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LIFE-LORE: 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF POPULAR BI0L06Y. 



The Subject-Matter is LIFE— Life in all itsforms^ 

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Speech Reading and Articulation 

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By A. MELVILLE BELL. 



Price, 25 Cents. 



Practical Instructions in the Art of Reading 

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ONE LANGUAGE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD. 



WORLD-ENGLISH \ 



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Every one has heard of the butcher who, after a long 

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Ex-President Andrew D, White, of Cornell University, 

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World-English is a Royal Road to Reading, 



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The plan of this little book is altogether new. t,etters 

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 the mere knowledge of letters a learner cannot fail to 

 pronounce words with certainty. English reading will 

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 children or adults. 



The general resemblance of World-English to Literary 

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No special training is required to qualify teachers for 

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The ordinary orthography of eju:h word is interlined 

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So set down, our tongue is the best for the world to 

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The idea of Mr. Bell h.^s much to recommend it, and 

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The result is a language which cannot fail to meet with 

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Has the merit of great m%^n\x\\.y.^Railiuay Age. 



His treatise, as a study of English orthoepy, cendenses 

 the result of much thought and experience in small com- 

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World-Enclish deserves the c.ireful consideration of all 

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World-English i> the English language unburdened of 

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We commend it to the attention of teachers.— C>//a a/a 

 Globe. 



" World-Evglish " and ^'■Hand-Book of World-English " can be had of ail booksellers, or will be sent for 50 cents, post free, by the publisJt^r, 



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