A STEM DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR USE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Kennedy, John

Published by American Book Company, New York, 1890

About this Item

8.25" X 5.75" in black pebble grained, embossed cloth. Starting to fray at spine ends and corner tips, Pencil scribbling inside front cover, owner's name on flyleaf and inside back cover. Some pencil underlining on 2 pages: about GOOD or a bit better condition. This is a 117 year old textbook - one hopes for use by teachers only - in spite of the title. Essentially, it is a 38pp list of words, followed by an alphabetical "Stem List". The author seeks to give the student clues to the meanings of words thru an understanding of their "stems" - the older words from which they were derived. This is interesting stuff, but way too advanced for most elementary school students, whose knowledge of Latin, Greek, Persian, and Icelandic is frequently found to be limited. The final 54pp is made up of examples in the form of quotations as illustrations. 282pp.

Seller Inventory # 000047

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A STEM DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR USE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
• Publisher: American Book Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language Instruction