A Whale. From Comly's A New Spelling-book, 1806. NOTE. List of Illustrations The reproductions from old school-books are the same size as the originals unless otherwise stated beneath the engravings. All pictures not credited in the following list to individuals or societies are from the author's own collection. From a Webster's The Little Reader's A Fly-leaf Scribble. A Decorative Pen. From the title-page of Emerson's First Page i Frontispiece Title-page viii Two Illustrations selected from 160 similar pictures in Paul ix A Whale. From Comly's A New Spelling-book, 1806 World. Owned by First Lesson Page of Comenius's Visible World. 7 15 Owned 17 A Page showing the Method of Teaching in the Visible World. Owned by Mr. George A. Plimpton . Portion of the Title-page of a popular Text-book first published in 1596. Owned by Mr. George A. Plimpton Frontispiece to a Speller entitled A Rational Way of Teaching, 1688. Owned by Mr. George A. Plimpton The School Dame A Typical Horn-book. Revolving Alphabet. Hartford, Conn. Owned by Mr. Albert C. Bates, A Salem Schoolhouse with Whipping-post in the near Street. a manuscript in the National Archives One of the Log Schoolhouses still to be found in the South Inkstand, Sandbox, and Bunch of Uncut Quills. Owned by the Museum at Deerfield, Mass. Page 19 20 21 27 30 34 35 37 39 41 45 A Homemade Copy Book with a Wall-paper Cover. Owned Owned by Mr. George A. Plimpton Noah's Ark as depicted in The History of Genesis. Owned by Mr. George A. Plimpton. Title-page of The Child's Weeks-work. Owned by Mr. George A. Plimpton A Tree of Knowledge Frontispiece. Spelling-Book, 1710. Plimpton Owned by Mr. George A. An Illustrated Alphabet in The London Spelling-Book. Owned by Mr. George A. Plimpton The Fisherman with a bird in the hand." 48 49 From Dil 50 worth's A New Guide to the English Tongue. Henry The Waggoner and Hercules. From Dilworth's A New Guide to the English Tongue. Henry Barnard Collection The Ungrateful Adder. From Dilworth's A New Guide to the English Tongue. Henry Barnard Collection ✓ Frontispiece to Fenning's The Universal Spelling-Book Page 51 52 facing 54 The Town in Danger. From Fenning's The Universal 54 The Truant Boys. From Fenning's The Universal Spelling- Mr. George A. Plimpton The Inside of the First Leaf of A New Battledoor. Owned by facing 63 62 63 64 65 66 by Mr. George A. Plimpton. by the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. Frontispiece to The Schoolmaster's Assistant Portion of Page from Fenning's A New and Easy Guide to The Earliest Mention known of The New England Primer. 89 71 A Characteristic Binding. Showing the oak sides with portions of the blue paper which was pasted over the wood Owned by Mr. F. H. Coolbroth, still adhering. Springfield, Mass. Frontispiece to a Brookfield, Mass., Edition of 1828. Published by the firm which later became famous as the publishers of Webster's Dictionary. Owned by Mr. F. H. Coolbroth A Title-page. From the Henry Barnard Collection The First Spelling. From a primer owned by Mr. F. H. Picture Alphabet of Religious Jingles An Alphabet including both Religious and Secular Jingles. by Mr. Albert C. Bates Page 73 74 75 76 78, 79 Owned 80, 81 83 The Rogers Page. From the Webster Edition of 1843 84 86 87 The Butterfly and Crocodile. From an edition of about One of Several Similar Pages of Illustrated Rhymes and Comments, in The Royal Primer, Worcester, Mass., The Rewards of Virtue. From a copy of The Royal Primer in the Henry Barnard Collection "The Hufbandman's Prayer in a New England Primer of about 1785. Poem from a Charlestown, Mass., Edition of 1802, in the Henry Barnard Collection A Page from an Edition of about 1810. Owned by Mr. Page 92 Primer, 93 Two Pictures. From Emerson's The Evangelical Primer, Three Selections from a Picture Alphabet in Fisher's A • 94, 95, 96 to consider facing 101 103 104 105 From The New Owned A Teacher's Desk. From The New England Magazine An Illustration from Jenkins's Art of Writing, 1813. Owned Slate, Inkstand, Writing-sand, and Ink-powder. by the Worcester Antiquarian Society Quill Pens. Owned by the Connecticut Historical Society. Ichabod Crane at his Boarding-place. From Irving's The |