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2. The New England Primer

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter 1
Preface 7
Contents 11
1. The Early American Schools 15
2. The New England Primer 21
3. Nineteenth-Century Primers 35
4. Special Primers 43
5. Beginning of Readers 57
6. Following the Initial Readers 67
7. The McGuffey and Contemporary Readers 79
8. Grammars 93
9. Rhetorics and Foreign Language Books 110
10. Arithmetics 122
11. Spelling Books 148
12. Literature Texts 160
13. Elocution Manuals 168
14. Handwriting and Copybooks 177
15. School Histories 196
16. General Science Texts 212
17. Physiologies and Mental Science Texts 233
18. Geographies 245
19. Progress of Schoolbook Publishing 271
Bibliography 279
Index 301

History of American Schoolbooks

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter 1
Preface 7
Contents 11
1. The Early American Schools 15
2. The New England Primer 21
3. Nineteenth-Century Primers 35
4. Special Primers 43
5. Beginning of Readers 57
6. Following the Initial Readers 67
7. The McGuffey and Contemporary Readers 79
8. Grammars 93
9. Rhetorics and Foreign Language Books 110
10. Arithmetics 122
11. Spelling Books 148
12. Literature Texts 160
13. Elocution Manuals 168
14. Handwriting and Copybooks 177
15. School Histories 196
16. General Science Texts 212
17. Physiologies and Mental Science Texts 233
18. Geographies 245
19. Progress of Schoolbook Publishing 271
Bibliography 279
Index 301

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