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class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New-England_Primer_Enlarged_printed_and_sold_by_Benjamin_Franklin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/New-England_Primer_Enlarged_printed_and_sold_by_Benjamin_Franklin.jpg/230px-New-England_Primer_Enlarged_printed_and_sold_by_Benjamin_Franklin.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/New-England_Primer_Enlarged_printed_and_sold_by_Benjamin_Franklin.jpg/345px-New-England_Primer_Enlarged_printed_and_sold_by_Benjamin_Franklin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/New-England_Primer_Enlarged_printed_and_sold_by_Benjamin_Franklin.jpg/460px-New-England_Primer_Enlarged_printed_and_sold_by_Benjamin_Franklin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1224" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><i>The New England Primer</i></figcaption></figure> <p> <i><b>The New England Primer</b></i> was the first <a href="/wiki/Reading_(process)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reading (process)">reading</a> <a href="/wiki/Primer_(textbook)" title="Primer (textbook)">primer</a> designed for the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_history_of_the_United_States" title="Colonial history of the United States">American colonies</a>. It became the most successful educational <a href="/wiki/Textbook" title="Textbook">textbook</a> published in 17th-century colonial United States and it became the foundation of most <a href="/wiki/History_of_education_in_the_United_States" title="History of education in the United States">schooling before the 1790s</a>. </p><p>In the 17th century, the schoolbooks in use had been Bibles brought over from England. By 1690, Boston publishers were reprinting the <i>English Protestant Tutor</i> under the title of <i>The New England Primer.</i> The <i>Primer</i> included additional material that made it widely popular with colonial schools until it was supplanted by <a href="/wiki/Noah_Webster" title="Noah Webster">Noah Webster</a>'s <i>Blue Back Speller</i> after 1790. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_England_Primer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The New England Primer</i> was first published between 1687 and 1690 by printer <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harris_(publisher)" title="Benjamin Harris (publisher)">Benjamin Harris</a>, who had come to <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> in 1686 to escape the brief Catholic ascendancy under <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">James II</a>. It was based largely upon <i>The Protestant Tutor</i>, which he had published in England,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was the first reading <a href="/wiki/Primer_(textbook)" title="Primer (textbook)">primer</a> designed for the American Colonies. </p><p>The selections in the New England Primer varied somewhat over time, although there was standard content for beginning reading instruction. Included were the alphabet, vowels, consonants, double letters, and syllabaries of two letters to six letter syllables. The 90-page work contained religious maxims, <a href="/wiki/Woodcut" title="Woodcut">woodcuts</a>, alphabetical assistants, acronyms, catechism answers, and moral lessons. The primer remained in print well into the 19th century and was even used until the 20th century. A reported 2 million copies were sold in the 18th century. No copies of editions before 1727 are known to survive; earlier editions are known only from publishers' and booksellers' advertisements. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theology">Theology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_England_Primer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Theology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many of its selections were drawn from the <a href="/wiki/Authorized_King_James_Version" class="mw-redirect" title="Authorized King James Version">King James Bible</a> and others were original. It embodied the dominant <a href="/wiki/Puritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Puritan">Puritan</a> attitude and <a href="/wiki/Worldview" title="Worldview">worldview</a> of the day. Among the topics discussed are respect to parental figures, sin, and salvation. Some versions contained the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Shorter_Catechism" title="Westminster Shorter Catechism">Westminster Shorter Catechism</a>; others contained <a href="/wiki/John_Cotton_(Puritan)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Cotton (Puritan)">John Cotton</a>'s shorter catechism, known as <i><a href="/wiki/Spiritual_Milk_for_Boston_Babes" title="Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes">Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes</a></i>; and some contained both. </p><p><a href="/wiki/David_H._Watters" title="David H. Watters">David H. Watters</a> argues that the <i>Primer</i> was built on rote memorization, the Puritans' distrust of uncontrolled speech, and their preoccupation with childhood depravity. By simplifying Calvinist theology the <i>Primer</i> enabled the Puritan child to define the "self" by relating his life to the authority of God and his parents.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emory Elliott argues that the <i>Primer</i> was part of the transformation that turned Puritans away from an angry and wrathful God the Father to the embrace of the gentle and loving Jesus Christ.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contents_of_the_Primer">Contents of the Primer</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_England_Primer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Contents of the Primer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two of the most famous example verses are as follows </p> <dl><dd><i><a href="/wiki/Now_I_Lay_Me_Down_To_Sleep" class="mw-redirect" title="Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep">Now I lay me down to sleep</a>,</i></dd> <dd><i>I <a href="/wiki/Pray_thee" class="mw-redirect" title="Pray thee">pray thee</a>, Lord, my soul to keep;</i></dd> <dd><i>If I should die before I wake,</i></dd> <dd><i>I pray thee, Lord, my soul to take.</i></dd></dl> <p>—1784 ed. </p> <dl><dd><i>In <a href="/wiki/The_Fall_of_Man" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fall of Man">Adam's Fall</a>,</i></dd> <dd><i>we sinned all.</i></dd></dl> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NewEnglandPrimerAtoM.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/NewEnglandPrimerAtoM.jpg" decoding="async" width="724" height="396" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="724" data-file-height="396" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NewEnglandPrimerNtoZ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/NewEnglandPrimerNtoZ.jpg" decoding="async" width="724" height="392" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="724" data-file-height="392" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <p>The text for L is alluded to in <a href="/wiki/Washington_Irving" title="Washington Irving">Washington Irving</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow" title="The Legend of Sleepy Hollow">The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</a></i>: . . . "like the lion bold, which whilom so magnanimously the lamb did hold" ... </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editions_and_reprints">Editions and reprints</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_England_Primer&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Editions and reprints"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been many reprints of <i>The New England Primer</i>. </p> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.archive.org/details/newenglandprimer00john"><i>The New England Primer: Twentieth Century Reprint</i></a>. Ginn & Company. 1901.