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

Date

2016-01-25T15:47:34Z

en_US 2013-06

en_US 1999

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:47:34Z

Date Issued

en_US 1999

Abstract

en_US This is my fourth version of a Webster spelling book. It is a facsimile of the 1824 version and seems identical with that which I have listed under 1817/1823. The two work well together, since that book was worn and this book is fresh. As I wrote there, amid all the book's 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 9781557094698

en_US 9892 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76702

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Holbrook and Fessenden/Applewood Books

en_US Bedford, MA

Subject

en_US PE1144.W4 1999

en_US Spelling book

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole