The Portland gazette., 1818-12-15

Perry's New and Improved
Spelling Books.
NOW IN THE PRESS.
.4ad II a fesy 0eeks zgU be Published,
BY ISAIAH THOMAS, Jun.
No 6, Marlborough Street, Boston,
rTYHE ONLY SURE GUIDE TO THE
L ENGLISH TONGUE, or Perry's New Pro-
aouncing Speiisag Book. Revised, corrected, and
conformed to his late synonymous, chronological &
Pronouncing English Dictionary, published in En-
gland, dnder his own immediate inspection.
10 sVhtct as added, a collection Of
MORAL LESSONS AND FABLES
Fer the Instruction Of Youth.
WITH AN APPENDIX,
Containing CONFLICTS LIST of those WORDS
in the EagIish Language, which though written
differently have similarity of Sounds; with many
other valuable articles, calculated 70 make Youth.
early acquainted with the ESGLIsH LANGUAGE.
TO preceptors and Instructors Of Youth throughout
the United States.
THE great and distinguished favour which
has been long and uniformly shown 10 Perry's Pro-
nouncing Spelling Book since its first appearance
in this country fully evinces its excellence, and
has given ii high rank in the Est of elementary
cassck books.
If it be- asked, Why is innovation attempted in
a work Of this character our answer is, that. how
ever great its value it was obviously susceptible of
important Improvements more especially in lis pro-
nunciation, which in some points unquestonably
differed from the established practise of New-Ea-
gland and ofthe United States.
In this part the alterations are such and such
only, as were necessary to conform it TO Mr.. Per-
ry's own new system, lately presented to the pub
lick in his Synonymous, chronological and Pr0n0atac
ing DICTIONARY work exhibiting the re-
suit of Iaborous and critical investigation of the
principles of the English Language, and of the
most careful attention to its pronunciation, accor-
ding to the present practice of men of letters emf
nert orators and polite speakers In the metropolis
OF Great Britain.
Corrections on this plan, instead of being liable
TO the charge of uniustifable innovation, con-
slider to be important and necessary. We owe
them to the author ; we owe them to the pubck,
who have SO literally patroniged the numerous ed
itors of the work which we have heretofore pub
lished.
PERRY's mode Of pointing out the true and
uniform system of pronunciation by the old char
Hcteristcal types, rs unquestIonaby tnS best ever
introduced, and has now become too firmly estab-
lished to be ever overthrown by the visionary plans
of those would be authors of modern date. The
system has stood the test of more than half Gen.
tury, and has trumphed over the combined oppo-
stion ofignorance and prejudice. We therefore
entertain confident persuasion that the best pro-
nuncaton ofthe English language, as spoken in
our own country and Great Britain, will be found
TO be more correctly and truly exhibited in this
book than IN any other work of the kind, and that
il cannot therefore fail 10 be extensively useful
n3@ We wish eUery to eraYnine 1t, and TO decide
on hs merits for himself &c We feel persuaded
thst on a critical examination, the typography
will be fonud correct and superior to any thing of
theIkind in the United States, No pains ex-
pense has been spared to render it handsome, and
every way deserving of publick patronage.
ISAIAH THOMAS, JUN.
nPBookselsrs will be supplied by the Thou-
sand or single Hundred on the most liberal terms.
The right Of publishing and vending tie work in
the Southern States, will be disposed of on very
reasonable terms. and theIype and Cuts furnished
complete ifwanted.
BosroN, Aug %, 1918.