Catalog

designed as a guide in the study of the orthography pronunciation and meaning of common English words

or The art of spelling improved Being a more plain easy and regular method of teaching young children with a greater variety of very useful collections than any other book of this kind and bigness extant In three parts The first containing monosyllables expressing the most natural and easy things to the apprehensions of children; with common words and Scripture names The second being an introduction more particularly for children of an higher class The third rules in arithmatick with forms of bills bonds releases etc very useful for all persons The whole being intermix'd with variety of exercises in prose and verse adapted to the capacities of children For the use of schools Collected from Dixon Bailey Owen Strong and Watts

ingenious misspellings that make surprising sense

the curious enthralling and extraordinary story of English spelling

Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution

our failed attempts to make English easier to spell

clear steps to easy reading and perfect spelling

remembering and understanding the 2136 standard characters

the worst alphabet book ever all the letters that misbehave and make words nearly impossible to pronounce

the worst read-aloud book ever a confusing collection of hilarious homonyms and sound-alike sentences