The American Spelling Book

Title

en_US The American Spelling Book

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Noah Webster, Esq.

Creator

en_US Webster, Noah See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T15:53:43Z

en_US 1993-06

en_US 1823

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:53:43Z

Date Issued

en_US 1817

Abstract

en_US Now here is a worn book! It has been well used and well eaten! Amid all its good things are eight fables on 83-98. New to me are The Boy That Stole Apples (83) and The Fox and the Bramble (92). The Cat and the Rat (90) is told in an unusual fashion that puts together hanging and rolling in flour, which are usually alternative ways of telling the story. Further, the cat is hanging to suggest that it has committed some misdemeanor. TB (94) adds an unusual agreement beforehand that the two would help each other if assaulted. Further stories: MM (85), The Fox and the Swallow (and flies, 87), The Two Dogs (96), and The Partial Judge (98). My favorite illustration is that of the apple-stealing boy sitting in the tree and refusing to come down (83). These fables are followed shortly by a history of the creation of the world. The grand total of the U.S. population (114) is given as 9.6 million.

Identifier

en_US 1490 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77061

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Published by Holbrook and Fessenden

en_US Brattleboro, VT

Subject

en_US PE1144.W4 1823 See all items with this value

en_US Spelling book See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole