A Critical Review of the Orthography of Dr. Webster's Series of Books for Systematick Instruction in the English Language; Including his Former Spelling-Book, and the Elementary Spelling-Book, Compiled by Aaron Ely; and Published Under the Name of Noah Webster, LL.D.
New York: Collins & Hannay, 1831. 56 pp. 8vo. Stitched. First edition. Tiny hole in one leaf else a very good or better copy with a few odd creases. American Imprints 6581. Item #27901
Lyman Cobb (1800-1864) "was author of numerous texts, chiefly in spelling, reading, and arithmetic, millions of copies of which are said to have been sold. His spelling-books created the greatest stir. The first of these appeared about 1821.... He published a Critical Review of Noah Webster's Spelling Book, which many held was inspired by malice and a desire to increase his own sales. This he stoutly denied. The Critical Review was answered by Webster in an eight-page pamphlet, 'To the Friends of American Literature.' Each side was able to point out numerous errors in the other, though Cobb's agents defied 'anyone to show a variation from the true dictionary of Walker,' an abridgment of which, by Cobb, was published at Ithaca in 1829," (DAB).
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