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The Pennsylvania spelling-book, or Youth's friendly instructor and monitor [electronic resource] : on an easy plan, for exciting the attention, and facilitating the instruction of children and others, in spelling and reading; and acquainting them with the essential parts of orthography, pointing, &c. As also, training their minds to early sentiments of piety and virtue. More particularly calculated for the use of parents, guardians, and others, remote from schools; in the private tuition of their children, and illiterate domesticks, &c. Compiled by Anthony Benezet.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Orthography and spelling.
- English language.
- English language--Grammar.
- Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1780.
- Spellers.
- Readers.
- Grammars.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (136, 12 p. )
- Edition:
- The third edition, improved and enlarged.
- Other Title:
- Pennsylvania spelling-book, or Youth's friendly instructor and monitor
- Place of Publication:
- Providence (Rhode-Island) : Printed by Bennett Wheeler, for Caleb Greene, MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
- Notes:
- Edition statement transposed; precedes author statement on title page.
- "An essay towards the most easy introduction to the knowledge of the English grammar, compiled for the Pennsylvania spelling-book."--12 p. at end, attributed to Benezet in: Smith, Joseph. A descriptive catalogue of Friends' books.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 19398
- Alston, IV.731
- Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 904
- English Short Title Catalog, W18699.
- OCLC:
- 511047783
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