The English Spelling-Book (Cambridge Library Collection - Education) - Softcover

Mavor, William Fordyce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110806695X ISBN 13: 9781108066952

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2014

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A clergyman and prolific author, William Fordyce Mavor (1758–1837) first published this hugely popular work in 1801. Reissued here is the corrected and improved 1843 edition. Intended to 'sow the seeds of useful learning', it is both a reading primer and a compendium of general knowledge.

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Variously a teacher, clergyman and town mayor, William Fordyce Mavor (1758–1837) wrote prolifically on a range of literary, historical and educational topics. This work, first published in 1801 and reissued here in a corrected and improved edition of 1843, is Mavor's most famous. Intended to 'sow the seeds of useful learning', it is both a reading primer and a compendium of general knowledge. Beginning with the alphabet, with each letter illustrated by the delightful wood engravings of Thomas Bewick, the book presents vocabulary of increasing complexity together with simple and amusing stories for reading practice, as well as guidance on spelling and grammar. General knowledge is addressed through sections on such topics as weights and measures, geography, key dates in history, and the solar system. So successful was the work that it ran to 500 editions, had sold more than 2 million copies by 1823, and was translated into Hindi and French.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 110806695X
• ISBN 13: 9781108066952
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 174