Excerpt from A Guide to the Teaching of Spelling The primary purpose of this book is to help teachers to improve the quality Of their teaching of spelling. While it has been written with the problems Of the in experienced teacher foremost in mind, it is believed that it may be of substantial value to experienced teachers as well. Simplicity of expression and natural sequence in arrangement are very important to busy, practical teachers. An earnest effort has been made throughout the book to keep these factors in mind. The authors wish to express their appreciation to the following persons for criticism and suggestion: Frederick G. Bonser, Teachers College, Columbia University; J. T. Calhoun, State Rural Schools, Jackson, Mississippi; J. A. Churchill, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Salem, Oregon; Frank L. Clapp, University of Wisconsin; W. S. Dakin, State Inspector of Schools, Hartford, Connecti cut; E. S. Evenden, Teachers College, Columbia Uni versity; Roland Fennimore, Superintendent of Schools, Bradley Beach, New Jersey; John M. Foote, Depart ment of Education, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Ethel Gal leber, Western State Normal School, Kalamazoo, Michi gan; J. R. Grant, State Supervisor of Rural Schools, Little Rock, Arkansas; C. C. Henson, Isidore Newman Manual Training School, New Orleans, Louisiana; S. A. Leonard, Lincoln School, New York City; W. A. Mccall. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.