The irish spelling-book : or, instruction for the reading of English, fitted for the youth of Ireland. In which are set forth many useful Observations in Spelling, Alterations, and Amendments in the Sounds of Letters, both Single and Double; Exact Formations of both Sorts by the several Organs of Voice;-A Discourse on Prosody: A large Chapter about various Quantities of Vowels, Change, and Loss of Letters and Syllables in Pronunciation;-Rules for the right Reading of Prose and Verse;-A new Method of Parsing, according to Orthography and Prosody;-A Method of Teaching, useful both to Scholars and their Teachers; -And many other necessary Things, interspersed in each Part of the Book.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Orthography and spelling--Early works to 1800.

English language.

English language--Pronunciation--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([8],v,[1],2-346[i.e.347],[2]p. )

Other Title:

Irish spelling-book

Place of Publication:

Dublin : printed by and for James Hoy, Printer and Bookseller, at the Sign of the Mercury in Skinner-Row, near the Tholsel, 1740.

Notes:

Reissued in 1743 as 'A new English grammar'.

With a final errata leaf.

Page no.115 used twice.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Alston, IV.422

English Short Title Catalog, T147348.

OCLC:

642449803