V ..«1 CHAUDRON'S SERIES THE w FIRST READEB, DESIGTnED FOR iUE ISE 0¥ PRIMAM SCHOOLS | WECONJi> KWITION. 1^ Adopted for nee in thi^ I^nblic S(h..ol8 of Mobil. • By a. Dk 7. CHAITDRON. /i MOBILE, ALA.: W. G. CLAllK ct CO., PTTBMSUEU3. es— CHAUDRON'S SERIES. THE FIRST READER, DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS. SECOXD EDITION. ^ Adopted (for use in tlie Public Schools of Mobile. By a. De Y. CHAUDRON", MOBILE, ALxV.: W. G. CLARK & CO., PUBLISHERS, 1S64. ^ . / I tJite-.'Cil aoconllfig to tho Act of Consi-ess , in the year 186S, by A. Dk V. I «>HAUDRoN, iu the Qt-rk's Office of the C. S. Dietrict Court of tha ' fcouthoia Divis?ion of the Diatrici, oi Alabaiaa. ■ADYiai'nSBB AKD BBGkjrKK hTSAX riiTVBS WtSSS. PUBLISnERS' NOTICE. The School Reader?, of which tliis little book is rhe first number, have been prepared with much care and are spcciLilIy adapted to the vvar.ts nf our Southern Schools. They take the pupil at the threshold of his reading course and lead him grad- ually, step by step, along the way, making every thirg plain before him, until he becomes a well-instractcd and accomjilisii- ed reader. ThJfeuthorhn 3 patiently, zealously, lubon'ously, 'viih a noble sjtirit of devotion and a rare appreciation of its rerpjircmenta, brought her task nearly to completion. In addition to the best works in our own language, she has had at command a choice library of juvciiile books in French ard Gorman, pf which she has made good use. Tho rranslntions to be found ih this series are among the most attractive foarures i f •! '^ Readers. We arc happy to be the med'um of introdudrg the. work generally revised.^ We-^^twl ' that the fcinac in not far distant when wv can present this . series of Renders with suitable illustrations and in the best style I of such publication's, making th.-^m in all respects worthy of j tho high rank they aru doetined to hold among the Selltxtl i" Books of tho South. Mobile, Juno 1st, 1864. PREFACE. Thk plan of this little book is borrowed from the Ollendorf system of teaching languagps, and it r'^trirs the child almost imperceptibly through its alphahetic (Jin'rultios. From the first lesson in three letters to the lust page of tho book, tho pupil is required to prepare but six new words in each now lesson. The plurals of nouns already lejirned, form snerial and sep- arate lessons. After the vords offivo letters, t?tc»e of two syUabl^^s fi.ll<»w, for the obvious reason that they aro easier to le'nrn thtn mono- syllabic words of six letters. Ntf didactic teaching has been attempted. Tho lo-sons consist of short sentences on pleasant and familiar sabjrcts.— It is hoped that they will be atrraflive to the little ones for whom they are written, and so is ill lighten the hours of their earliest school daj-s. No capital httrrs will hv, introdncod beforr tho 24th Ir^son. They are readiiy learned by a child who bus mastered the smaller,- but more important alphabpt. Tljo Numerals also, may be taught, na thry nrr a r, at the beginning of each lesi.jon. A few ndes Ho at the foundation of all good Readln.c:. 1st. Exact of children that they give it-s proprr sound to each Vowel. Above all, to the unarcented vowels a, e, and o. 2d. Teach them the correct so ijnd of the long n. EXAMPLES : -yrricty, (not vuniutty ;) society, (not snsslutty ; 1 •'•cult, (not diffircult :) rcsentrne^jt, (not nir.cntmunt ;) volition, (not revullootion.) 3d. Let them distinctly ring the ing. EXzVMPl.ES: •ling, (notdoin;) puddf'n^, ^not ptiddin ;) inning, (not runnin ;) &-c. m \— — ; ^ —5^ 4th. Last and most difficult| of all to enunciate, without exaggeration, is the letter r. 1st. A^iieard in unaoipentcd finals, as : letter, (notlettuh;^ mother, (notmothuh;) never, (not ncvuh ;) water, (not watuh ;) 2d. As sounded before a consonant, as : 3 horse, (nothoss:) storm, Cnot staum ;) arm, (notavvm.) These rule^ cannot be learned by very young childi-en, but the same children may be taught to observe any rule, by l^iibrt. The teacher who is willing to begin in the Piimary Department itself, the philological rcfornialion propose;! in this course of Readers, will render incalculable service to the caus^^ ofedu- calion. One step to\vards improvement in the elegant acctt^itjilish ment of Reading might be taken, if in our public scho«iter,0H5 teacher were appointed to give' instructions to ali. classes in thisparli:ular branch. He should be one whoso voice it well- modulat'jd, and whose language is not only select in expression, )ut accurate in pronunciation and accent. Let him feel the importance of his calling as nuxstcr of the Southern orators ''to be ;" let him aspire to train the vocal organs of his pupils f(.. tl.Lir highest degree of lingual perfection, and he will have led, them one step forward into the regions of Art. For Read- ing ie an Art, scarcely subordinate to that of Music. The teach ,'V:i of elocution, in orur public schools, should be chosen as custodians of the purity of that magnificent iaui^uage -vthicu has %abnit'jd to the iusp?rfHl touch of Milton's genius, ana which i Slialv-.-^peare has ci.nobkd beyond any praise of ours. A. V. C. MoBiLK, November 18th, 18C2. i -K i- ! ALPHABET. abITde PGHI J K L M N P Q R S T UVWXY z& NU ME 11 AI. S . 123456789 SMALL ALPHABET. a I) c d e f a'hljklni i: aop.qrs iiYWxyz mlpcd.efg M ij Ms i §h ^ 9p ^ f • « f if f wx y s 53 Exircis*?-s on the AlplmhtL a e i o 11 w y 1 1 in p z k x , |1 n r Y s d b li q g c j i t li p 1 ni z ,s t k a u e 1 V b e d t 111 q d 1 1 e o f g c 1 r in u o p d q i mob d e kzti n p q y k X V li m k I m o e d I o i m r sh V o t r e it mima^fiflffiffl^ tdbhhljyg z qp !J?--— •■ FIRST EEADER. PAKT FIEST. 1st LESSON. WORDS OF ONE LETTER. A. -:x? it is my ox. do I go ? LESSON. he is to go lip, am I up ? no. he is up, so aui L he or 1 am up. 1 at iax ox 8th LESSON. if us up by ho it be no li> CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. •5Si 9th LESSON. am I to go in ? go in, do. it is my ox. is he on it ? is it by me ? he is in it. go up as we do. do go on it as I do. is it he or I ? is it my ax ? loth LESSON. in by go or as at me if be ox to us nth LESSON. is it so ? it is so, by me. rlo as wc do. i ' t^o, do g:'^ hy me. it is my ox. it ft no ox. it is my ax. is he up, oramlnp? 12th LESSON. jcsson on soive words Jbr?ncd hi/ 'pve-Jixinn one letter to words already learned. ^ an i.t am m it o-an b-at d-am b-in l-it 1-an c-at h-am d-in f-it m-an f-at r-am k-iii , 1-it TD-an h-at s-am g-in k-it t-an m-at y-am t-in m-it r-au . s-at p-m s-iti CHAUDRONS FIRST READER. 13 or f-or n-or hot pot rot cot lot ox b-ox f-ox 13th LESSON. Words ofiliree letters, ten puu pad men nun lad den fun &ad wen dun mad pen sun bad up c-up p-up keg leg beg peg' bag. big dig J^g 14th LESSON. but fop mat rut top bat cut hop sat hut mop fat nut pop rat cup; t.x:! wax* vexii 15ih LESSON. see. cat. fat. the cat. my fat cat. see my cat. it is his cat. it is a bad cat. his. bad, ■ see my fat cat. is it h^s cat? is it his ox? is it my cat ? see the bad or the. -is 14 CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. 16th LESSON. the bad cat. my bad cat. it is his fat ox. it is my bad ax. it is his bad cat. see my fat ox. a fat cat. it is his ax. is it my oxi it is my ox. brtv. 17th LESSON. and. too. run. pi^ can. a boy and a fat ox. a pig can run. DO, he is too fat to run^ the boy can run too. so can the cat and the pig. ree mv fat ox run. ISth LESSON, ilie boy can run. 18 be a bad boy? tht pig and the ox. the boy is so ftit. is the pig fat too? he ox is bad. Ithecatandtheboy. 'see my bad pig. the cat can run. and the ox too. no, the ox is too fiit to run. is the pig too fat I-,-' ^ CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. - — ® ;. 15 19tll LESSON. i The double s. now. puss. not. UL dog. but. the dog bit the boy. but not my dog. my dog is not bad. his dog is bad. and his pig too. the dog bit the ox. his doo: can run. puss can run puss is not fal but the pig is fat to run. the dog bit p he is a bad now. too. t. > too LlSS. dog 20th LESSON. big. has. ccp. top. . niiig. new. the boy has a big top. and a new cap too. ' he has a mug. his top is too big. but not his mug. it is my top and my cap. I see a big cat. I see a a fat pig. and a bad dog too. j the boy has a new cap. .,. 16 CnAUDliOIsS FIBST EEzVDEK. 2ist LESSON. The douhh I lien. lot. gun. you. get. will. will you get my new gun ? my big new gun. the hen is fat and the l)ig too let me see the hen and the cat. the boy has my mug. but not my fat hen. get me my new toj:). gee the dog and the; [ see my big gun. do you see it too? no, I do not see the pig- do vou see the bee on the mug ?, gun. saw cu?