The child's instructer ; consisting of easy lessons for children, on subjects which are familiar to them, in language adapted to their capacities
By: by A teacher of little children in Philadelphia [Big John Ely]
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Printed and published by J.V. and L. Baldwin
Published: 1830
Place of publication: Bridgeport [Connecticut]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
Subjects: Education; English language; Juvenile literature; Homonyms
Other titles: Child's instructor.
Notes: Attributed to Ely by Evans. Ely was headmaster of a school in Philadelphia from about 1781 until 1801.

"Stereotyped by William Hagar and Co., New-York."

Includes a preface setting forth the author's principles of education, followed by proverbs, anecdotes, a list of homonyms, an alphabet rhyme and children's verse.

Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.