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 This spelling book contains 160 pages, 154 of which are text. The Suggestions to Teachers, to which three pages are devoted, are the result of long and successful experience in teaching spelling, and will therefore be found practical and helpful. The Bailey-Manly Spelling Book is based upon the well-established psychological principle that individuals differ greatly in the forms of memory used in learning spelling.

The book is not a mere collection of words to be learned, but a progressive system, carefully adapted to the growing capacity and needs of pupils.

The vocabulary is exceptionally well chosen. All superfluous words are omitted, thus making it possible to concentrate upon and master the essential words.

The words are presented in a way that takes account both of the development of the child's mind and of the relations of the words to one another.

Review lists in each grade, worked out on an entirely original plan, aid greatly in economizing both the teacher's and the pupil's time and energy.

The interest of the child is stimulated by the selections, which are particularly well adapted to the grades in which they are used. The plan of the book was worked out step by step in the schoolroom; and, before publication, it was tested in all its details by ten years' use in a number of schools.