or in connexion with, the spellingbook; and, accordingly, the lessons are such as may be interesting and instructive to children. A few of the most important emphatic words are printed in italics. Some words which are often incorrectly pronounced, are marked with accents, according to a key placed at the beginning of the book, so as accurately to convey the sounds. In a few instances a different spelling is given at the bottom of the page for the same purpose. The paragraphs are broken into short portions, and numbered, to render it more convenient for reading in classes. For a more particular character of the book, the compiler refers to the work itself; being aware that the public will judge of a book according to their own opinion of its merits, and not by what the author says of it. Winthrop, Sept. 1827. CONTENTS. .... 91 |