Creator
Daniel Farro
Title
The Royal Universal British Grammar and Vocabulary.
Coverage
London
Publisher
J. Hodges & R. Baldwin
Date
1754
Description
This book, by a London schoolmaster, engaged in puffery that was odd even by 18th-century standards: “This grammar contains a method so easy that every Female Teacher in the British dominions may open an English grammar school, and render themselves much more useful to the public.” Farro claimed that with this book, the English language had been “reduced to a standard . . . its copiousness manifested.” He overestimated himself.