Spelling guide 1 THE AMERICAN SPELLING BOOK CONTAINING THE RUDIMENTS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES BY NOAH WEBSTER ESQ THE REVISED IMPRESSION WITH THE LATEST CORRECTIONS This edition of the American Spelling Book was

THE AMERICAN SPELLING BOOK CONTAINING THE RUDIMENTS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES BY NOAH WEBSTER ESQ THE REVISED IMPRESSION WITH THE LATEST CORRECTIONS This edition of the American Spelling Book was published in by Holbrook and Fessenden of Battleborough Vermont This ??Easy-to-Read No Frills ? typed edition was prepared by Donald L Potter Odessa TX - www donpotter net CPublisher ? s Preface to the Twenty-First Century Editon of Noah Webster ? s The American Spelling Book from Internet Publisher Donald L Potter This edition of The American Spelling Book was published in by Holbrook and Fessenden of Brattleborogh Vermont The woodcuts are by A Anderson ??Spelling-Book n A book for teaching children to spell and read ? De ?nition from Webster ? s American Dictionary of the English Language Mr Potter ?nished typing Noah Webster ? s The American Spelling Book except for personal and place names on February Latest revison June It is now available for free download from www donpotter net Courier New Font was used in order to keep the columns perfectly aligned This is impossible with Times New Roman The pages numbers do not correspond with the original edition due to the complications with formatting The purpose of this ??Easy-to-Read No-Frills Edition ? is entirely practical I believe parents and teachers will use these pages to teach young children to read and spell on advanced levels unheard of since the days of Noah Webster Note carefully that Webster considered long multi-syllabic words of four syllables to be EASY and taught them early but one syllable words with vowel digraphs and silent letters he considered DIFFICULT and taught them later Students who begin with Webster will be reading long words at least three years earlier than those beginning with modern phonics programs This will have a tremendous impact on student reading levels Webster also teaches long vowels at the end of syllables open syllables near the beginning of his program another feature largely neglected in most if not all modern phonics programs The main accent is typed in bold font to make it easier for younger students to better visualize the accented syllable This is a new feature added with the publication of this edition CPREFACE The American Spelling Book or ?rst Part of a Grammatical Institute of the English Language when ?rst published encountered an opposition which few new publications have sustained with success It however maintained its ground and its reputation has been gradually extended and established until it has become the principal elementary book in the United States In a great part of the northern States it is the only book of the kind used it is much used in the middle and southern States and its annual sales indicate a large and increasing demand Its merit is evidenced not only by this general use but by a remarkable fact that in many attempts made to rival it the compilers have all constructed their works

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