The North American Spelling Book, Conformed to Worcester's Dictionary: With a Progressive Series of Easy Reading Lessons (Classic Reprint)

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The North American Spelling Book, as is stated on the title page, is conformed to Worcester's Dictionary, a work of superior merit and ac curacy, and extensively used in the United' States. By permission of Mr. Worcester, his system of notation has been applied to the spelling lessons in this book, and in preparing the work, it has been the compiler's object to adhere strictly to the principles of the Dictionary. In some instances, however, vowels in unaccented syllables have the mark of a distinct sound, which in the Dictionary are marked as obscure. The' marks for' the capitals C and G hard, and Th soft or flat, are changed for those used in Worcester's Universal and Critical Dictionary, a new and valuable work, in which the orthography and pronunciation of more than one hun dred thousand words are given with authorities in doubtful or disputed cases. It is designed to be a complete glossary to all English books that are now read.

With respect to the division of words into syllables, the Dictionary has not always been followed. The object of a Spelling Book is not the same as that of a Dictionary, and the words, therefore, have been divided in such a manner as seemed most likely to lead to a correct pronunciation.

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