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WEBSTER'S BLUE-BACKED SPELLER

WEBSTER'S BLUE-BACKED SPELLER is the popular name, derived from the blue paper covers, of Noah Webster's Elementary Spelling Book, published continuously since 1783 under several titles. Nearly 100 million copies have been printed; perhaps only the Bible has been more widely circulated in the United States. Webster, a nationalist, intended this book, eventually in conjunction with his dictionary, to develop an American form of English, with its own standard of spelling and pronunciation. ...

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