Books by Frank V. Irish New Orthography and Orthoepy.... ..60c. Contains a clear discussion of Language, Elementary Sounds, Letters, Syllables, Words, Dictionary Drill, Syllabication, Accent, Pronunciation, Articulation, Silent Letters, Rules for Spelling, Test Spelling Lessons, New War Words, Etymology, Prefixes, Suffixes, Word-Analysis, Word-Making, Synonyms, Homonyms, Building and Defining Words, Hyphen, Apostrophe, Possessive Case, Formation of the Plural, Capital Letters, Punctuation, Abbreviations, and Review Questions. American and British Authors.... $1.25 An American text book on Literature, containing portraits of our leading American authors and pictures of their homes, discussions of the writings of both American and British authors, biographies, references, criticisms and choice selections. Brief biographies of more than 300 minor authors, among them many writers of the present time. Also a study of the Bible as a literary work. Treasured Thoughts (From the world's best literature). ....50c. NEW Orthography and Orthoepy With Many New Exercises For Practice BY FRANK V. IRISH Author of "American and British Authors," "One Term with American Authors,” NOBLE AND NOBLE, Publishers 76 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK PREFACE Language most shows a man,-speak that I may see thee. BEN JONSON There are cases in which more knowledge of more value may be conveyed by the history of a word than by the history of a campaign. TRENCH For thirty years Irish's Orthography and Orthoepy has been a standard text and authority on this subject. The author has now revised it so completely and added so many new exercises for practice and so much new material that it is really a new book-Irish's New Orthography and Orthoepy. An exact and elegant pronunciation and the ability to write correctly and easily without mistakes in spelling, use of capitals, or punctuation, are the basis of a liberal education as well as the almost certain index of cultivation and refinement. Prof. Whitney says: "He who cannot take to pieces his native utterance, and give a tolerably exact account of every item in it, lacks the true foundation on which everything else should repose." How fortunate the child whose home is a place of refinement and gentleness and "words fitly spoken." Certainly every school should be such a place and every boy and girl should feel in the presence of the teacher that language, at its best, is a wisely chosen and efficient messenger to carry one's best thoughts and noblest emotions into the 628038 |