The Phonographic Reader: A Complete Course of Inductive Reading Lessons in Phonography (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Stephen Pearl Andrews

 
9780484857710: The Phonographic Reader: A Complete Course of Inductive Reading Lessons in Phonography (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Phonographic Reader<br/><br/>We ?atter ourselves, however, that from the fact that our Introduction is nearly the only part of the book intelligible to the uninitiated, it will receive more attention than many superior productions. As Phonography is a new art, based upon a new science, (phonetics,) or if not a new science, one at least which has been but lately applied to practical purposes; as it is rapidly gaining ground in public estimation, firmly maintaining every inch of ground it has gained,' and bidding fair to obtain a permanent footing in all the public schools of the United States, as a regular branch of education, the student will be pleased, at this early period of the reform, to get all the light he can on the subject; and those who intend to instruct others, will not, we are sure, be displeased with the suggestions headed Hints to Teachers,' page 17....

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