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The Youth's instructor in the English tongue: or, The art of spelling improved. [electronic resource] : Being a more plain, easy and regular method of teaching young children, with a greater variety of very useful collections than any other book of this kind and bigness extant. In three parts. The first, containing monosyllables, expressing the most natural and easy things to the apprehensions of the children; with common words, and Scripture names. The second, being an introduction more particularly for children of an higher class. The third, rules in arithmatick [sic], with forms of bills, bonds, releases, &c. very useful for all persons. The whole being intermix'd with variety of exercises in prose and verse, adapted to the capacities of children. For the use of schools. Collected from Dixon, Bailey, Owen, Strong, and Watts.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Kneeland, Daniel, 1725-1789, printer.
Kneeland, John, 1729-1795, printer.
Leverett, Thomas, 1730-1778, bookseller.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Orthography and spelling.
English language.
Arithmetic.
Genre:
Textbooks.
Juvenile literature -- 1760.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (149,[1]p. )
Other Title:
Youth's instructor in the English tongue
Place of Publication:
Boston : Printed by Daniel and John Kneeland, opposite to the prison in Queen-Street, for Thomas Leverett, in Cornhill, M.D.CC.LX. [1760]
Notes:
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Cited in:
Bristol, B2185
Shipton & Mooney, 41180
Alston, IV.348
English Short Title Catalog, W17814.
OCLC:
511038117

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