...fingers wet the letters fair " ; while Prior describes a more pleasing form of the same instrument : " To master John the English maid A hornbook gives of...gingerbread ; And that the child may learn the better, As he can name he eats the letter." The good dame, as she knits or sews or spins, listens to each child...

...the gingerbread hornbook, which seems once to have been a common baker's dainty. Of it Prior wrote : To Master John the English Maid A Hornbook gives of gingerbread ; And that the Child ma; learn the better Ae he can name, he eata the Letter. Hornbooks may be seen portrayed in pictures...

...for Mr. Eyres, oo : oo : 02 ". The Book of Days, ut ante. t Horn books were also made of gingerbread. To master John, the English maid A hornbook gives...gingerbread, And that the child may learn the better, ' ' As he can name, he eats the letter. „ Prior, Alma. Society some notion of the contents of the...

...the gingerbread hornbook, which seems once to have been a common baker's dainty. Of it Prior wrote : To Master John the English Maid A Hornbook gives of...gingerbread ; And that the Child may learn the better As he can name, he eats the Letter. Hornbooks may be seen portrayed in pictures by the German and Dutch...

...lines, which follow, are perhaps more familiar to the general reader than the foregoing quotations: "To Master John the English maid A horn-book gives...gingerbread; And, that the child may learn the better. As he can name, he eats the letter." The juveniles, it appears, had their hornbooks suspended from...

...hornbook, common enough in England, which must have proved eminently satisfactory to the student. " To master John the English maid A horn-book gives...gingerbread ; And that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter." To this day in England, at certain Fairs and in Kensington bake-shops,...

...way of all. Do you not remember the practice of our Forefathers ? " 'To Master John, the Chamber-maid A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread ; And, that the Child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the Letter.'" " Oh, how I used to wish," said Euphranor, " there had been any...

...gingerbread horn-books celebrated by Prior in his " Alma " :— "... Begin we in our children's reading, To Master John the English maid A horn-book gives of gingerbread, And that the child may eat the better, As he can name, he eats the letter." We must quit education for surroundings, as we...

...he may do so in the most Musical manner of all. Don't you know?" "To Master John, the Chamber-maid A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread ; And, that the Child may learn the better, As he can name he eats the Letter." (38) I only wish my poor Clown had such facilities — for anything...

...way of all. Do you not remember the practice of our Forefathers? 'To Master John, the Chamber-maid A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread; And, that the Child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the Letter.' "Oh, how I used to wish," said Euphranor, "there had been any...