THE CHILD'S TRANSITION BOOK: CONSISTING OF THE OBEDIENT BOYS AND OTHER STORIES; FOR THE PURPOSE OF FAMILIARIZING PHONETIC READERS WITH THE MYSTERIES OF ROMANIC ORTHOGRAPHY

Stone, James Winchell [1824-1863]

Published by Otis Clapp, Boston, 1851

About this Item

16 mo. 127p. Illustrated with 12 black and white engravings scattered throughout. Gray paper printed in black over boards with a blue cloth spine. Wear to the extremities with the corners worn through and some wear to the edges of the boards, covers somewhat soiled, cloth spine somewhat faded with a couple of tiny holes, previous owner's pencil signature (Charlotte Lobes ?) on the front free endpaper, one signature loose with nothing missing, front hinge starting, rear hinge cracked but with cover still attached, an occasional X in pencil, else very good to near fine with no other internal markings. No dust jacket has issued. An unusual children?s reader, which uses phonetic spelling according to the English Phonotypic Alphabet developed in the 1840s by Isaac Pitman and Alexander John Ellis, which became the basis of Pitman?s shorthand, known then as phonography. Advocates claimed that using the English Phonotypic Alphabet facilitated literacy, so a book such as this one served as a ?transition? to mastering the reading of standard English. The Boston Phonographic Reporting Association was founded in 1847 to promote the use of phonetic spelling in stenography. James Winchell Stone, M.D. (1824-1863), was described in his obituary as having taken ?active interest in various reforms of the day,? of which spelling reform was but one. He was also a prominent member of the Free Soil Party, opposing the expansion of slavery west of the Mississippi, and a friend of Abraham Lincoln. OCLC shows only 5 holding libraries.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE CHILD'S TRANSITION BOOK: CONSISTING OF THE OBEDIENT BOYS AND OTHER STORIES; FOR THE PURPOSE OF FAMILIARIZING PHONETIC READERS WITH THE MYSTERIES OF ROMANIC ORTHOGRAPHY
• Publisher: Otis Clapp, Boston
• Publication Date: 1851
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket