THE

COMMON SCHOOL MANUAL:

A

REGULAR AND CONNECTED COURSE

OF

ELEMENTARY STUDIES,

EMBRACING THE NECESSARY AND USEFUL BRANCHES OF A

COMMON EDUCATION.

IN FOUR PARTS.

COMPILED FROM THE LATEST AND MOST APPROVED
AUTHORS.

BY M. R. BARTLETT.

PART II.

UTICA:

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COMMON SCHOOL MANUAL.

CHAPTER 15.

SPELLING.

Easy words of Two Sylla-bles, accent on the first, Long sound

of the vowels.

1. Yonder comes a man with a poor, little lamb in his arms'. See him cover it with the skirt of his coat to keep it warm'. How the poor thing shakes with the cold! It wants its dam;-do hear it cry for her': But it cannot make her hear, for she is dead. Poor thing! I fear it will suffer.

2. Pray', good man, take that poor lamb to the house,' and to the fire; wrap it in a warm cloth', and give it some new, warm milk to drink'. Now it has lost its mother', and wants a nurse', you must act the part of a mother toward it', and nurse it; and you must let its life be of great value in your sight'.

3. It seems hard, indeed, for the lamb to lose its dam while so young, but it is the will of Him who does all things for the best of his vast family. No doubt he has ordered this to try your patience', furnish you with a work of love', and teach you a great lesson.`

ARITHMETIC.

DEF. Arithmetic is the art of computing by number; there are two primary rules by which all the operations may be performed; to wit: Addition and Subtraction.

ADDITION.-LESSON 3.

DEF. Addittion exhibits a method of putting two or more numbers together, and finding their amount.

RULE 1. Place the given numbers under each other, in such a way that units may stand under units,-tens, under tens, and hundreds, under hundreds,and so on,--and draw a line under the last number.

2. Begin at the units column, and add together, upward, all the figures in it, and place the amount, if less than ten, under that column.

3. If the amount be just ten, place a cypher under that column, and carry one to the next left hand column.

4. If more than ten, or two or more even tens, set down all there is over, and carry one for each even ten, to the next left hand column.

5. Proceed in this way through all the columns, and set down the full amount under the last.

PROOF. Add the columns downward, carrying in the same manner as in adding them upward, and if the two results then the work is right.

agree,

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.-LESSON 4.

Der. English Grammar exhibits the method of speaking and writing the English Language agreeably to its true idion, and the most approved usages.-The words of which the language is composed, may be classed under ten heads, called parts of speech.

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Remark.

I should regard this early introduction of the grammar of our language to the attention of the young pupil, as a capital error in the arrangement of the parts of the Common School Manual, were I not convinced that I have succeeded in stripping the subject of its learned and technical obscurity, and the consequent difficult, dry, and uninteresting dress in which it has generally appeared, and in rendering it simple, familiar, and inviting, and capable of being perfectly understood and correctly applied, by ordinary pupils of ten or twelve years of age.

In the leading principles of the language, I have followed Mr. Murray; not, however, because his system is unexceptionable, but because it is sufficient for all the purposes of teaching the language correctly; and, because, it is the only generally acknowledged system now in print. Besides,—it is no where prostituted to the base purpose of outraging common decency, by wantonly stabbing the reputation, and insulting the ashes of those who had previously dared to think or write on the same subject.

4. The time may come', good man', when this poor lamb will sport and play upon the green', and crop the tender grass', and the new blown rose`; when all its present pains and fears', will be lost in the pleasures of existence'; when its rich fleece of fine, soft wool', will amply repay you for your present care', and future labour',

5. From this poor lamb', you may rear a flock of thriving sheep', that shall one day whiten all your hills and fields', and fill your house with wool and your purse with gain'.

6. And yet', good man', should the lamb die', and go back', like its dam, to its mother earth', your duty will have been done; and your reward will be sure. All good deeds', soon or late', meet with a just return'. Your effort was