The child's companion; : being a concise spelling-book; : containing a selection of words, in modern use, properly arranged, and divided in such a manner, as will most naturally lead the learner to a right pronunciation: : together with a variety of lessons for reading, &c. : designed for the use of schools. / By Caleb Bingham, A.M. author of The young lady's accidence, American preceptor, &c. ; [One line of quotation] ; Published according to act of Congress.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Bingham, Caleb, 1757-1817.

Series:

• Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 8031.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• English language--Orthography and spelling.
• English language--Grammar.
• English language--Pronunciation.
• English language--Provincialisms--New England.
• English language--Provincialisms.
• New England.

Genre:

• Juvenile literature -- 1805.
• Spellers.
• Readers.
• Dialogues.
• Fables -- 1804.

Physical Description:

84 pages : illustrations

Edition:

The eleventh edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Printed by Manning & Loring, for the author; and sold by him, no. 44, Cornhill., 1805.

System Details:

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• text file

Notes:

• Edition statement transposed; precedes "Published according to act of Congress." on title page.
• "Appendix. Improprieties in pronunciation, common among the people of New-England."--p. 73-77.
• "Appendix. Some of the most common grammatical improprieties, corrected."--p. 78-84.
• Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 8031).

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