Harlan Hoge Ballard

“ Use your whip, Fred, and make your pony go faster. Come up to me and we will have a race.
Well, here we go. Hurrah, hurrah! Go on, pony, as fast as you can, and we will catch Frank.
We are going faster now, Frank, and will pass you in the race. No, Fred, you can not pass me, for my pony can run faster than yours.
Well, we will see if he can.
LESSON XLVIII. READING REVIEW.
Who said play hide and seek?
I did, Frank.
Well, shut your eyes, Ned, while we go and hide. ”

“ Come, boys, what shall we do? Let us play hide and seek.
O yes! that will be fun for all of us. Who will shut his eyes? Ned, will you?
Yes, I will shut my eyes while you all go and hide.
Well, Ned, you stand by that tree.
Then Ned shut his eyes and the boys ran off to hide. Pretty soon Ned said, "Boys, are you all hid? Yes? Well, here I go. One, two, three, look out for me."
LESSON XLV. NEW WORDS.
The boys are all hid. Now I must try to find them. Ha! I spy you, Fred. You are in that box.
I spy you, Roy. You are under the hay.
I can not find Frank.
O there he is! I spy you, Frank. ”

“ Four soft paws has little kitty, Soft as silk, I know, And they caught the little mousie, Running to and fro.
SCRIPT EXERCISE.
LESSON LIII. READING REVIEW.
Mamma', did you see the kitty catch the little mousie in the barn?
Yes, kitty spied the mousie running to and fro.
I saw her pretty black eyes glow, and soon she caught the mousie in her paws.
What a pretty kitty she is! Her fur is like silk.
But look, mamma'! There is the man coming with his bear. May I go out to see him?
Yes, Fred, but Frank must go with you.
How well the bear stands up on his hind legs! ”

“ Ann likes Rover too. She saw Rover run off with the hat. Here, Rover, here! You are a bad dog! Why did you run off with the hat?
III.
Ho, ho! Look at the boys and girls. See them go down the hill, over the snow. Now they go back, up the hill.
IV.
They are out at play. They will not get hurt. How merry they are! Ann, I will give you a ride on my sled. We will have a race with Rover and see how fast we can run.
LESSON XXV SPELLING REVIEW. SCRIPT EXERCISE.
LESSON XXVI. NEW WORDS.
LESSON XXVII. NEW WORDS.
Now, Roy, you beat the drum, and we will march. ”

“ Fred, you must shut your eyes now, and stand by the tree while we hide.
I will, boys. You go and hide.
LESSON XLVI NEW WORDS.
Now, Ned, please do not put my kitty into the bath tub.
Yes, sister, I must give her a bath. Here is the bath tub with some nice warm water.
But, Ned, kitty will get sick if you put her into the water. She will take cold.
No, I will wrap her well in the big shawl, and then she can not take cold.
So Ned gave kitty a bath, and then put her into the nice warm shawl.
LESSON XLVII. NEW WORDS.
Hold on, Frank, you are going too fast. ”

“ That it should be free from superfluous line and flourish, and yet have grace and beauty. That it should be adapted for both copying and reading.
6th.--That the lessons should be largely "conversational in style," to cultivate flexibility of voice and to break up the dreary monotone so frequently heard among children.
7th.--That the lessons of a book of this grade should not average more than seven "new words." That all such words should appear at the commencement of lessons, and be familiar to the pupil. ”

“ May we give some to Ann?
Yes. She likes apples too.
LESSON XXX. READING REVIEW.
Boy, come down from that tree! Come away, and soon there will be little birds in the nest.
What a bad boy, to take the eggs of a bird!
Did you see the boys with the drum and gun, Ned?
Yes. I saw Roy beat his drum, rub-a-dub, rub-a-dub! I am glad the boys have a drum. It is fun to march, march, march.
Will you give me the apple you have in your hand, Ned? ”

“ That there must be variety as well as excellence, both in drawing and engraving. That well-known and famous artists must be secured, such as Harper, Fredericks, Church, Lippincott, Eytinge, White, Beard, Weldon, Thulstrup, Cary, Moser, Weaver, and Share ”