Before revision: Cover – Leigh's Pronouncing Edition of Hillard's Primer In the late 1800s in the United States, basal reading schemes introduced Pronouncing Orthography as a simplified version of traditional English orthography to help children learn to read more quickly and easily .
After revision: Cover – Leigh's Pronouncing Edition of Hillard's Primer In 1864, Pronouncing Orthography was released; it became widely adopted by the United States public school system and incorporated into most basal reading schemes of the time as a simplified version of traditional English orthography to help children learn to read more quickly and easily .