Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-09-01

United States, the
Columbian Ortbggrabber;
Or, Firif Book for Children.
~ which the words are methodicalIy arran-
ged, nationally divided into lyllablesi and
accurately accented according 10 SAe be1 aa-
thorities. For the ule Of Schools.
BY JAMES PIKE.
vain.
Wnbof far eB!tnss lind Parental all,
Wit6out enhfV'ziog fms and genial J5ozprf,
4dna Better fran ~ bA5f in g4ia Sye bePe
2bs ts'Ser plant ye4y ts 5ieonliag bsad,
orJiAH tbe bl,sqR Pr0mJE il i. lprg.
AKENsIDE.
Pixies Spellng-Book contains one hundred
and hxty-eIght Pages-is printed with per-
teetly new type, and on a much better paper
than is ulua. TO print ichool books UPON
The price, which is lV6 per dozen and 20
cents Jingle, makes il the lowefl fchool book
IN the unieR.-The preface, which i here
iubloined, will thew the plan Of the author
and the various commentators which follow,
will Thew the aPprobatioM the book has alrea'
dy met with.
PREFACE.
THoUcH much has been done TO render the
acquliItion OF literature eaiy, yet there EVIL
IDENTIFY appears To be defect in the preient
mode Of initructing children, which, in no
lmall degree, impedes their advancement.
They are often made to commence the audy of
etymo !ogy, before they are well grounded in
the principles Of photography. This being
the cafe, 1t rarely happens, afterwards, that
they have reliih for the audy of the latter
and, Of courfe, never acquire a fufficient
knowledge Of it. But Jun photography and
pronunciation, however unimportant they
may appear TO fome, are acquiiitions 10 elen-
tial in icholar, that for the want OF them
nothing can atone.
To furnifh fchools, therefore, with a cheap,
but at the fame time complete, lpelling- book
of the Englifh language, by which the talk of
instructors IN teaching, and of children in
learning, will, IN fome degree be facilitated,
is the object the author has in view in COM
piling the following work.
II the attempt, many dictionaries have been
coniulted, and every exertloR made 10 render
it as accurate as poihble.
Fables, grammar, &c Of which other books
of this kind now ID ule, principally con6a,
arc excluded from this, as improper, and not
belonging to lpelling-book
Formerly, when fchools were deficient in
books in the various branches necefary to be
taught, il was leis culpabIe to crowd a lpelling
book with fucA variety Of matter but at
the prclent, when almoft every fpecies Of
learning has been separately and amply dilcul-
ed, il would be quite objectionable.
haen
put book, containing fuch mixture of mat
ter, into the hands Of children totally unac-
quainted with the rudiments fpelling Have
they not deitroyed many luch books, before
they could be made to comprehend what one
Of them contained This experience has
amply demonstrated.
Moreover, to put book into the hands Of
children, containing more than they can un-
deritand, ierves rather to blunt, than to excite.
their ambition for improvement. Not having
iuiiicient itrength of intellect to dive into the
principles, and fee The rcafon Of things, they
grow discouraged, take dilreLih 10 Rudy.
and at length hate it.
The words OF QUINrIIIAN are worthy of
obiervation-Greai care, lays he, nEs ke tat,a.
fbat toe aIitd. 7pbo cannot yet Lore fuzzy, ouls nst
bate ~ and that TIE dgEe be led once .aksa, uirtt
H'' dfff" b'm n more aS0sHse< years
To iniure luccefs to ;nllruGtors, il IS evident
what they teach ihould be rendered as eafy
and pleahng as ponibe. For this purpole. the
words are arranged in the NOT natural and
confident order, to lead young minds, grad
ually, from that which i. ealy to that which
is difficult.
10 enable children to keep their places in
the book, with more cafe, while reading in a
clais, each column is feparated into four d.
vihons; and by permitting child to read
one It time, the talk Of inltructors will be
greatly alleviated.
The Author would obfcrve, that notwith.
Handing the monofyIlabIes have the character
iinc types affixed 10 them, oy which their
true pronunciation is difcovered, il will he
needless to endeavor to explain the Kew 70
children, till after they have gone througb
them; but ;hen it will be a5folutely necena.
ry; and, with little aiIiitance, thew will
readily comprehend it.
ne would further remark, that caufing chill.
dren 70 fpcll the words, fri IL the book. ma
KING them itrictIy obferve the proper diriEDp
OF the fyllables, ard then putting the Fame
words &c them TO be fpelled aut Of the book $.