unimpeded by too sudden a change, or the unexpec pearance of some hard word, will be apt to lose that d which many of them now feel, in learning the first e of literature. It will be observed from the present work, that the has confined himself to writing a Spelling Book of to such subjects as it properly includes; namely, I Spelling Book, and Reader. Formerly it might hav needful to introduce a variety of other matter into its but at the present day, Grammars, Geographies, Cated &c., are so numerous, and to be obtained at such mo prices, that it would be imposing an unfair tax upor learners, by adding to the cost of their First Bo countenance any longer an excrescence with which a n Spelling Book has nothing to do; as infants, and s require a book of this kind, do not in general learn branches, or need not do so, from a Spelling Book. The Author has, however, in the course of this pointed out the proper books for studying those subject having written them purposely for preparatory instruct January, 1850. THE Spelling Task should be read over many times b child, before the Reading Lesson which follows it be attem Each Reading Lesson should be repeated till it can be off with tolerable ease, before entering upon the next o In teaching children to read, no plan is worse than h ing them with too much rapidity from one lesson to and and before that which precedes has been well learnt. lesson thoroughly known will greatly accelerate their pro through each that succeeds. Children love repetition. Y Z & SMALL LETTERS. a b c d e f g hi j k k l m n o p q r stuv W w x y z arnt. One ir progress on. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 THE ROMAN ALPHABET. ABCDEFGHIJK L OPQRSTUVWXY abcdefghijklm pqrstu v w x y z ITALIC. ABCDEFGHIJK NOPQRSTUVWX a b c d e f g h i j k l m p q r s t u v w x y z § ALPHABET PLACED PROMISCUOUSLY. DP BFG XML KQ N RZCIEJWSUOAT ihvjs qbdfclgmoea P twx uzy k OLD ENGLISH. ABCDEFGHIJ K L M N Q R S T U V W X Y Z abcdefghijklmnopqrstubb VOWELS-a e io uy DOUBLE LETTERS- ff fi flffi flæœ |