wf 2 2 ACE 
ofa child, ‘eonfiting of fhort feniehées, and 
familiar and “obvious expreffions. 
The generic characters do not, perhaps, — 
come under this defcription; they are for . 
that reafon printed with a different type, 
and will be eafily diftinguifhed: yet a re- 
gard to fyftem, and the purpofe of inflruc- 
tion, render them neceflary, It thould alfo 
_ be remember’d, that thefe terms are the 
| names of vilible objedts, and therefore the 
more eafily acquired by children: the cafe 
is widely different with thofe words which 
are intended to exprels abftraét ideas, be- 
— caufe there the ideas themfelves are ot 
within the comprehenfion of a child. © It 
may be further obferved, that, in order to 
facilitate the acquirement of any {cience, it — 
1S effential to learn the terms which are. 
generally employed by thofe who write 
upon it. 
This little compilat ion was made for the - 
| children of a particular family: and it is 
, much at the fervice of others, who may 
_ approve the plan, and incline to adopt it, 
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