The only sure guide to the English tongue, or, Perry's new pronouncing spelling book : revised, corrected, and conformed to his late synonymous, etymological and pronouncing English dictionary, published in England under his own immediate inspection ; to which is added a collection of moral lessons and fables, for the instruction of youth : with an appendix, containing a complete list of those words in the English language, which, though written differently, have a similarity of sounds; with many other valuable articles, calculated to make youth early acquainted with the English language.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, William, 1747-1808.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Pronunciation.

English language.

English language--Orthography and spelling.

English language--Grammar.

Penn Provenance:

Woody, Thomas, 1891-1960 (bookplate)

Physical Description:

156 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm

Edition:

New improved edition, carefully corrected.

Other Title:

Only sure guide to the English tongue

Perry's new pronouncing spelling book

Place of Publication:

Worcester, (Mass.) : published by Isaiah Thomas sold, wholesale and retail, by G.A. Trumbull, in Worcester, and by the principal booksellers in the United States, 1820.

Notes:

Edition statement at head of title.

Wove paper.

Frontispiece pasted down to the inside front cover and has at head Thomas's improved edition.

Advertisement on p. [v]-vi signed by Isaiah Thomas and dated October 1, 1818.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of Thomas Woody.

Cited in:

Shaw and Shoemaker, 2728

OCLC:

249396444