pret-ti-ly

Updated: May 27, 2025

The following stanza is copied from page 61 of the edition of 1844 to illustrate the method of presenting words: I like to see a lit-tle dog, And pat him on the head; So pret-ti-ly he wags his tail When-ev-er he is fed. The First Reader was mostly in words of one syllable.

Henry Hobart Vail - A History of the McGuffey Readers