A "new England Primer."

A short time ago there appeared an article in the Detroit Free Press stating that there were only two copies of the original edition of the "New England Primer" In the state and that they are víllued at $75 each. Justice Childs, of this city has one whieh has been handed down in his family for a number of generations. It is a small book about 2x3 inches in size and contains perhaps 40 pages. The cover is of board crudely protected by a leather outside covering. The illustratlons in the work look as if they had been chopped out of wood with an axe, but the letters are very distinct. The title page announces the book to be "The New England Primer, Or an Easy and Pleasant Guide to the Art of Reading, Adorned Cuts to which is added the Catechism. - New England: Printed for the BOOK SELLERS." It then starts out with the alphabet, the single and doublé vowels and consonants, one syllable words, two syllable words, and so on until the catechism is given. There is nothing in this primer about "This is a rat. Is the rat fat? No, the rat is not fat, but it will fat the cat. Seat, cat! Rats!" which the children of the present generation have to indulge in. It goes directly to work to teach moráis. It is a valuable keepsake and