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HARRY HAWKINS’S H-BOOK; showing how he learned toaspirate his H’s. Eighth Thousand. Sewed, 6d.
“We commend the little work to the notice of all masters andmistresses.”—Teacher.
A WORD TO THE WISE, OR HINTS ON THE CURRENTImproprieties of Expression in Writing and Speaking. By ParryGwynne. Fifteenth Thousand. 18mo, sewed 6d., or cloth, giltedges, 1s.
“All who wish to mind their p’s and q’s should consult this littlevolume.”—Gentleman’s Magazine.
A COMPENDIOUS GRAMMAR, AND PHILOLOGICAL HANDbookof the English Language, for the Use of Schools andCandidates for the Army and Civil Service Examinations. By JohnGeorge Colquhoun, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Fcap. 8vo, cloth,2s. 6d.
“A real and very useful accession to the list of English manuals.”—EducationalTimes.
“We are not acquainted with any single volume that in such a smallcompass contains so much useful information.”—Scholastic Register.
“Just the book we should like to see in Training Colleges, andplaced in the hands of Pupil Teachers.”—National Schoolmaster.
THE LETTER H
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
A Treatise:
WITH RULES FOR THE SILENT H, BASED ON MODERN USAGE;
AND NOTES ON WH.
PREFACE.
The contradictory rules that are given for theemployment of H’s, and the confusion thatreigns in our best Pronouncing Dictionaries,constitute an apology for