THE PRACTICAL SPELLER FOR LOWER GRADES DESIGNED TO PRESENT, AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE IN THE ORDER THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF SCHOOL-LIFE, WILL HAVE OCCASION TO USE IN THE STUDY OF READING, LANGUAGE, GEOGRA- PHY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND ARITHMETIC BY WILLIAM C. JACOBS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PHILADELPHIA AND VIRGINIA C. PIPER PRINCIPAL OF KANE SCHOOL, PHILADELPHIA BOSTON, U.S.A., AND LONDON The Athenæum Press 1900 Edue. T 759,00,4° NARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF GEORGE ARTHUR PLIMPTON COPYRIGHT, 1897 BY GINN & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PREFACE. DURING the last few years the educational world has been entertained by an animated discussion on the place and value of the spelling book. Although opinions, widely at variance and ably maintained, have been from time to time advanced, the controversy has rapidly resolved itself into a general acceptance of the principle that the spelling lesson of each day should include only such words as the learner has met with in his studies, or has had occasion to use in the conversation of that particular day. The spelling book, then, to be of value, must be graded in harmony with the other branches of study pursued by the pupil. In fact, strictly speaking, it cannot longer be regarded as a separate branch of study, but rather as a necessary adjunct of all studies. In conformity with this doctrine The Practical Speller has been especially designed to accompany The Cyr Readers (Primer, First, Second, and Third), Frye's Primary Geography, and Blaisdell's Child's Book of Health. It also devotes a section to the technical terms used in Prince's Arithmetic by Grades (Books I, II, III, and IV) and Tarbell's Lessons in Language (Book I). Although graded in harmony with the books named, The Practical Speller will be found well adapted to independent use. It does not aim to grade words by sound, by length, or by number of syllables, but rather by their commonness in the |