| THE NEW MCGUFFEY FIRST READER
PREFACE The New McGuffey First Reader has been prepared in While all the stories in this book are new, or have been The gradation both in thought and in words has been carefully Only a few new words are introduced at each lesson, and From the first lesson script is presented in connection with The sounds of the letters are taught, in the order of the ________________ A a N n ________________ FIRST READER ________________ a boy I see boy I see a boy I see a boy ________________ girl can and the girl I see a girl. I see a boy. I see a boy and a girl. The boy can see the girl. I can see the girl and the boy. I can see the girl. ________________ man has hat run See the man! See the boy and the man! The man has a hat. Has the boy a hat? The boy can run. Can the man run? The man can see the boy run. a man can has hat a ________________ doll have my I have a hat. I have a doll. See my doll! Can the doll see? I can see my doll. Has the doll a hat? My doll has a hat. The girl has a doll and a hat. a can has hat have a ________________ play may take ball Can the boy play? The boy can run and play. The boy can play ball. Can the man play ball? The man may see the boy play. May the man take the hall? The boy may take the ball. a may play take a ________________ baby little big Can the girl see the baby? Can the baby see the little girl? The baby has a big doll. The little girl has a ball. I can see the baby. Can the baby see my big hat? The baby may have my ball. Take the ball, baby! a may play take baby a ________________ dog it he with The man has a little dog. The boy has a big dog. See the little dog run! He has my ball. May the big dog have it? May he take it? The little dog may have the ball. He may run and play with it. b big boy ball baby b ________________ bird she not fly See the little bird! May the baby have it? May she take it? She can not take it. The bird can fly. The baby can not have the bird. She can not fly. She may play with my doll. She may have my big hat. b baby big bird b ________________ cow is good to I see a man and a dog and a cow. The cow is with the man. The dog has a big hat. He is a good little dog. He may take the hat to the man. The man is good to the dog. The cow can run. She can not play. c can cow c ________________ catch come you me The baby can not have the bird. She can not fly and catch it. Can she catch the good little girl? Come, baby, come! Come and catch me. Catch me and my big doll. Catch me, and you may have the doll. You may have it to play with. c can catch come c ________________ REVIEW. The boy has a big dog. You may see the dog play ball. Can he catch it? May I run and take it? The man with the big hat has a cow. The girl is good to the little baby. The baby may have my big doll. She can not catch the bird. She may come with me and see the bird fly. ________________ REVIEW. can man me see cow come run is he has have hat boy ball baby big dog doll not bird girl good you my play may fly to little catch and it take she with the ________________ one two drum go Come with me, and see the boys. One little boy has a drum. Two boys have big hats. One boy has a ball. See the boys go! See the boys go with the drum. One, two; one, two; drum, drum! d dog doll drum d ________________ dress red glad will The girls have come to play with the baby. Two girls have little dolls. One girl has a red dress. The baby is glad to see the girls. The girl with the red dress is May. May is glad to see the good baby. She will take the baby to see the bird. d dress red glad bird d ________________ we are three in field Come with me, little May. We will go to the field. We will go and see the cows. The cows are in the field. My cow is red. Two cows are not red. One and two are three. We have three cows. e me we he she e ________________ tree pretty high Three birds are in the tree. One is a pretty red bird. You can not catch it. It is high in the tree. The red bird can see the boys with the drum. It can see the little girl with the red dress. It can see the good baby and the pretty doll. It can see the man in the field. Pretty birds, will you fly to me? ee see tree three ee ________________ wagon let get ride now The little boy has a red wagon. Is it not a pretty one? The boy will let little May ride in it. Come, May, come and see my wagon. You may get in it, and have a ride. I will take you with me to the fields. You may have a good ride. Is the drum in the wagon? Let me get it. Now we will go. e red let get e ________________ apple yellow yes too if See my pretty red apple! I have three good apples. One is red, and two are yellow. I will give you the red one. May I have a yellow one, too? Yes. if you are a good girl. I see a big red apple in the tree. Will you let me get it? Yes, you may if it is not too high. e yes yellow get let red e ________________ Frank flowers find they them Frank and little May are in the They have come to find flowers. May has a red flower. Frank has three yellow flowers. He will let May have them. She will take them to the wagon She is glad to get the pretty flowers. f field kind flowers Frank f ________________ by nest here feed Come here, girls! I see a nest. Little birds are in it. One, two, three. The little birds can not fly. They are not pretty. They will get pretty by and by. The big bird is not here now. She is high in the apple