The Classical English Spelling Book; in Which the Hitherto Difficult Art
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THE LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO m THE J. D. BARNETT TEXT-BOOK COLLECTION University of Western Ontario LIBRARY LONDON . CANADA Class L"X\QD\ — The following is from an eminent Professor in Mon; - real : I have looked carefully over the " Classical English Spelling- Book, by George G. Vasey," and can speak in the highest terms of the plan upon which it is constructed. To Teachers it will be invaluable; and even to those who are not directly engaged in teaching, it will be acceptable on account of the information connected with the origin of the words of our language which it contains. I shall do all I can to recommend it, and trust it may have a wide circulation. WM. HICKS. Professor, McGill Normal School. Montreal: January, 1860. : : ; LOVELL'S SERIES OF SCHOOL BOOKS. THE CLASSICAL ENGLISH SPELLING-BOOK; IN WHICH THE HITHERTO DIFFICULT ART OF ORTHOGRAPHY IS RENDERED EASY AND PLEASANT, AND SPEEDILY ACQUIRED. Comprising all tfjc important ViaoUWitixiis from ti^e ^nglo^Saion, t!je Hatin, anti tfje ©rerft AND SEVERAL HUNDRED EXERCISES IN DERIVATIONS AND IN VERBAL DISTINCTIONS. BY GEORGE G. YASEY. il[ontrtal PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY JOHN LOTELLj AND SOLD BY R. & A. MILLER; Toronto R. & A. MILLER, 87 YONGE STREET. 1 o ^ '-. Entered, according to the Act of the Provincial Parliament, ill the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty, by John Lovell, in the Office of the Registrar of the Province of Canada. ir%3 —: PEEPACE. Spelling is, doubtless, one of the most difficult arts which a child has to acquire ; and it must not be disguised from either parent or teacher, that this important art can not be attained but by diligent application and perseverance. This being the case, it is incumbent on the experienced teach- er, or other qualified person, to endeavor to lessen this difficulty, —to render the application attractive, and the perseverance less irksome. And this can only be done effectually by analysis and classification :—by a cai'cful and minvite analysis of the materials to be employed, namely words, and by a judicious classification or arrangment of these materials into genera and species ; beginning with the simplest and most elementary com- binations, and proceeding, by minute grades, to the most difficult compounds. This process has been attempted, with more or less success, by many former compilers ; but there is still a large and vmdefined margin for further improvement, and the present publication is the result of an earnest effort to occupy a portion of that mai^n. The English language, althbugh presenting greater eccentrici- ties (and consequently greatertlifficulties) in its orthographical department than perhaps any other language, is nevertheless susceptible of a well-marked division into two great classes : First, into those words which can be arranged into species, of which, when the sound of one is given, the sound of all the rest of that species is immediately known ; as in the following list bat ; Tl PREFACE. Second, Into those which cannot be reduced to any rule Buch as— shoe, once, ache, yacht, drachm, &c. The Introductory Lessons in Spellhig-Boolis have rarely been cases in a degree of simplicity simple enough ; and in those which has been attained in the first Exercises, these have been invariably succeeded by abrupt transitions to those of a difficult character. The method adopted on the present occasion, and which consti- tixtes the special feature of this Spelling-Book, is that of minutely analyzling and carefully classifying, according to their sounds, all the monosyllables in the English langimge. These monosyl- lables, so arranged, constitute the first series of lessons, com- mencing with the small and easy words of two or three letters, and proceeding, by the gentlest gradations, up to the longest and most difficult monosyllables. The orthographical difficulties of the child are thus reduced to the miniuium ; and the pupil, at the same time, becomes familiar with all the principal root-words in the language. When this step has been accomplished, the longest compound words will present no difficulty. A short experience of this method will demonstrate to the teacher, that it is unquestionably the greatest improvement which has yet been made in this department of Education ; as it enables the ]jupil to acquire a thorough knowledge of English orthography in half the usual time. The important departments of Synonymes, Homonymes, and Etymologies, have been treated at considerable length ; and the genera and species of each class have been displayed in such a distinct and orderly manner, as to afford the greatest possible facility to the progress of the student. GEORGE G. VASEY. PAET I. Containing all the Monosyllables in the English Language : beginning with the easiest,—words con- sisting of two letters ; and proceeding, by the simplest gradations, to the most difficult,—words consisting of eight letters. CLASS FIRST. MONOSYLLABLES OF TWO LETTERS. In these Spelling Exercises on the Monosyllables, it will be the Teacher's duty to explain the meaning of such useful or important words as are unknown to the pupils. 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CLASS THIRD. 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