>, 22d LESSOK. hat. bee. mud. J"^ I saw a big bad dog. j the jug is too big. ~ do you SCO my new the bee is on the cup ? cup. tho boy hes on a now the cup isiu the ^-new hat. j mud. I see a bee in my | puss has my top. mug. I but the dog has it my new cap is in the| not. mud. I saw the bee ^nd do get the jug. ' the hen. i: 3 CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER, 17 23d LESSON, cow. pen. pet. fly. rug. ham. see my cow in the pen. my big fat cow. my bad pig is in the pen. the cat bit you on the rug. the bee can hum and fly. my bad cat bit me. see the dog and the cat on the rug. the dog bit the big cow. I see my fat pet hen. the boy has on his new cap. he has a gun and a top. and a pig and an ox too. gith LESSOlSr. With capital Icffers, but with no new wonU, T see my pet cat, and the big boy has a new hat See puss on the rug by me, and the int pig in the pen. The dog bit the boy. The boy is so fat, he can not run. He has a new mug, a big top and a cup for me. Puss is on the mat j will you get on the mat too ? The bee can fly and hum, but the ox can not. r CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. * My gun ] is new. ] S/Lj top is red. My hen is so fat. I see the jug and the cup, the top and the mat. The fat pig is. in the mud, and the big cow is in the pen. 25th LESSON. pin six bar ' map did sin fix tar sap lid win mix far lap hid ^ tin pix car pap bid kin 1 ham mar nap kid 26th LESSON. i try pet pan cow bit i ciry let ran saw sit . fry set can law mit i sky net fan daw fit i ^y wet tan paw lit ^ 27th LESSON. '- ghe. for. her. had. red. ia\ The cat saw a rat on the rug, and bhc bil the rat. The rat can run, but sly puss will sec 1: ■■ k- CHAUDRON'S FIRSJf READER. 19 I had a red top and a big gun. It was nojj^ bad gun. My ncw^p is too big for me, and my top will not hum. Is his hen fat ? No, she is not fat. 28tli LESSON. bed. set. suu. yet. sky. sow. See the sun how red it is ! The sun has not yet set. The sky is red, the sun has set, and now I will go to bed. The cat is on my bed, and the dog' is on the rug. He has an ox, a fat sow, a cow r.nd a hen. I saw a fly on my hat, and a bee in lay cup. 29th LESSON. old. fox. man. fill. hay. eat. I see an old man, but he can not see me. Do fill my new mug for puss and me. The big red cow will eat up the new hay. See the fat pig on the hay, by the coy/ in the pen. "ho sly fox will eat up my fat old hen. ® ...^ ______ _. . 20 CHAUDROtN'S FIRST READER. 30t1i T.ESSON, lap. one. far. sit. oWf^ day. I let my pet cat sit in my lap on the rug. I can run as far as you, and so can my big dog. I see a fox in the hen-pen, she can not get out. One day the dog saw a fat sow, and he bit her. The bee can fly, but the cow and the ox can not 31st LESSON. ye«. tea. put. hot. pin. tin. The sun has set. May I go to bed now ? Yes, and I will get you a cup of hot tea. Put it in my new tin cup for me, if it is too hot. Can puss get a cup of hot tea too ? N'o, but puss can sit on the mat by the bod. Now get me a pin to pin my cap, I will go to bed. CHAUDliON S PIEST lUiADf^i. 21 32d LESSON. nut. log, cut. hop. use. log. See my ax, it can cut a big log. A saw can saw a big log too. Let me see if you can use a saw. Let me see if you can hop on one leg. Will you eat a nut if I go and get you one? 33(1 LESSON, box, ask. key. Aiiu^ wet bag. Do you see my box ? It has a key to it Get my bag for me, and put it in the box. I saw a boy by the hen-pen, hop on one leg. Ask Ann if she saw my top on the rug. Do get my pen, it is ir .the old tin bo^;:' on the bed. CHAUDKOX'S FIRST READER. PART SECOND. WORDS OF FOUR LETTERS, 34th LESSON. Plural of words alreaJjj learned. fh pavt Second, words of tliroe letters will sometimf^s be introduced in the reading lessons withoin preparation. The tops will uot liuiii. ■rhe hens and bees can fly. But the dogs and cows can not. I see the fat pigs in the pen. Yo!i saw the rats run and the cats too. Will you get the cups and mugs I Bad boys will run out in the mud. 1 1 see the rags and the new caps. ^ - The mats are by the beds. T saw my keys and pens in the tin box. Get the g-ms and the dogs and we will go. "i^.e men sa:w^i?2ie bags on the bed. The jugs are on the mat. ®r CHAUDKON S FIUST READER. 2:) 35th LESSON. sake cave gold rake save told wake pave bold lake wave sold take nave cold line nine pine fine mine dray clay stay play pray 36th LESSON. cd 'cart « 1 tart 1 c " c 3 § hart 1 - part 1 dart 1 dark heat veal must bark meat meal dust lark seat heal rust park boat seal gust mark neat teal just with. S7th LESSON, room. mu6t. ball. tree. fiiiJ. I can ctit a tree with my new ax. But you must go and find the ax foi me. Will you go out and get my big ball 'i I must go iu the room to see if Pusj> is on the bed. I Oh no ; Puss is not in the room, she is by the tree. >cv- ' ■' ' — ■■ — —- -^ ■ t . ■ ■ . . ^5 ^iii CH^UDROTiT'S FIRST READER. 