Excerpt from An Introduction to Spelling and Reading, Vol. 2 of 2: Being the First and Second Parts of a Columbian Exercise; Containing I. Language, Simple Sounds, Diphthongs, Syllables, Accent and Emphasis, Letters, Other Characters, &C., II. Words, in Which Different Vowels Have the Same Sound In order to fupply the deficiency of characters which rep refcnt the founds of the vowels, we are obliged to give the {ante charaaer difierent founds. Thus, the letter a has three difl'erent founds as in bale, barb, ball. E has two 3 as in beet, bet. I has a. Diphthongal found. As in bits and a vocal found, as in bit. 0 has two founds; as in boat, boat. I] has a diphthongal found, as in a]? And a vocal found, as in but. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.