GARDNER & SHARPE'S SERIES OF HOME LESSON BOOKS.

THE COMPREHENSIVE

HOME LESSON BOOK,

IN SIX PARTS,

CONTAINING LESSONS IN

HOLY SCRIPTURE, ARITHMETIC, SPELLING,
GRAMMAR, GEOGRAPHY, AND HISTORY.

BY

WILLIAM GARDNER,

HEAD MASTER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S SCHOOL, LIVERPOOL

AND

T. T. SHARPE,

HEAD MASTER OF ST. JUDE'S NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SCHOOLS, LIVERPOOL.

PART I.

INTENDED FOR STANDARD I.

NEW CODE.

LONDON:

THE EDUCATIONAL TRAD. CO., 9 & 10, ST. BRIDE'S AVENUE, FLEET ST.
GEORGE PHILIP & SON, 32, FLEET STREET.
LIVERPOOL: PHILIP, SON, & NEPHEW.

BIRMINGHAM AND BRISTOL: THE EDUCATIONAL TRADING CO.
MANCHESTER: JOHN HEYWOOD.

1871.

PREFACE.

THIS little work is submitted to the public in the hope that it will meet with the same kind welcome which has been given to Parts III. and IV.

Owing to the difficulty of finding suitable matter for Home Lessons, the lower classes in most schools are left without them; but it is hoped that the present little work will be found to contain a series of lessons of such simplicity and usefulness, that this obstacle will be entirely removel.

No pains have been spared to make the matter it contains suitable for the young scholars for whom it is in tended.

The Scripture lessons are very short and simple.

In the Arithmetic the scholar is taken as far as Simple Multiplication, in order to test his knowledge of the Multiplication Table. Notation and Numeration have been gradually introduced.

In the lessons for transcription an effort is made to combine the practice of writing with the acquisition of useful information respecting common objects.

The Spelling lessons consist of words in daily use, in the spelling of which children make many mistakes.

Each lesson is well defined in length and matter, and is intended to be repeated or shown on the morning of the day which stands in the margin.

Monday.

LEARN

FIRST WEEK.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.Matt. xi. 28-30.

The horse is a noble animal, and of great use to mar. He draws heavy loads, helps to plough the fields and sow the corn; and when it is ripe, he helps to reap it and carry it to the barn. He will carry his master on his back, and draw him in his carriage. He can also run very fast. A good race-horse can run a mile in a little more than a minute. His food is grass, hay, and oats, and the house in which he is kept is called a stable.