Webster's Little Folks Speaker

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This edition of <i>Webster’s Little Folks’ Speaker</i> was published by R. M. DeWitt of New York around 1875. The book was part of the <i>Webster’s Standard Series</i> published by DeWitt that included <i>Webster’s Progressive Speaker</i>, <i>Webster’s Youthful Speaker</i>, and <i>Webster’s Reciter</i>. Each book was a collection of stories from various authors at progressive levels of difficulty to help young children learn to read. It appears that the book was compiled by Ira Hoover, and the title of “Webster” was simply an attempt to trade off the popularity of Noah Webster’s spellers and readers.