The pupil is referred to the appendix to DeVinne's "Correct Composition" for rules for the division of French, German, and Spanish words. The same appendix contains also a very excellent list of words which are spelled differently by different authorities, together with divisions for them.
Correct Composition. By Theodore L. DeVinne. Oswald Publishing Co., New York.
The Writer's Desk Book. By William Dana Orcutt. Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York.
A Manual for Writers. By John Matthews Manly and John Arthur Powell. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Worcester's New Pronouncing Spelling Book. The American Book Company, New York.
The Art of Writing and Speaking the English Language: Dictionary of Errors. By Sherwin Cody. The Old Greek Press, Chicago.
(This is one of a series of six very excellent but inexpensive little books bearing the same general title and by the same author. They will be found very useful in connection with Part VI of the Typographic Technical Series generally.)
1. Is the spelling of English standardized?
2. How long have we considered correct spelling important?
3. What two causes exist for difficulties in spelling?
4. What are the principal English authorities?
5. What are the principal American authorities?
6. How are these authorities used in printing offices?
7. What are the rights and duties of the author in the matter of spelling?
8. What may be done in matter of "reformed" spelling?
9. What is a safe attitude for the commercial printer toward "reformed" spelling, and why?
10. On what does correct spelling mainly depend?
11. What is the best way to become a good speller?
12. Why is English difficult to pronounce?
15. What are the two sounds each of _c_, _g_, _de_, _th_, and _s_? Give examples of each.
16. How many letters are there in the English alphabet and how many sounds do they express?
17. Upon what does correct pronunciation depend?
18. What is a syllable, and of what does it consist?
19. What peculiar use is made of _l_ and _n_ in English?
20. How do we treat the parts of a diphthong or digraph?
21. How do we know whether or not these compounds are diphthongs or digraphs?
24. With what should a syllable not begin?
25. What is the rule regarding prefixes and suffixes?