Excerpt from Elson-Runkel Primer In consequence, real stories, rich in dramatic action, have been chosen - stories which make use of the child's curiosity in what is going to happen next - stories which have a plot, a series of incidents, and an outcome; hence the child gets some where with his reading. The story element has been unfolded in such a way as to make each page a distinct unit. The primer lessons presuppose that the teacher has first told the children the fuller stories, as given in the Teachers' Manual which accompanies this book. While these oral stories will add greatly to the children's content and interest, nevertheless, the stories in the primer are complete units in themselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.