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New+England+Primer%3A+Twentieth+Century+Reprint&rft.pub=Ginn+%26+Company&rft.date=1901&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnewenglandprimer00john&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+New+England+Primer" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>New England Primer: Improved for the More Easy Attaining the True Reading of English: To Which Is Added the Assembly of Divines, and <a href="/wiki/John_Cotton_(puritan)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Cotton (puritan)">Mr. Cotton's</a> Catechism</i>. Aledo, Texas: <a href="/wiki/WallBuilders" class="mw-redirect" title="WallBuilders">WallBuilders</a>. 1991. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-925279-17-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-925279-17-X"><bdi>0-925279-17-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+England+Primer%3A+Improved+for+the+More+Easy+Attaining+the+True+Reading+of+English%3A+To+Which+Is+Added+the+Assembly+of+Divines%2C+and+Mr.+Cotton%27s+Catechism&rft.place=Aledo%2C+Texas&rft.pub=WallBuilders&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=0-925279-17-X&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+New+England+Primer" class="Z3988"></span> (note that this is the 1777 edition.)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKlenk1996" class="citation book cs1">Klenk, Richard E. Sr. (1996). <i>New England Primer: A Family & Homeschool Textbook. The 1843 Updated Edition with Lesson Plan</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9648958-0-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-9648958-0-3"><bdi>0-9648958-0-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+England+Primer%3A+A+Family+%26+Homeschool+Textbook.+The+1843+Updated+Edition+with+Lesson+Plan&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=0-9648958-0-3&rft.aulast=Klenk&rft.aufirst=Richard+E.+Sr.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+New+England+Primer" class="Z3988"></span> (A book, orig. a prayer book, used in teaching children to read or spell; hence, an elementary textbook.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_England_Primer&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg/20px-Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg" decoding="async" width="20" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg/30px-Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg/41px-Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1115" data-file-height="1536" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Children%27s_literature" title="Portal:Children's literature">Children's literature portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Diploma_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Diploma_icon.png/28px-Diploma_icon.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Diploma_icon.png/42px-Diploma_icon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Diploma_icon.png/56px-Diploma_icon.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Education">Education portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_American_publishers_and_printers" title="Early American publishers and printers">Early American publishers and printers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alphabet_book" title="Alphabet book">Alphabet book</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basal_reader" title="Basal reader">Basal reader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornbook" title="Hornbook">Hornbook</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_England_Primer&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFort1899" class="citation book cs1">Fort, Paul Leicester (1899). <i>The New-England Primer</i>. New York.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New-England+Primer&rft.place=New+York&rft.date=1899&rft.aulast=Fort&rft.aufirst=Paul+Leicester&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+New+England+Primer" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMonaghan2005" class="citation book cs1">Monaghan, E. Jennifer (2005). <i>Learning to Read and Write in Colonial America</i>. University of Massachusetts Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55849-581-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55849-581-4"><bdi>978-1-55849-581-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Learning+to+Read+and+Write+in+Colonial+America&rft.pub=University+of+Massachusetts+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-1-55849-581-4&rft.aulast=Monaghan&rft.aufirst=E.+Jennifer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+New+England+Primer" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoberts2010" class="citation journal cs1">Roberts, Kyle B. (December 2010). "Rethinking The New-England Primer". <i>The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America</i>. <b>104</b> (4): <span class="nowrap">489–</span>523. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1086%2F680973">10.1086/680973</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-128X">0006-128X</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/680973">10.1086/680973</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Papers+of+the+Bibliographical+Society+of+America&rft.atitle=Rethinking+The+New-England+Primer&rft.volume=104&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E489-%3C%2Fspan%3E523&rft.date=2010-12&rft.issn=0006-128X&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F10.1086%2F680973%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1086%2F680973&rft.aulast=Roberts&rft.aufirst=Kyle+B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+New+England+Primer" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith2002" class="citation book cs1">Smith, Nila Banton (2002) [1934]. <i>American Reading Instruction</i>. International Reading Association. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87207-348-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87207-348-7"><bdi>978-0-87207-348-7</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/49976815">49976815</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=American+Reading+Instruction&rft.pub=International+Reading+Association&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F49976815&rft.isbn=978-0-87207-348-7&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Nila+Banton&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+New+England+Primer" class="Z3988"></span> (with prologue by Richard D. Robinson, epilogue by Norman A.Stahl, and history of reading since 1967 by P. David Pearson)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatters1985" class="citation journal cs1">Watters, David H. (December 1985). "<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'I Spake as a Child': Authority, Metaphor and the New England Primer". <i>Early American Literature</i>. <b>20</b> (3): <span class="nowrap">193–</span>213. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25055557">25055557</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Early+American+Literature&rft.atitle=%27I+Spake+as+a+Child%27%3A+Authority%2C+Metaphor+and+the+New+England+Primer&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E193-%3C%2Fspan%3E213&rft.date=1985-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F25055557%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Watters&rft.aufirst=David+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+New+England+Primer" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_England_Primer&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nyti.ms/4e3QoNX">"A Famous Book – "The New England Primer"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. November 14, 1897.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=A+Famous+Book+%E2%80%93+%22The+New+England+Primer&rft.date=1897-11-14&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnyti.ms%2F4e3QoNX&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+New+England+Primer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatters1985" class="citation journal cs1">Watters, David H. (December 1985). 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