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The English Spelling-Book
Contributor(s): Mavor, William Fordyce (Author)

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 ISBN: 110806695X     ISBN-13: 9781108066952
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $32.29  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2013
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Dewey: 370.1
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Education
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (0.50 lbs) 174 pages
Features: Illustrated
 
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Publisher Description:
Variously a teacher, clergyman and town mayor, William Fordyce Mavor (1758-1837) wrote prolifically on a range of literary, historical and educational topics. This work, first published in 1801 and reissued here in a corrected and improved edition of 1843, is Mavor's most famous. Intended to 'sow the seeds of useful learning', it is both a reading primer and a compendium of general knowledge. Beginning with the alphabet, with each letter illustrated by the delightful wood engravings of Thomas Bewick, the book presents vocabulary of increasing complexity together with simple and amusing stories for reading practice, as well as guidance on spelling and grammar. General knowledge is addressed through sections on such topics as weights and measures, geography, key dates in history, and the solar system. So successful was the work that it ran to 500 editions, had sold more than 2 million copies by 1823, and was translated into Hindi and French.
 
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