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Familiar spelling book : being a new practical system for teaching English pronunciation and spelling with greater despatch, and less fatigue to both instructor and pupil, than by the usual method : designed for the use of English schools and families in any part of the world

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1825.
Call number: 656390
Creator: Torrey, Jesse (active 1787-1834)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005 This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, which was donated to The Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress.
Dimensions: 18 cm (12mo)
Associated people: Last, Jay T., (1792-1864,); Grigg, John, (1798?-1834,); Bason, William P.,
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Familiar spelling book : being a new practical system for teaching English pronunciation and spelling with greater despatch, and less fatigue to both instructor and pupil, than by the usual method : designed for the use of English schools and families in any part of the world

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A standard spelling book, or, The scholar's guide to an accurate pronunciation of the English language : accompanied with easy, familiar and progressive reading lessons. Designed as an introduction to the use of Walker's critical pronouncing dictionary of the English language