---
title: 'McGuffey’s New Eclectic Spelling-Book'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Holmes McGuffey'
- 'Alexander Hamilton McGuffey'
date: 1865-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Language'
- 'Education'
- 'Dictionary, Grammar, and Foreign Languages'
scriptures:
- 'Deuteronomy 6'
- 'Proverbs 22'
- 'Psalms 119'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcguffey-mcguffey-1865-mcguffeys-new-eclectic-spelling-book
---

# McGuffey’s New Eclectic Spelling-Book

McGuffey's 1865 Spelling-Book: an instructional guide to English orthography and orthoepy—alphabet, vowel and consonant sounds, diphthongs/triphthongs, pronunciation rules and dictation exercises.

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