|
`
`
ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES. `
`
`
`
McGUFFEY'S [Registered] `
`
`
`
ECLECTIC SPELLING BOOK. `
`
`
`
REVISED EDITION. `
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of `
`
`
`
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. `
`
`
`
NEW YORK-CHICHESTER-WEINHEIM-BRISBANE-SINGAPORE-TORONTO `
`
`
`
PREFACE. `
`
In revising this book, care has been taken to preserve all the excellences `
`
that have so long and so favorably distinguished McGUFFEY'S ECLECTIC `
`
SPELLING-BOOK: and the chief changes that have been made, have been `
`
suggested by the evident plan of the original work. `
`
`
`
The old system of indicating the pronunciation by numerals, called `
`
"superiors," has been abandoned, and the diacritical marks used by Webster `
`
have been adopted. The Revised Speller conforms in orthography, `
`
pronunciation, and syllabication to the latest edition of Webster's `
`
Unabridged Dictionary. Exercises have been given on each of the `
`
distinctive marks used in the book, as will be seen by reference to `
`
Lessons 36-57. `
`
`
`
A number of lessons have been added in the department of prefixes and `
`
suffixes, and now nearly all the more common of these etymological `
`
principles have been explained. (See Lessons 136-167.) In arranging the `
`
text of the several lessons, the object has been not to appeal merely to `
`
arbitrary memory, but to associate each lesson with some principle of `
`
sound, meaning, or accent, which would tend to aid the pupil in acquiring `
`
a knowledge of our language. Several distinct lessons on pronunciation are `
`
given, and towards the close of the book numerous lessons of difficult `
`
words in orthography have been introduced. `
`
`
`
Instead of indicating silent letters by italics, as has hitherto been `
`
done, a new type has been made in which such letters are canceled, thus `
`
enabling the pupil to discover their status at a glance. `
`
`
`
The pages have been enlivened, as in the other books of this Series, by `
`
attractive engravings. `
`
`
`
The publishers take pleasure in acknowledging the valuable services of `
`
W. B. Watkins, D. D., who planned and executed this revision. `
`
DECEMBER, 1879. `
`
`
`
16 `
`
`
`
Copyright, 1879, by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co. `
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
THE ENGLISH ALPHABET. `
`
`
`
The English Alphabet consists of twenty-six letters, viz.: `
`
a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z. `
`
`
`
Letters are divided into VOWELS and CONSONANTS. `
`
`
`
The Vowels are those letters which can be perfectly sounded without the `
`
aid of any other letter. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, w, and y. `
`
`
`
The vowel sounds of w and y are the same as those of u and i. A, e, and o `
`
are always vowels. I, u, w, and y are sometimes consonants. `
`
`
`
A Diphthong is the union of two vowels in one sound. When both vowels are `
`
sounded, the diphthong is called PROPER, because then it is really a `
`
DIPHTHONG, or double sound; that is, the sounds of the vowels unite; as, `
`
oi in oil; ou in sound. `
`
`
`
When only one of the vowels is sounded, the diphthong is called IMPROPER, `
`
because then, as one of the vowels is silent, it is not properly a `
`
DIPHTHONG, though it takes that name; as, oa in boat, ui in suit, where a `
`
and i are silent. `
`
`
`
The following diphthongs are in common use, viz.: oi, oy, ou, ow, ae, ai, `
`
au, aw, ay, ea, ei, eo, eu, ew, ey, ia, ie, oa, oe, ua, ue, ui; as in `
`
toil, boy, round, plow, seal, coal, head, sail, say, aught, yeoman. Of `
`
these, oi, oy, ou, and ow are generally proper diphthongs; though `
`
sometimes ou and ow are improper, as in famous, where o is silent, and in `
`
slow, where w is silent. `
`
`
`
A Triphthong is the union of three vowels in one syllable; as, eau in `
`
beau, iew in view. The triphthong is properly a union of letters, not `
`
sounds. `
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
OF THE VARIOUS SOUNDS. `
`
`
`
All the vowels, and some of the consonants, have several sounds; in this `
`
book these sounds are indicated by diacritical marks, as in the following `
`
tables: `
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
TABLE OF VOCALS. `
`
Long Sounds. `
`
`
`
Sound as is `
`
----- ----- `
`
a ate `
`
a care `
`
a arm `
`
a last `
`
a all `
`
oo fool `
`
`
`
e eve `
`
e err `
`
i ice `
`
o ode `
`
u use `
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
Short Sounds. `
`
`
`
Sound as is `
`
----- ----- `
`
a am `
`
e elm `
`
i in `
`
o odd `
`
u up `
`
oo look `
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
Diphthongs. `
`
`
`
oi,oy,as in oil, boy ou,ow, as in out, owl `
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
TABLE OF SUBVOCALS `
`
Sound as is `
`
----- ----- `
`
b bib `
`
d did `
`
g gig `
`
j jug `
`
n nine `
`
m maim `
`
ng hang `
`
`
`
l lull `
`
`
`
v valve `
`
th this `
`
z zinc `
`
zh azure `
`
r rare `
`
w we `
`
y yet `
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
TABLE OF ASPIRATES `
`
Sound as is `
`
----- ----- `
`
f fife `
`
h him `
`
k cake `
`
p pipe `
`
s same `
`
`
`
t tart `
`
sh she `
`
ch chat `
`
th thick `
`
wh why `
`
`
`
`
`
NOTE.--The foregoing forty-four sounds are those most employed in the `
`
English language. Some of these sounds are represented by other letters, `
`
as shown in the following table. For further instruction concerning the `
`
sounds, see Lessons 36-57. `
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
TABLE OF SUBSTITUTES. `
`
Sound for as in `
`
----- --- ----- `
`
a o what `
`
e a there `
`
e a feint `
`
i e police `
`
i e sir `
`
o u son `
`
o oo to `
`
o oo wolf `
`
o a fork `
`
o e work `
`
u oo full `
`
|