Old-time schools and school-books . Has the dam a lamb?What is a dam ?What is a Iamb?Ann can catch thelamb by the ham. cram cramp dram damp ham camp sham scamp slam Iambs. Nag and Bags. A nag and some , holds the is a black the rags on Jacksback. snag bag brag rag rag-ged cags hag shag Jack tack tact act A Page. From Parsonss Analytical Spelling Book, 1836. Parsonss Analytical Spelling Book, Portland, Maine,1836, was decidedly more attractive in its makeup Q 226 Old-time Schools and School-books than most books of the period. It had a good dealof variety and sparkle, an


Old-time schools and school-books . Has the dam a lamb?What is a dam ?What is a Iamb?Ann can catch thelamb by the ham. cram cramp dram damp ham camp sham scamp slam Iambs. Nag and Bags. A nag and some , holds the is a black the rags on Jacksback. snag bag brag rag rag-ged cags hag shag Jack tack tact act A Page. From Parsonss Analytical Spelling Book, 1836. Parsonss Analytical Spelling Book, Portland, Maine,1836, was decidedly more attractive in its makeup Q 226 Old-time Schools and School-books than most books of the period. It had a good dealof variety and sparkle, and the author in enumer-ating its virtues in his preface says that with it Parents who have little skill in teaching can learntheir children to read, where there are no schools,and adults with little assistance can learn by them-selves. He does not begin the lessons with thealphabet as was usual in books of this sort. Instead,he requires the pupils to learn letters only to makeout definite words. The lessons start with a pic-ture of a rat, and the author directs the teacher to gather all the a, b, c, and a, b, ab scholars roundhim, and ask them, * What is the first


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