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REVISED ECLECTIC SPELLING 17 cents Special features a: the standard system of diacritical marks, standard orthography, pronunciation and syllabication, dictation exercises, words often mispronounced, lessons in synonymous and homophonous words, lessons in proper names, abbreviations, American and foreign geographical names. McGUFFEY'S ALTERNATE SPELLING BOOK, 12 cents This book employs chiefly root words and words in every-day use. Language lessons of various kinds are introduced. METCALF'S SPELLING AND LANGUAGE Prepared to meet the increasing demand for a speller written in harmony with the present methods of teaching. Every-day words in every-day English has been the motto of the author, his belief being that unusual and unfamiliar words can best be referred to in the dictionaries, where they are more fully treated than would be possible in the limits of a text-book. NATURAL SPELLER AND WORD BOOK. Printed in red and black, illustrated 20 cents Most words present some special difficulty in spelling by reason of a peculiar combination of letters. In the lower sections such parts of the words have been printed in red, so as to make a vivid and lasting impression on the mind. Some of the special features are the dictation exercises, lessons in etymology, script letters, which teach letter-writing, lessons on diacritical marks, synonyms and homonyms. The quotations used to illustrate the homonyms are all from well-known authors. NORTHEND'S DICTATION EXERCISES • 40 cents Embracing information on a number of topics, communicated in such a manner as to relieve the exercise of spelling of its tedium and combine with it instruction of a general character. The pupil is here required to exercise judgment in the selection and use of words, and by so doing every word becomes to him the sign of an idea. About one-half of the book consists of practical language lessons. 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