Background
Lyman Cobb was born on September 18, 1800 in Lenox, Massachussets, United States but lived chiefly in New York State. He was the son of Elijah William and Sally (Whitney) Cobb.
(Excerpt from Cobb's Toys: Stories About the Herring, Gold...)
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Excerpt from A Critical Review of the Orthography of Dr. Webster's Series of Books for Systematick Instruction in the English Language: Including His Former Spelling-Book, and the Elementary Spelling Book, Compiled by Aaron Ely And again; he has also inserted 1: after c in some compound words, as almanack-maker, barrack-master, &c. And has omitted the k in other words of the same class! As panic-grass, public-spirited. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from Cobb's Juvenile Reader No. 3: Containing Interesting, Historical, Moral, and Instructive Reading Lessons, Composed of Words of a Greater Number of Syllables Than the Lessons in Nos. I, and II Had the art of writing a sufficient number of marks and s' s,' to point out the variety of tones and cadences, the art of res ing with propriety at sight, might be rendered as easy and as certain, as singing at s' ht. But as the art of writing will probably never admit suc a change, it is essential to point out how the art of reading may be improved, while that of writing continues in its present state. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Lyman Cobb was born on September 18, 1800 in Lenox, Massachussets, United States but lived chiefly in New York State. He was the son of Elijah William and Sally (Whitney) Cobb.
Little is known of his early life and education, but in some of his publications Cobb mentions himself as "Master of Arts. "
He was author of numerous texts, chiefly in spelling, reading, and arithmetic, millions of copies of which are said to have been sold. His spelling-books created the greatest stir. The first of these appeared about 1821, and was followed at intervals by revisions, introductions, and sequels. He published a Critical Review of Noah Webster's Spelling Book, which many held was inspired by malice and a desire to increase his own sales. This he stoutly denied. The Critical Review was answered by Webster in an eight-page pamphlet, To the Friends of American Literature. Each side was able to point out numerous errors in the other, though Cobb's agents defied "anyone to show a variation from the true dictionary of Walker, " an abridgment of which, by Cobb, was published at Ithaca in 1829. In the early forties Cobb had another controversy over spelling-books, this time with Charles W. Sanders. His Pestalozzian bias is also seen in a statement that he did not want pupils to "become disgusted or fatigued" with monotonous reading. The Juvenile Reader No. 1 (1830) was recommended as "interesting, moral and instructive"; illustrations were used in some of his books; but it must be admitted that by the time the New Sequel or Fourth Reading Book (1843) was reached, an excessive aridity and formality had crept in, despite the author's ambitious efforts. In the North American Reader (1835) he made a patriotic appeal, the "pieces" being "chiefly American. " Most readers, he said, do not include "a single piece or paragraph written by an American citizen. Is this good policy? Is it patriotism?" Though his books were widely used and received favorable comment, as in the American Journal of Education, their merits were perhaps exaggerated and excessively advertised. His books are the most reliable evidence of his life, and his only monument.
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Cobb married Harriet Chambers of Caroline, Tompkins County, New York, in 1822.