38th LESSON. milk. good. some, like. have. much. Do fill my mug with some new milk. Milk is good. I like it so mucli. A good boy will go to ])ed. if he is told to go. Yes, but may he not Have his tea 1 Oil yes, he must have his tea and some milk, too. 39th LESSOl^. your. nice. hang. wall. give. cake. I will give you some milk and some nice cake. Do you like cake and milk ? Oh yes, T do. Do you see my new gun hang on the wall i Yes, do gire it to me. It is too big^ forvou. Now, you m.ust go to bed, and so must J Pass. i CHAUDKON'S FiUST KEADKK. lio 40th LESSON, fire. tal\e. make. poor. rich. cold. Puss is cold. Do take her on your lap, by the fire. Poor puss ! Are yon cold ? If you are, come in my lap. Puss can run up a tree, but she can not fly like a bee. I have a good dog and a nice cow. Make your cow give me a cup of rich milk. 41st LESSON, love. hunt. warm. roll. play* when. I love to sit by a warm fire when I am cold. I Uke to see puss play on the rug and j roll my ball. | You have a good gun, and a fine dog j too. I Do you hunt with your dog and your | gun ? No, but I can play ball and hum tops f » ® chauiTron'S first reader. 42d LESSON. spin. what. name. Dash. foot. then. You can play foot-ball with me/ and then we can spin tops. Oh, what a fine foot-ball ! It is so big ! lias our dog a name ? Yes, his name is Dash. Is Dash a good name for a dog '? Yes, it is a fine name. I have a cat, and her name is Pet. 43d LEBSOK yard. come. pond. eggs. swim. laid. Oome in the yard, and play with me. Let us play by the pond and see Dash swim. Have the hens laid some eggs to-day ?J; Oh yes ! See what a nice new-laidt egg I have. JSTow let us go and play foot-ball in | the yard. j CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER 27 44th LESSON, lamb. keep. bird. cage. Dick. four. I have a lamb, and I keep it in the yard. A lamb, a bird, a dog and a cat. Four pets. My lamb will play in the yard with you. ^ I have a bird, too, and I keep it in a cage. Have you a name for your bird ? Yes, his name is Dick. 45tli LESSON, doll. Stay. here. babe^ docs. why. I keep my bird in my room. He does not stay in a tree. Here is my new dol! ; she can cry like a babe. I have a doll, too, but she is not new. I like to play with my doll, and make her cry. I Poor doll ! Why do you hke to make her cry? ^ . i - IS*— ...__=....__.„. , : v8 CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. 46tb LESSON. hurt. girl, feel. Rose. mine. crib. It* does not liurt her to cry, slie can riot feel. My doll has a bed. And mine has a crib. Here is Puss. Come, Puss, and play doll with Eose and me. Why, Puss can not play dolls, but I win tell you what she can do. I She csai play ball, and eat up a bird or a rat. 47th LESSON, drum. beat. John. down. duck. fife. John has a drum, and I can beat on it. John beats his drum by the tree in the yard. I love to hear the drum beat, and the fife play. I fell down to-day and hurt my foot. I hurt my foot by the pond, that is for * the ducks. R- CHAUDRONS FIKST READER. 29 48th LESSON, take. ripe. figs. nest. feed. well. Do give me some cake to feed my bird. Does your bird eat cake? Oh yes, and ripe figs and eggs too. Well, take some cake to your bird, and here is. some for you. My fat hen has laid a new egg in her nest to-day. My hen has a nest in the yard by the "well. ^49tU LESSON, lame. dime. from. hand. . • wine. knee. See that poor boy in the yard. He is lame. How did he get lame ? He fell from ci tree. One day he fell down and hurt his knee. Poor boy! Let us give him some cake and wine. Give him some cake, and put a dime in his hand. @— ■- 30 CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. 50th LESSON. glad. liome. ride. soon. town. time. The boy was glad to get the dime. He will take it home. Now you and I must put on our hats, and go to town. If we do not go soon, we will not he home in time for tea. If I am a good girl to-day, will you let me take a ride too ? I hke to ride, and I like to run in the yard and play. 5lst LESSON. I talk. blue. come. eyes. down. pail. i Come, let ua take the pail, and go to ; the well, I And get some wood to make a nice, I warm fire. No, let us sit down by the fire, and I talk. I Let me see your doll. She has blue ^ eyes. We must take your doll with us to ride to town. _ _ , g} CHAUDRON'S FIKST KEADEK. 