 | Twice-told tales |  |
EMERSON'S SPELLING BOOKS.
1. THE NATIONAL SPELLING BOOK. This work, prepared by
B. D. Emerson, late Principal of the Adams Grammar School, Boston, is
used exclusively in the Boston and Philadelphia Public Schools, and is
extensively used in New England, New York, and the Southern and Western
States.
“The ingenious classification of the words, so as to mark accurately the sounds,
not only of the accented, but of the unaccented syllables; the conciseness and simplicity
of the Introduction and Key; the abundance and judicious arrangement of
the matter contained in the work, and its faithful mechanical execution, render it, in
our opinion, decidedly superior to any Spelling Book with which we are acquainted.”
JOHN FROST,
ABRAHAM ANDREWS,
CORNELIUS WALKER,
N. K. G. OLIVER,
CHARLES FOX,
WM. ADAMS,
BARNUM FIELD,
Masters in the Department of
Reading and Grammar in the
Public Schools of Boston.
“This Spelling Book bears every mark of having been compiled with strict reference
to the actual purposes of instruction. Great pains have evidently been taken to
render it highly superior in character, and worthy of becoming a National Work.”
Journal of Education.
“Having carefully examined a copy of the National Spelling Book, by B. D.
Emerson, I do not hesitate to say that, in my opinion, it is, beyond all comparison,
the best book of the kind with which I am acquainted.”
EBENEZER BAILEY,
Principal of the Young Ladies' High School, Boston.
“This Spelling Book is the result of the labors of a practical and popular teacher;
and, so far as I have the means of judging, it has the advantage when compared with
any other book of the kind that has ever been published, either in Great Britain or in
the United States.”
JOHN PIERPONT,
Compiler of the American First Class Book, National Reader, &c.
“The plan of the National Spelling Book is happily devised for the aid of school
teachers, and for the intellectual improvement of scholars. It is very desirable that
it be universally introduced. Send me a hundred to be introduced in this region.
Yours, &c.”
ANDREW YATES,
President of the Polytechnic Institution, Chittenango, New York.
“Having examined with some care the National Spelling Book, compiled by B. D.
Emerson, we cheerfully express our approbation of the work. We recommend the
work to the school committees, instructors, and others concerned in directing common
education throughout our country.”
B. B. WISNER, D. D., and WILLIAM JENKS, D. D., Boston.
JEREMIAH EVARTS, Cor. Sec. Am. Board of Com. for Foreign Missions.
FRANCIS WAYLAND, Jr., D. D., President Brown University.
B. F. FARNSWORTH, Academ. and Theolog. Inst., New Hampton, N. H.
Rev. S. C. LOVELAND, Reading, Vt., Author of a Greek and English Lexicon
of the New Testament.
DANIEL ADAMS, M. D., Author of the Scholar's Arithmetic, &c.
Rev. N. BOUTON, Concord, N. H. Rev. N. W. WILLIAMS, Do.
“We have examined Mr. B. D. Emerson's Spelling Book with care and satisfaction.
We think it contains improvements on initiatory books of the same class
heretofore used.”
LEVI HEDGE, LL. D., and SIDNEY WILLARD, A. M.,
Professors Harvard University.
“I must say, I like the National Spelling Book better than any other I ever saw;
and I have seen many.”
I. I. HITCHCOCK, Instructor, Baltimore.
“I think the National Spelling Book deserving of ample consideration, by teachers
and committees intrusted with the selection of school books.”
WALTER R. JOHNSON,
Principal of the High School, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia.
“In the most flattering recommendations of Emerson's Spelling Book we fully
concur, and we would cordially recommend it to our citizens as being, in our opinion,
better adapted for general use in our district schools than any other.”
L. COLEMAN, M. LAWRENCE, M. SHAW, School Com. of Belchertown.
It has likewise received the approbation of BENJA. A. GOULD, late Principal
of the Public Latin Grammar School, Boston—Capt. PARTRIDGE, Scientific and
Military Academy, Middletown—JOHN RICHARDSON, Leicester Academy—R. G.
PARKER, Roxbury.
2. THE INTRODUCTION TO THE NATIONAL SPELLING
BOOK; for the use of Primary Schools.
3. THE NEW NATIONAL SPELLING BOOK. This work may
properly be called a revised and improved version of the old National Spelling
Book (meaning that now in general use). The principal improvements
are as follows:—The k in such words as publick, frolick, and the u in such
words as honour, favour, &c., are omitted; the Key is rendered more simple;
and additional progressive reading lessons, illustrated by cuts, are introduced.
In its present popular form, it is believed to be better adapted to the wants of
the common schools of our country, than any other spelling book ever presented
to the public.
* * * “No book enjoys a greater or more justly deserved reputation than the
National Spelling Book, by B. D. Emerson, of which this work is a revision by the
original author, and it is evidently an improvement upon its predecessor.”
—Dover Gaz.
* * * * “This work is decidedly an improvement upon the former, by the
same author. The Key is more simple; the reading lessons are more judiciously
selected; and the arrangement is improved.”
Annals of Education.
| Twice-told tales | |