tree. She will come to them by and by. She will come and feed them. g girls get glad big g ________________ woods like home horse The boys like to go to the woods. Here they are now. Here are the horse and the wagon. And here is the boy with the drum. They like to play in the woods. They like to find pretty flowers. If they find little birds in a nest, By and by they will go home. They will ride home in the wagon. h here high home horse h ________________ sit give but whip Will you let me ride home with you, Frank? Yes, May, you may sit by me Get in, and give me the whip. I will not whip the good horse. Now, here we go! Here is the i sit give is whip think ________________ REVIEW. Here are three boys and two girls One boy has a yellow drum and The boy in the red wagon is Frank. The girls are glad to see Frank. He will give them a ride. They like to go with him to the May we ride with you, Frank? Yes, girls, get in! And you, too, boys! Sit by me and see the good horse go. Now we will go to the woods to find In one tree you can see a nest, but You may see the big bird if she She has a pretty home high in the tree. ________________ REVIEW. we are in now one red ride sit drum dress tree two go give get glad will let here nest home horse three them woods too if they field find feed flowers by yes high wagon like whip but Frank apple yellow pretty May ________________ this do kite father gave Do you see this? It is my kite. My father gave it to me. Is it not a pretty one? He gave me this drum, too. You may go with me and see me You may take the drum with you. Are you not glad my father gave i I like high kite i ________________ how far as jump John Frank and John are in the field. They have come here to play. How high can you jump, Frank? Can you jump as high as this? I can not jump high, John, but See! I can jump as far as to the Now, John, let me see you jump. j John jump j ________________ does her kitten kind Here is May with her kitten. Her mother gave the kitten to her. She is kind to the pretty kitten. She likes to see it jump and play. See it run with May's ball! It does not run far with it. If May can get the ball she will She will give it to the kitten to k kitten kind like take can c ________________ all love away Lucy him fast This is little Lucy. Her home is far away. She has come to see Frank and May. All the little girls love Lucy. They are kind and good to her, Frank will let her ride with him He will give her the whip, and the The horse will go fast and far, l let little love all will l ________________ keep think morning look many Look, Frank! See my pretty flowers. Mother gave them to me. She gave them to me this morning. Do you not think they are pretty? How many flowers have I? Here are three my mother gave me. My father gave me two red ones. How many are three and two? I will keep the red flower. I will give all my yellow flowers She will take them home with her. m man many mother me ________________ must your four at Good morning, little bird. Good morning, kind Lucy. How pretty your nest is, little bird! May I look at the little ones in it? Yes, you may look at them, but you How many birds have you? Let me see. One, two, three, four. I do not think they are pretty. They may not be pretty now, n nest not in many n ________________ gone on very his Frank has gone to the field with his It is the kite his father gave him. He will run and the kite will fly. He can run very fast, and the kite John does not like to run with a kite. He likes to play on his drum. He will play on his drum, and o on gone John dog o ________________ oh of rose some Oh, mother, come here! See this pretty flower. I think it is a rose. Is it not a yellow rose? Yes, May. It is a yellow rose. If you will come with me, I will give you some red roses. May I have them to keep, mother? You may keep some of them, Oh, yes! I will give her four red I will give her some to take home Do you like yellow roses, mother? Yes, May, I think they are very pretty. o oh rose home four o ________________ book said care was John was a good boy this morning. His mother gave him a pretty book. He was very glad. "Oh, mother," he said, "how kind I think it is very pretty." "You must take good care of it," "Yes, mother," said John, "and I will They like to look at pretty books." "The girls will think you are a They will take good care of your book." oo book look good oo ________________ school soon going new other All the boys and girls are going to You can see them as they go. Little Lucy is not with them. She has gone to her home, far away. But I see May and some other girls. John has his new book. Some of I do not see Frank, but I think he oo too school soon do to o ________________ found pet took after picture Look at this picture. It is the picture of my pet kitten. Do you not think she is a pretty pet? One morning as I was going to She was by a tree in the woods. After school I took her home. "Mother," I said, "see this pretty Mother said, "You may keep her if I feed her and she loves me. p pet picture pretty keep p ________________ REVIEW. My mother gave me a new book. I took it to school one morning, Soon after this I found my pet kitten I like to play with my pet kitten. I will do as mother says. I will I love little Lucy. But now she has I like to see John run with his kite. He can run as fast as the other boys, He does not like to look at books ________________ [missing text on page 42] REVIEW. as on soon rose ________________ goes read tell write well name The name of this little girl Do you think she looks like a rose? Do you think Rose is a pretty name? Rose goes to school. She can read and write. At home, she likes to read to her Tell me, Rose, how well you can read. Can you read well in your book? I think you can write very well. Can you write your name? r rose read run her your r ________________ were so day then be Can you tell me the name of this It is so little it can not fly very far. Some of the boys found it in the woods, It was not in a nest. Frank said; "I will take the little It will be a good pet." So Frank took it as he said. He is kind to it and feeds it. Some day it can fly well. Then Frank will let it go. It will fly away with the other birds. s so some said nice c ________________ us our shall learn children their Come, girls let us play with our dolls. We will play school. Our dolls will be the children. Our dolls are as good as some They have their books, and I think, Soon we shall see how well they can read. This doll is not so good She does not like to go She must sit by me As soon as she can read well, she She goes to school day after day, She can not write at all. She can not tell her name. ________________ WRITING LESSON. This is my little doll. Her name is Lucy. Do you thik she is pretty? s as dolls does goes is ________________ tall Henry am table what "How tall you are, Henry!" "Yes, father, I shall soon be a man. "What can you see on the table?" "I can see your big book, father." "What do you see by the book?" "Oh, I see some pictures. "How many are two and two, Henry?" "Two and two are four." "You do well. If you learn fast, Then you can learn how to read t tall table tell what not t ________________ funny pail up hill water there Oh, mother, come and look at this What do you see in the picture Lucy? I see two children in the picture. I see a tall boy and little girl. How fast they run! They are going up hill, too. The boy has a pail. I think he is going to get a pail How very funny it must be to run Will they find water on the hill? Oh, yes, I see a well up there. They must be good children to go There must be good water in the well. Jack and Jill went up the hill, u up run must funny u ________________ says say out sure June Our mother says we may go and We are going some day in June, We do not have school in June. Lucy's home is far away. We shall ride there in the big Father says it will take all day to Mother says I must be sure to take I will take her a book, too. I am sure Lucy will be glad to see What do you think she will say? She will say, "Oh, May, I am so u sure June Lucy u ________________ violets sweet buy who Violets sweet, violets sweet! ________________ vine bush wild grow See this funny little tree! What kind of tree is it? It is not a tree, It is not so tall as some trees. It looks like a wild rose vine. Will it have roses on it? Yes, I think some roses Wild roses come in June. Some of them are very sweet. My roses are not wild. They do not grow on a vine. They grow on a bush. A bush looks like a little tree. v vine very have give v ________________ went came would down street sell Little Henry went to school this morning. All the children were glad to see He is a funny little boy, and I am He says he will grow very fast He likes to go to school. ________________ REVIEW. One day Henry took a pail with Do you think he went to get a pail He went to find violets and wild After a little he came down; but He would not tell me how many "Who will buy my wild roses?" I came down the street to sell my w went well wild would way w ________________ sun sunflower know Do you know the name of this big What kind of flower is it? Oh, I know. It is a sunflower. Does it look like the sun? It likes the sun. Do you know what Yes, they are good to look at. If you will go to the field on the They are not sweet flowers, like If you will give me one of your I like roses and sweet violets. I like to see big, yellow sunflowers, y you yes yellow y ________________ try from for about Come here, Henry, and sit by me at Your mother has gone out to buy She says you must learn to read. I am sure you will try to learn. Then you can read about the pretty Soon you may take your book to school. See this picture, Henry. It is a picture of a little bird. I think it is a yellow bird. The bird has a pretty nest Would you not like to see the little By and by, they will come out and Very soon you may see them as y by try fly my buy y ________________ WRITING LESSON. I have a book. ________________ bee busy buzz sing work We fly about from flower to flower. We sing as we work. Would you like to know what we sing? We sing, "Buzz, buzz." You will say, But we do not care what you say. We are too busy to think about it. You must not keep us from our work. What is as busy as a bee? All day it sings as it works, How doth the little busy bee s bees buzz busy z ________________ A B C SONG. [musical notation omitted] A B C D E F G ________________ when warm walk these One morning when the sun was Do you know who they are? I see May and Rose and little Lucy. There are two other girls with them, They took a little wagon with them, They went to the field on the hill to They found some sunflowers in the They saw a wild rose, but a busy "Now," said Lucy, "let us go to the "Yes," said one of the other girls, "Oh, I will not fall in," said Lucy. "I will look at the water far The girls will go home when the sun a warm walk water fall a ________________ star garden sky time could I see you, little star. Do you see me? My name is Lucy. I see you far up in the sky. How very high you are! If you will look down, you can see me. You can see the flowers, too. If you would come in the day time, You could see us going to school. But it is time for me to go in now. Take care, little star, and do not fall a star far garden are a ________________ green that shade thank plant [Missing part of page 65] They grow in the shade. Rose found three little yellow flowers. They are not so pretty as the violets. "I think that all wild flowers are "Well, then'" said Frank, "you may In June I will find you some roses." [Missing part of page 66] ________________ been help done corn behind These boys have been in the field What do you think they do in the field? They do not go out there to play. They go to the field to work. They help their father plant corn. They are now on their way home. One of the boys rides on the horse. The other two walk behind. Do you think that these boys like to work? They will like to play when their Do you know what corn is? Would you like to see how This is the way it looks. It is very green and pretty. It grows to be as tall as Do you know what corn is good for? th these they there their father ________________ much went each cents more to-day Would you like to buy some How much do you want for your I will sell you the green ones I think I must have four cents Oh, Frank! You want too much for Well, then, children, I will tell Thank you, Frank. You are very Yes, here are three apples for Can you tell how many apples Is he not a good, kind boy to give ch each much children ch ________________ where way which why or Come, Henry, let us take a walk Shall we go to the green woods? Or shall we go down to the field Tell me which way we shall go. Oh, let us go out where the wild Then we can see the birds in the Why do the bees fly from flower Tell me why the bees are so busy I will tell you all about them when wh when where which why wh ________________ set shines moon bright light night These four children have gone out The sun is high in the sky now. By and by it will set behind the hills. The sun shines in the day time. It helps to keep us warm. It gives us light. When it goes down we have night. Then the stars come out and shine. The moon shines at night, too. But it is not so bright as the sun. On some nights the moon does not Do you like to see the moon? Yes, I like to see it. I like to see its pretty light. We can look at the moon; but we It is too bright for us to look at. ight night bright light ight ________________ leaves should ripe eat wish Let us sit here in the shade under You can look up and see the I should like to have one of the Why do you want it? It is not ripe. All the apples on the tree are green, Do you see how little they are? But the bright sun will shine on They will grow and grow; and Then we will come and sit here in sh shine shade should wish sh ________________ This is what Henry can write: My name is Henry. Can you write your name? ________________ listen hear wonder honey shut into Come here, Lucy, and listen. What Oh, mother! I hear a bee. It It went into the flower for some Shall we let it out, Lucy? Oh yes, mother; then it can go to the o some other wonder honey does o ________________ Robin Redbreast Pussy Cat sat ran Little Robin Redbreast ________________ river fish line hook near One warm day in June, Frank's "Oh, father," said Frank, "I wish "Yes, Frank. Run and; get your "Thank you, father, I am so glad Here is Frank at the river, with How bright the sun shines on the I wonder where all the fish have The fish are far down in the water. Frank has let his hook down, and But the fish do not wish him to ________________ blue place above among any saying What a bright day this is! The sky is as blue as it can be. Lucy and her mother are in the woods. They have found a good place under They sit in the shade of the tree Robin Redbreast is in the tree. Lucy sees him as he jumps about By and by he will fly away to his nest. Lucy wonders where it is. ________________ boat oar row deep sometimes road house John has a new boat. His father gave it to him. It is blue, with a bright red line He keeps it in the river, not far He has some good oars, too. He keeps the oars at the house. His home is near the river. He likes to row up and down the Sometimes little May goes out in The water is not deep, and the John takes the oars, and May sits Sometimes each takes an oar. Then John has a hook and line. But Shall I tell you why? He knows that May does not like oa oars boat road oa ________________ REVIEW. Here are all the boys coming up Each boy has a hook and a line, I think they are going to get into Can you tell which of these boys They will get in the boat and row When they get to a deep place they I wonder if any of the fish will come ________________ Little Robin Redbreast has a nest If you listen any time in the day, On warm days he likes to sit in the He can see the busy bees when they He sees the green apples about him, At night he can look up from his Sometimes the Pussy Cat comes She sits under the tree and wishes Do you know why she wants the ________________ One day Henry went out to the field He sat down by a tree and said, "Thank you, my little boy," said his "I should like to plant some corn. "I will give you four cents a day ________________ saw made yet float put sail "What is that?" said Rose as she She saw Frank at work under "It is a little boat, Rose," said Frank. "Oh, I think it is very pretty. Where "I made it, Rose. I made it all." "How glad I am that you made it! "I think so. All it wants now is the "How I should like to see it sail! "Not yet; but I will take it to her Then, if she will let us, we will take Soon Frank and Rose were on their She will let her doll sail in it. e her were under river water er wind blow feel face "Listen, mother, do you hear that?" "Yes, Henry, it is the wind. We can hear it blow about the If you should go out of the house, "See how it blows the leaves about! ou out about house how ow ________________ summer bloom soft make Do you know when summer comes? When summer comes the days are Green leaves are on the trees. Flowers bloom in the woods and The wind blows soft; the sky is In the summer the corn grows tall I like the summer time very much. ________________ wake sleep long meadow I wish my baby doll would wake. Do not sleep so long. It is morning, and all good little Oh, baby, what a care you are! Will you not wake up? I do not know of any doll that Now jump up, and see what a bright Do you wish to know where I have Shall I tell you what we saw? Well, we saw birds and bees and Then we went to the river and a care where there e ________________ sheep asleep horn no cry Little Boy Blue, [Caption to illustration of children playing with beetles.] ________________ cold turn begin brown over gold What will come when summer is Oh, I can tell you. After the When fall comes, the days begin Then the leaves fall from the trees. Some of the leaves turn red, some In the fall we have ripe apples to All the children are glad when fall Play time is over, and school begins. ________________ rain stay grass fresh "I wish, mother, you would tell me "Does it come from the sky? "Are the leaves and the flowers and This is what Lucy asked her mother "The rain makes the grass look "The corn which we plant in the "But, mother," said Lucy, "I do not See how fast it rains! I shall have ________________ evening west clouds those fade It is evening, and the sun is about to Let us sit here on the soft grass Do you think there is any rain in Oh, no! Those are not rain clouds. See how pretty they are! Some of the clouds are red, and It is the light of the sun that makes Soon they will all fade away in the Soon it will be night, and the moon a fast ask grass a ________________ ship sea beach sand live shells Here are four little girls who live They have gone down to the They like to play in the sand. Sometimes their mother goes with They like to look at the ships as Do you think you would like to Sometimes these little girls find I think all children like to play ________________ only every use driver What does the man say? He says, "Good sweet apples, You can hear him as he goes The apples are in the wagon. The man walks in the road, behind His little dog rides in the wagon Is he not a funny driver? The horse does not go very fast. He knows that his driver can not "Oh, who wants to buy some ________________ just hand told town brother Do you know these three boys? The tall boy in the wagon is The boy on the horse is John Frank is a good driver. He sits Frank has a whip in his hand, Henry's little dog runs behind. Do you know where the boys are I think they are going to town. I wonder what they will buy in Henry says he will buy a book John wants to ride down to the Frank says they will not stay in ________________ {Missing pages 103 and 104] happy often ask bow arrow Robert The name of this little boy is He lives in a big town, and he Yet he is just as happy as Frank He lives in a tall house not far His father has a boat, and sometimes One day Robert saw a man with "How much do you ask for your "[Missing text] three cents each," said the Robert did not buy an arrow. Do you think he can use it? {Missing text] teacher says that he must ________________ What does the summer ________________ winter north ice snow brings short shiver When winter comes, the days are Then the cold north wind blows It blows over the meadow and It brings snow and ice. It makes our hands and faces All children are happy when winter They do not care if the north Sometimes the snow is so deep In the evening, they sit in the ________________ room window white story show It is very cold to day, but the The school room is warm and You can see them at their places They look out of the window and The teacher has been showing the The children look and listen. go ing com ing sing ing -ing ________________ clock minute call things Can you tell what time it The clock has a round face. It has two hands. We call the long hand the We call the short hand the hour How many hours are there in a If you listen, you can hear what the Our clock at school tells us many ________________ SONG OF THE CLOCK. Tick, tack, tick, tack, tick, tack, tick, tack, Little clock ________________ REVIEW. ship brown made sand meadow ________________ TO BE MEMORIZED. Children who may read my lay, The End |
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