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Language and languages - Orthography and spelling - Early works to 1800

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    This day is published, Improved Latin orthography. Phædrus; or, Phaidros' fables, in Latin, adapted to The Use of Learners and others, by some Change in the Spelling, together with additional Vowel Characters and Marks; formed on The Greek Model, compared with the Ancient Latin, &c. vide Preface; expressing Not only the Quantities, but distinguishing the Acceptations and Senses of Words in a far clearer and shorter Mode than the Common. being Volume the First of the latin authors; which all Are intended by the Editor to be published successively in said Manner. scriptois addere lucem, &c. By S. B. A.B.

    | Date: [1784?]
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    The salisbury Spelling-Book, for the use of Sunday Schools; with historical and moral extracts from the New Testament, and prayers for children of different ages at Sunday Schools.

    | Date: 1786
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    A sure guide for all youth. Consisting of three parts: I. Seven gradations of spelling and reading. II. Of the Creation, Fall of Man, and his Recovery. III. Miscellaneous; useful and good both for Master and Scholar. Abstracted entirely from the holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. By Edward Dearle, Schoolmaster, Golden-Lane.

    Dearle, Edward. | Date: [1791]
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