Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Correct Spelling, Vol. 6
The primary purpose of this little speller is to fur nish a minimum list of words that several careful investigations have proved to constitute a large part of the written vocabulary of children and adults. The Ayres List of 1000 words constitutes its basis. This list was selected in 1915 by Dr. Leonard P. Ayres of the Russell Sage Foundation from four other care fully prepared lists, his own of an earlier date being one of them. After a further investigation, Dr. Ayres carefully graded these words, which classification serves as the basis for grading in this speller. The Ayres List was supplemented by the addition of the different words from a list of 1158 words carefully selected from the spontaneous compositions of children of the public schools of Madison, Wisconsin, by Mr. Homer J. Smith. 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.
