Excerpt from The English Spelling-Book: Accompanied by a Progressive Series of Easy and Familiar Lessons, Intended as an Introduction to a Correct Knowledge of the English Language The parts comprising elementary knowledge of con liar importance, and which should more especia ly be committed to memory at interrals before the-child is ten years old, are the three Spelling Tables of Proper Names in the Gill and following pages; the dcfi'hi tions of Artsand Sciences beginning in page 121 the list of Countries and their Chief Cities in page i196 and following ages to 130 the Pence, ' Multiplication, and other Tab es, 'at pages 145 and 146: and the defini tions oi'the Parts of Speech, with the short Syntax, in pages lsq and 141. In giving these articles as tasks, i' the Editor recommends that they should'always bedi vided into small portions, and on no occasion hematlc'of such length as to create fatigue or disgust. I/nxall the spelling-tables, the child's rogress will be far more 'apid If the words are call, over by thcl'utor; the methodgof obliging the child to repeat them by -rote(5) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
"In their tour round the British Isles (not round what was later understood by the phrase 'British Empire') the Middleton family and their tutor Mr. Franklin describe many of their experiences in letters."--Darton, cited below.