Creator
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Title
A Critical Review of the Orthography of Dr. Webster’s Series of Books for Systematick Instruction in the English Language
Coverage
New York
Publisher
Collins & Hannay
Date
1831
Description
The feisty Lyman Cobb became fixated on Webster’s many flip-flops in spelling—caused in part by Worcester’s influence in the 1829 abridgment, which contradicted Webster. Cobb’s marginal strictures in his copy of the 1828 Webster resulted in this pamphlet, which accuses Webster of “multitudinous errours, contradictions, and inconsistencies.” Insisting that the public should consider only his own latest book, not earlier ones, the beleaguered Webster asserted that Cobb had a “persevering malevolence rarely exhibited even in this world of evil.”
Source
Ex coll. Karolyne & Bryan A. Garner. HHD no. 64