A plain, rational essay on English grammar
Subtitle: the main object of which is to point out a plain, rational, and permanent standard of pronunciation : to which is given a gamut or key, still more simple, plain, and easy than that given to music, pointing out the quantity and quality of every syllable and word, according to the present mode among polite scholars ...
By: this plan, hitherto unattempted, is respectfully inscribed to British and American ladies and gentlemen, whose generous criticism and assistance is humbly requested by their devoted humble servants, Duncan Mackintosh and his two daughters ...
Contributors: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Manning & Loring
Published: 1797
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: English language -- Pronunciation -- Early works to 1800.; English language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800.
Notes: Evans 32411
On t.p., author's name is marked with acute accents.
A companion work in French was printed in the same year under title: Essai raisonné sur la grammaire et le prononciation angloise.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-U⁴ W⁴ X-2F⁴.
Errata: [4] p. tipped in.
LC copy imperfect: 1 plate wanting.