The New-England Primer, Improved For the more easy attaining the true Reading of English, To Which is Added, The Assembly of Divines' Catechism, printed for Frederick Spencer, Middletown, Connecticut, 1814 — 72 pages — illustrated — measures: 3 1/4" x 3 15/16"

Contents:

• Great Letters
• Small Letters
• The Alphabet — Irregular
• Vowels
• Double Letters
• Easy Lessons for Children
• Words of Two Syllables
• Words of Three Syllables
• Words of Four Syllables
• Words of Five Syllables
• illustrated alphabet
• The Alphabet in Verse
• Hymn: "Almighty God, thy piercing eye strikes thro' the shades of night... "
• Minister John Rogers, wife and nine children martyred at Smithfield, 1554
• Some few days before his death, he wrote the following advice to his children
• Maxim
• The Shorter Catechism, Agreed upon by the Reverend Assembly of Divines at Westminster
• Some short and easy Questions
• A Dialogue between Christ, a Youth, and the Devil
• A Cradle Hymn, by Dr. Isaac Watts
• Verses for Children
• Questions and Answers out of the Holy Scriptures
• A short Prayer to be used every Morning
• A short Prayer to be used every Evening
• Hymn: "Behold the youth with ruddy cheeks..."
• The Lord's Prayer
• The Creed