The Critical Pronouncing Spelling-Book . . . by Hezekiah Burhans, Counsellor at Law.
Philadelphia: Published by Joseph McDowell, 1832. 12mo, original sheep spine, blue boards, 191, [1] pages. Vignette illus. A popular pronouncing spelling book, first published in 1821 (but here with a copyright date of 1823), Burhans includes his own system of pronunciation symbols (“Inverted interrogation point ¿ denotes that the letter..... More