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The Columbian Grammar; or, An essay for reducing a grammatical knowledge of the English language to a degree of simplicity, which will render it easy for the instructor to teach, and for the pupil to learn (cover)
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| Title | The Columbian Grammar; or, An essay for reducing a grammatical knowledge of the English language to a degree of simplicity, which will render it easy for the instructor to teach, and for the pupil to learn (cover) |
| Author | Dearborn, Benjamin, 1754-1838 |
| Publisher | Dearborn, Benjamin, 1754-1838
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| Publisher Location | United States--Massachusetts--Boston |
| Publication Date | 1795 |
| Printer | Hall, Samuel
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| Notes | Un-illustrated.
This is an inscribed presentation copy dated 1830.
Printed on the title page: "Accompanied with notes, critical and explanatory. For the use of schools; and of young gentlemen and ladies, natives or foreigners, who are desirous of attempting the study without a tutor. Being designed as part of a general system of education, in the most useful branches of literature, for American youth of both sexes."
Written in introductory remarks: "To insure success in instruction, it should be rendered as easy and pleasing to the pupil as possible. For gaining these essential points, the method of teaching by question and answer has, in a number of instances, the advantage of every other. A youth engaged in the study of abstract ideas, under a necessity of committing to memory many pages of an unentertaining subject, finds pleasure in this social method, as it gives an opportunity of obtaining assistance from any person who can read; while the questions given by refreshing the memory, relieve the mind from intense application." |
| Contextual Notes | Benjamin Dearborn, Jr. was a printer, publisher, educator, inventor, and manufacturer. He opened a school for girls in 1780 and, like many educators of his time, recognized the deficiencies of most imported textbooks which led him to write and publish several of his own textbooks on arithmetic, grammar, and music. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | English language--Grammar |
| Category | Grammars
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0896 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection PE1109.D3 1795 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [4], ii, [3], 6-140 p.; 18.5 x 11 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist L.67 |
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