3i ^ 52d LESSON, cook. ' tell. bako. that. corn. pick. Come, let us go and feed the hens with some corn. See how the hens pick up the corn and ' eat it I Hens love to pick up corn, and cows like ' to eat hay. Now tell the cook to get some cggf^, and bake us a cake. Do you like cake ? Yes, I like cake, and so does John. 53a LESSON, read. gave. this. look. book. goat. Can this boy read ? Yes, he can read in this book. • Who gave him this uicQ, new book to read ? I gave it to him, and I will give one to you too. But you must bo good, and do all that I tell you to do. ! Look at the goat pick up hay in the yarJ. The goat and the cow love hay, and the I hens lave corn. s ■K ^ :^ 32 CHAUDRON'S FIRST READIER. 54th LESSON. colt. torn. mare. "wliip. gate. best, Do you see the mare and her colt by the gate ? Do you Uke the colt or the mare best? Oh, I like the colt best. See how Pass has torn my new book. Bad Puss ! Let us whip her- then. Ou no, do not hurt poor Puss. She will be good, and I will ^give her some nice milk, And we will go to play in the yard, and see the colt run. 55th LESSON, deer. wait. stay. next. find. see. May I go Vfith Dick and Dash to hunt deer to-day? No, you must wait for a tune yet, you are not a man. Stay at home with me, and read your new book. My book is not here, I will go and find it. your book is on the bed in the next room. Take a seat now, and read for Rose and me. s e- CHAUDRON'S FIKST READER. 56th LESSON, sail. Iiigli. kite. done. wiaJ. when. If I have time to-day, I will sail my new kite. ITie wind is so high that she will ^ail well. And when I have done, I will ride on the mare. The mare and her colt are in tow^n with John. Then I can not ride, and I must wait. Will you get a whip for me when 1 ride? 57th LESSON. shut. they. door. feet them. jump. Shut the door, it is cold in this room. Do you feel cold? Yes, my feet are cold. Are they? Then come and warm them by the fire. * Look in the yard, and see the colt how it runs. * And the lamb too. Oh, do let me go and play with them! Well, go jump and run, and you will get warm. ^ ^~ — 34 coat. CHAUDRON'S I^IRST READER, 58tll LESSON. tear. rope. cart. fast. draw. You must take your coat, or you will take cold. Now run as fast as you can, but do not tear your coat. Can you run as fast as a deer or a colt ? No, but I love to jump with them on a cold day. T feci so warm when I jump the rope. Now I will put my goat to a cart, and he will draw Puss. Puss will be glad to ride in a cart. 59tli LESSON. till dawn moon lane kind mill yawn boon cane find kill pawn soon mane mind bill fawn coon sane bind y ^vill lawn noon pane )N. rind 60th LESSC d ' sore face bone ' mice male 1 more lace hone nice .pale o - core mace lone rice sale o bore ' . race zone vice tale p ^ wore pace tone dice bale — --— — i5 CHAUDRONS FIRST READER. 35 ^ 61st LESSON. A Jew sini2)le words of two syllahles, ta-per. po-ker. ba-by. park. burn, wa-fer. When I was in tlio park to-day, I saw a poor ba-by. The ba-by was so cold, that I took it home to warm it. [ gave it a cup of milk and a nice wa-fer to eat. Do you burn a ta-per or a lamp in your room ? Will you be so good as to stir the fire with a po-ker ? The po-ker is not here, it is in the! next room. 62d LESSON, un-tle. ci-gaj*. ci-der. a-pron. shoe, la-zy. Can you un-tie your shoe? No, I can not un-tie it. Give the old man a ci-gar and a mug.of ci-der. Will you hang my a-pron for me by the fire to dry ? Your a-pron is now dry, and you may put it on. I do n|j^ wish to put it on, I wish to give it to that poor girl. She is a la-zy girl ; you must not give her your nice a-pron. -« m 36 CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. 63d LESSON. li-on. man-y. an-7. a-way. No-ra. year- I have been to. a show, and I saw a big li-on in a cage. What a good fire Fo-ra has made in our room for us. I was cold at the show, but I am not cold an-y more. Tom ha« gone to sea ; he is in the na-vy. Ee will be a-way from home for one long year. No-ra did not find an-y eggs to-day in her grey hen's nest. 64tli LESSON. bible, aii-ger. pa-pa. Cla-ra. cra-zy. bless. Pa-pa says that rf we give way to an-ger, God will not bless us. Ho says, too, that we must be good to the poor, and help them ; A.nd that we must not make fun of poor cra-zy Cla-ra. John gave her a pair of shoes the last time she came here. ^. John is a good boy ; he can read his bi-ble, And God will bless him, if he is kind to cra-zy Cla-ra. & CHAUDKON'S FIRST READER. 