An introduction to spelling and reading English. Being the most plain and easy method of teaching young children to read. Containing, I. Tables of Monosyllables, adapted to the Capacity of the Youngest Children; leading them on gradually from the easiest, to the more difficult, and so to the hardest Words. II. Tables of Dissyllables, after the same Manner: And, III. Tables of Trissyllables, with their proper Division and Accent. To which are added, One Hundred and Sixty Lessons in Words, of One, Two and Three Syllables; ranged in proper Order, by Way of Praxis, on the several Tables. And a short catechetical discourse, explaining the rules for spelling, pointing, &c. Recommended by many School-Masters, under their Hands, as the most Practical Performance of this Kind. The twenty-second edition. To which is added, a treatise on the arts of writing and arithmetick; with a Specimen of the Hands now in Use: Engraved by Mr. Bickham, Senior. Also Six Familiar Fables adorn'd with proper Sculptur

People / Organizations

• Stanley Crowder ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for B. Dod, at the Bible and Key, in Ave Mary Lane; and S. Crowder, at the Looking-Glass, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLXIV. [1764]

Publication year

1764

ESTC No.

T90474

Grub Street ID

310331

Description

168p.,plate : ill.,port ; 12°.

Note

The end flyleaf and paste-down contain engraved examples of writing.