8 OCTOBER 1836, Page 18

The plan of the Grammatical Spelling-Book is to combine time

study of orthography with that of grammar; which, besides a grammar introductory to the vocabularies, is effected by arranging the words of the spelling-lessons themselves in classes, and placing their definition at the top of the page, with parsing-lessons below. The scheme of exercising the perception as well as the memory, is an excellent idea; but its execution might be considerably improved throughout. The grammar is too elaborate for tyros in spelling, who merely require the simplest elements ; and more judgment might have been displayed in the selection of words for the spelling-lessons.