19th Century Schoolbooks Collection

19th Century Schoolbooks Collection

Author:	Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
Title:	The American spelling book: containing the rudiments of the English language : for the use of schools in the United States
Print source:	The American spelling book containing the rudiments of the English language : for the use of schools in the United States Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1809, c1804
Publication Info:	Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, Digital Research Library 2002
Availability:	This work is believed to be in the public domain with no known restrictions on access and use.
Subject terms:	Spellers.
URL:	http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=00acf7166m;view=toc;c=nietz

Contents

The American spelling book: containing the rudiments of the English language : for the use of schools in the United States

Analysis of Sounds in the English Language

Table II. Words of one syllable

Table IV. Easy words of two syllables, accented on the first

Table V. Easy words of two syllables, accented on the second

Table VI. Easy words of three syllables; the full accent on the first, and a weak accent on the third

Table VII. Easy words of three syllables, accented on the second

Table VIII. Easy words of three syllables, accented on the first and third // Table IX. Easy words of four syllables, the full accent on the first, and the half accent on the third.

Table X. Easy words of four syllables accented on the second

Table XI. Easy words of four syllables; the full accent on the third, and the half accent on the first

Table XII. Difficult and irregular Monosyllables

Monosyllables in Th

Table XIII. Lessons of easy words, to teach children to read and know their duty

Table XIV. Words of two syllables, accented on the first

Table XVI. Words of two syllables, accented on the second

Table XVII. Examples of words derived from their roots or primitives

Table XVIII. Familiar Lessons

Table XIX. Words of three syllables, the full accent on the first, and the half accent on the third

Table XXI. Words of three syllables, accented on the second

Table XXII. Words not exceeding three syllables, divided

Table XXIII. Words of four syllables, accented on the first

Table XXIV. Words of four syllables; the full accent on the second, and half accent on the fourth

Table XXVI. Words of five syllables; the full accent on the second, and half accent on the fourth // Table XXVII

Table XXVIII. Words of five syllables accented on the first and third

Table XXXI. Familiar Lessons

Fable I. Of the Boy that stole Apples

Table XXXII // Table XXXIII

Fable II. The Country Maid and her Milk Pail

Fable III. The Fox and the Swallow

Fable IV. The Cat and Rat

Fable V. The Fox and the Bramble

Fable VI. The Bear and the Two Friends

Fable VII. The Two Dogs

Fable VIII. The Partial Judge

Table XLI. The Boy that went to the Wood to look for Birds' Nests, when he should have gone to School

Table XLIV // Table XLV. The history of the Creation of the World.

Table XLVI. Examples of the formation of derivatives and compound words

Table XLVII. Irregular words, not comprised in the foregoing tables

Table XLVIII. The most usual Names of Men, accented

Table XLIX. Names of the principal Countries on the Eastern Continent, the adjective belonging to each, the name of the People, and the chief Town or City, accented

Table L. Chief Rivers on the Eastern Continents

Table LI. Names of Cities, Towns, Countries, Rivers, Mountains, Lakes, Islands, Bays, & c. in America

Table LII. Of Numbers

Table LIII. Words of the same sound, but different in spelling and signification

Table LIV. Of Abbreviations

Explanation of the Pauses and other Characters in Writing

Additional Lessons