37 PART THIRD, WORDS OF FIVE LETTERS. In part Third, words of less than five letters will be some- times introduced without preparation. 65th LESSON. Words already learned^ tvith the s added to them, I like to see new-laid eggs in the liens' nests. John loves guns and dogs, and I love dolls and cats.^ Boys hke to sail kites and to hunt birds. Girls, as well as boys, love to ride and to roll balls. Come, let us go to feed the pigs and the colts. When the sun sets the skies look like gold. Anne gave me some nice cakes to-day. John cut two pine trees in the woods with an ax. I sold my ducks for nine dimes to Dick. The cows and goats liave come home to their pens. The carts and the whips are in the yard. -® 38 CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. 66tli LESSON. shall. chair. large. grass. boat. thing. * • John shall have a large kite, and sail it in the yard. And what may I have ? You shall have some-thing too. It shall be a fine chair for your doll to sit in, And a boat to sail in the pond in the yard. Come, let us sit on the grass by this large tree. May I roll on the grass and play with Dash ? 67th LESSON, house. Frank, lunch, catch, bread, piece. Let US go in the house and. get some- thing to eat. It is lunch-time. I will take some bread and milk. And Prank will have bread and meat for his lunch. Hose will like to have a piece of that large cake. See bow Puss jumps to beg for bread and meat. ^ Puss sees a bird in that large tree. She likes to catch birds. It is time to go in the house. It is too warm in the sun. ^ IS' CHAUDROX'S FIRST READER. 68th LESSON. grate, floor. black. clean. swept. coal. Has Ann made a good fire in the grate ? Yes, and she swept the floor clean. Well, then, let us sit by the fire to warm our feet. See how red the fire is ! And yet it is made of black coal. When coal is cold it is black, but when it is hot it is red. You may take my chair and sit by the warm grate. I have been in tlie yard, and I am not cold. 69th LESSON. shoes, quite, hands. while, where, light. Rose, come in the house, or you will catch cold. Jane, let me see if your hands are clean. No, they are quite black, and your shoes are wet. Where have you been ? By the pond in the yard. Sit on this chair, and dry your feet by the fire. What a large fire we have in the grate ! Who made it ? Ann made it while you were out at pjay. Now it is quite dark, we must have a light. ^ s- 40 CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. 7btli LESSON. drive, bring. horse, green, small, think. Frank, can you drive a horse and a cart ? Not yet, but I can sail a small boat and a large kite. John can drive ahorse and dray to town. But John is a man, and he can do what I can not. I have u- small dog-cart, and Dash and I bring wood in it. A bird has made her nest in the tall grass in the woods. Let us go and see it. It is full of small green eggs. I do not think the eggs are green, I think they are blue. • 71st LESSON, climb, flock, fence, sheep, touch, drove. Do you like to clijmb trees and- see the birds^ nests. ' Yes ; but I do not touch the birds, I look at the eggs. Rose can clijnb a fence, but she can not climb a tree. She saw a large flock of sheep come in the yard to-day. The dogs ran at the sheep, and drove them in the pen. 'S R ' s CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. 41 The ducks, the goats, and the cows all ran too. Dick drove our large black horse to town ^ to-day. Do you think he will bring us some-thing nice from town ? 72d LESSON, wbicli. shelf, place. spoil. leave. none. John, which book shall I bring you to read now ? Bring me the green book from the book-shelf. I do not see your green book. Where is it? When I left the house, I put it on the chair. A chair is no place on which to leave books. If you spoil your books, you will have none to read. And if Anne spoils her d(^, she will have none to play with. ^ 42 CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. <^ 73d LESSON. crush taste blank grain slate brush waste flank brain plate flush haste thank chain grate blush baste drank train state . plush paste crank drain crate 74tli LESSON. crave shock brown swine stick brave crock frown thine brick slave frock drown brine quick grave clock crown twine thick shave block clown shine trick 75th LESSON. storm. night. cloud, clear, fruit. grow. I SQC a black cloud in the sky. We will have a storm. "" Shut the door to keep out the rain and the cold. Rain will make the trees and the fruit grow. Will rain make Puss gtow ? No, but it will make figs groTV. I like to hear it rain at night when I am in bed. But in the day-light, I love to see the sun '■- shine.:^. iSTow the sky is black no more, it is quite clear. & ■ — ^ '- ^ 1 1^ , CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. 43 76th LESSON, there, world, brown, seems, sweet. James. There is Rose ; she has on a dark brown cloak. Rose has a sweet face ; she is a good girl. So is Bell. Bell has hvrge black eyes, And they seem to laugh when she looks at you. And Anne, with her sweet grey eyes, seems to love all the world. If we are kind and good, all the world will love us. James is a good boy, and at home we all love him. 77th LESSON. horse, proud, field, white, throw, break. I like to see a fine horse run in a field. He likes to kick up his heels, and throw back his head, And he looks so proud and so glad and free.- My horse is a brown bay with a black mane. And mine is white, and I call him Snow- drop. I love to catch him in the field and ride him. I saw a horse break a cart to-day. W : __« 44 CHAUDRONS FIRST READER. ] . 78th LESSON. blame grist make frame twist flake shame whist brake flame whisk shake sperm brisk quake ^ thorn shorn pound found H store Bound , 3 o a shore bound o . ^ snore round ' 79th LESSON. trick steam might brick cream fight quick prick stick droam bream gleam sight right night crash chink gnash flash drink brink trash clink clash s " — sUnk — s CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER, 45 PART FOURTH, SOth LESSON. 'Words of five letters with the additiox 6f s. The grates are clean, and the floors are swept. The chairs are in the house in the rooms. The Ughts are out, and the place is dark. The clouds are black, and it will soon rain. The warm cloaks are on the shelf in my room. I saw two droves of sheep on the road to-day. I think that cakes and figs are nice things to eat. ■& 0{ : » 1 46 CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. « PART FIFTH. 8l8t LESSON. SIMPLE WORDS OF TWO SYLLABLES AND OF SIX LETTERS. Ma-ry, jna-ma. bas-ket. wa-ter. 8U-gar. ver-y. Ma-ry has a nice bas-ket to hold ber work. Ma-ry can put her doll and mine in ber bas-ket Give me some su-gar, ma-ma, to put in my tea. Rose has a small bas-ket made all of eu-gar. Of su-gar ? Then her bas-ket must be good to eat John, do you like to sail in a boat on the wa-ter ? Oh yes, John has been to sail and he likes it very much. CIIAUDROX'S FIRST RE.4JDER. 47 82d LESSON. ta-ble. ap-ple. hua-gry. bis-cuit. but-ter. man-y. Jane, set the ta-ble, for we are hun-gry. And bring us Some bread, and some wa- ter to drink. Will you have some fresh but-ter with your bread ? And an apple too ? I have some in my bas-ket. Oh yes, and a bis-cuit too, if you will give us one^ So you will have an ap-ple, a bis-cuit. some bread and but-ter. How ver-y good you are, Ma-ma, to give us so man-y things. Do you thiak so? Then you must be ver-y good to Ma-ma too. 83d LESSON. cof-fee. po-ny. Ics-soii. school, prct-ty. din-ner. I like ray cof-fee ver-y sweet, will you give me some more su-gar ? Yes, my dear, and then you must go. and learn your les-son. You have a ver-y pret-ty book to learn your les-son in. See what a pret-ty po-ny Frank rides down the lane. iS CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. Sg Where has Frank been to-day ? He has been to school. And when school is out, he goes home to get his-^in-ner. Well, I think it quite nice to ride from school on a po-ny. 84tli LESSON., sto-ry. lit-tle. ba-ker. af-ter. sup-per. mar-ble. James, come to me, my dear, and I will tell you a pret-ty sto-ry. And then you shall go to the ba-ker, and get some bread. May I get some cake and rusk for our sup-per, Ma-ina ? Yes, but do not stay long ; lit-tle hoys must not be out af-ter dark. May I bring lit-tle Dick home to take sup-per with us? Yes, and you may take some fresh but-ter to the lame bo}^ Poor boy ! I will stay a lit-tle while and play mar-bles with him. 85th LESSON. Em-ma. ev-er cot-ton. ne-gro. planner. Dix-i6 Em-ma, have you ev-er been in a large cot-ton field ? ® CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. 49 Oh yes, and the cot-ton bolls looks as white as snow. The . cot-ton plan-ter lives on-ly in the South. Did you ev-er hear the ne-gro men sing Dix-ie ? Oh yes, and I have seen them pick cot-ton too. They have a large bas-ket to put the cot-ton in. Cot-ton is as pret-ty as snow, but it is worth a great deal more. 8Gtli LESSON, bet-ter. in-to. sis-ter. ba-sin. un-til. cous-in. In the South we make cot-ton, su-gar, rice and cof-fee. And we make corn, too, for in the South we like corn bread. ' Em-ma likes corn bread bet-ter than she does ba-ker's bread. Stay here, James, by your lit-tle sis-ter, un-til I come back. I must go into the house, but I will be back in a lit-tle while. I must fill this ba-sin with wa-ter to wash my hands. Tell my lit-tle cous-in Ma-ry to come here and play with me. K '■ a , , — , ^ 50 CHAUDRON'S FIRST REAX>ER. 87tU LESSON. so-fa. dol-lar. la-zy. bought, tired, can-dy. Come, lit-tle Ann, and sit by me on this large so-fa. Ann and Ma-ma. feel very la-2;y, and they want to rest. -^ We are not la-zy, Ma-ma j we are tired with our long walk. That is true, my dear ; to be la-zy and to be tired are not the same thing. What did you buy with the dol-lar I gav^ you to-day? I bought some can-dy for Rose, and a whip for Dick. And I bought some cakes for the poor boy that is sick. 88th LESSON. * pan-cake, flow-er. spi-der. gru-el. la-dy. doc-tor. Jane, tell the cook to make pan-cakes for din-ner. I saw a large black spi-der on the wall to-day. I met a la-dy in town with pret-ty black eyes. She had a flow-er in*.her hand, and she gave it to me. I put it in my bas-ket, and will take it home to sis-ter. ^ s- CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. 51 When lit- tie boys are sick, we feed them on gru-el. And we send for the doc-tor to make them well. 89th LESSON. na-vy « ' pa-per ^san-dy ro-sy ta-per dan-dy ho-ly 0) o - □ ca-per han-dy po -sy 3 o c sa-fer ban-dy co-sy 2 ^ ra-zor can-dy pen-ny M 'cop-per ben -ny 1 hop-per sun -ny o c prop-er fun -ny 3 O let-ter ma- ^y O ^ set-ter . 90th LESSON. sor-ry can -non pock-et « ' 0-ver jol-ly lin- en dock-et 2 nev-er fol-ly cab -in lock-et o riv-er sal-ly sat- in rock-et c 3 liv-er hiMy lat- in socket O c p giv-er sil-ly mat-in' jack-et p^ gun-ner dfi 52 CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. -a 91st LESSON. O/i some of the preceding words. Eose is a han-dy girl, she has made her doll a sat-in dress. A gun-ner is a man who fires off can-non. I was in the cab-in of a boat on the riv-er. I had not a pen-ny in my pock-et, and I was quite sor-ry. I ne-ver saw such a jol-ly, fun-ny boy as Tom. Give me a piece of pa-per, that I may j write a let-ter. |Tx>o plrce was ver-y hilly, and the day was sun-ny. Yon were ver-y sil-ly to give your lock-et for a ra-zor. John wore a Un-en jack-et, and his setter was with him. CHAUDRONS FIE ST READER. r.:5 92d LESSON. IRREGULAR PLURALS OF WORDS OF FIVE LETTERS ALREADY LEARNED. - Plurals of^ words of ttco syllables. Did you see the hor-ses jump o-ver the feuces % I put the books on the shelves in their j pla-ces. I Ann tells us ver-y pret-ty sto-riesj when we know our les-sons. | The bis-cuits and ap-ples are all in; the bas-kets. The ta-bles in those hou-ses are all of mar-ble. I will buy some dress-es and some flow-ers for my cous-ins. My jack-ets are too large, and my ra-zors are dull. I saw the rock-ets go up on a ver-y dark night. Frank's pock-ets are full of mar-bles. I paid ten pen-nies for my cous-in'F let-ter. i IS ' ; — ' ■■ » ®- 54 CHAUDRON'S FIRST READER. 93d LESSON, nee-dle. cur-ly. thim-ble. bon-net. fin-ger. gar-den. Ann can use her nee-dle to make a doll's dress. She has a thim-ble on her fin-ger, and her nee-dle will not hurt it. She has a work-box of rose-wood with a lock and key. Her doll has cur-ly hair, and she has a pret-ty bon-net. Ann's Ma-ma made the bon-net of blue sat-in. Em-ma's black hen has made a nest in the gar- den. The hor-ses have gone to the well to get some wa-ter. 94th LESSON, or-gan. or-ange. mon-key. can-not. r^m-sic. giv-en. Em-ma, come and see the mon-key in the street. She has on a short red dress, and a lit-tle bon-net. The man that leads her plays on the or-gan, And the mon-key hops up and down to the mu-sic. Now throw the mon-key a piece of your bis-cuit. > Ma-ry has just giv-en her a bit of or-ange. And she can not take the bis-cuit just yet. Aft-er a while, she will take it from you. CHAUDEON'S FIRST READER. 55 (Mr/fii. E ^F <^ (^ ^ H c^ I (3^ J / K ^ L ^ Mg/^ N ©

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