Kuoyü primer : Progressive studies in the Chinese national language = Ying-Hua hebi 英華合璧 / by R. H. Mathews.
Title in Chinese characters on t.p.
"The series of progressive studies in the Chinese national language or Kuoyü, is a successor to the well-known Mandarin primer by F.W. Baller, which is now out of print. The general arrangement follows that of its predecessor."—Pref.
Title: Progressive studies in the Chinese national language.
Title also in Chinese: Ying-Hua hebi 英華合璧.

Lessons in elementary Wen-li = Huawen shiyi 華文釋義 / by F.W. Baller.
"Prepared for the China Inland Mission"--t.p.

Local access dig.pdf. [Baller-Elementary Wen-li.pdf]
Available online in ATLA Historical Monographs series 2.
See also Internet Archive (1912 ed.)

Topics: Duty and subordination, clan relationships and harmony, keeping the peace, farming and mulberry culture, thrift and economy, schools and academies, heretical sects, laws and penalties, courteousness, abiding in ones vocation, education of the young, prevention of false accusations, sheltering deserters, payment of taxes, wards and tithings, making up quarrels.

".... originally sixteen maxims of the Emperor Kang-hsi, each containing words issued as a Hortatory Edict in 1670. In 1724 Yong-cheng republished the Edict in an enlarged form. Wang-iu-puh...rendered this Exposition into colloquial..."--p. iii.

Includes index.

Topics: Duty and subordination, clan relationships and harmony, keeping the peace, farming and mulberry culture, thrift and economy, schools and academies, heretical sects, laws and penalties, courteousness, abiding in one's vocation, education of the young, prevention of false accusations, sheltering deserters, payment of taxes, wards and tithings, making up quarrels.