The Elementary Spelling Book Being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book

From the Publisher The Webster Spelling book, commonly called the "Blue-Backed Speller," was originally published in 1788, revised as "The American Spelling Book" in 1829, and revised by Webster again in 1841 as "The Elementary Spelling Book." For over a century this book has provided America with a standardize system of spelling, grammar and word usage. The book thus became the "National Standard" in education, with over 100 million copies sold. This revised Elementary Spelling Book contains: * 152 Spelling and Reading Lessons graduated from elementary to advanced word usage. * A complete analysis of letter and word usage. * Keys to pronunciation -- with use of accents, vowels, consonants, syllables, silent letters, and pronunciation symbols. * Covers use of adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs, marks of punctuation, prefixes, capitalization, abbreviations, and numbers. * Explains words of irregular orthography and words difficult to spell. * Contains seven fables that teach a moral lesson. The "Elementary Spelling Book" is an ideal tool for home education, personal tutoring, private schools, or just to supplement public education. This edition of Webster's Spelling Book is a reprint of an 1866 edition, but the type has been enlarged and many portions have been re-typeset in modern type. It has a plastic spiral binding which allows the book to lay flat making it easier for children to use and read. The Elementary Spelling Book is proof that the education of the past was of a higher quality and taught moral principles which are absent from schools today.