•The co THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK • BOSTON CHICAGO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON. BOMBAY . CALCUTTA THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO GRADED CITY SPELLER FIFTH YEAR GRADE PREPARED FROM LISTS FURNISHED BY PRINCIPALS EDITED BY WILLIAM ESTABROOK CHANCELLOR A THEORY OF MOTIVES, IDEALS, AND VALUES NEW EDITION New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1911 All rights reserved Set up COPYRIGHT, 1904, 1908, By W. E. CHANCELLOR. and electrotyped. Published June, 1904. Reprinted August, 1904; January, March, November, 1905; February, New edition, carefully revised, March, April, 1908; January, October, November, 1909; July, September, 1910; January, 1911. PREFACE These THIS book is one of a series, prepared by com. piling the lists of words actually used, during recent years, in the schools of eight different cities. lists have been edited in consultation with experienced teachers. The general plan incorporates review of the words taught in the preceding grade; daily advance lessons; systematic reviews at regular intervals; the use of all important words in suitable sentences; the memorizing of selections from the best literature; the frequent reappearance in the sentences and selections of the most important words; the syllabication of all spelling words; a final review list; the use of suitable quotations from the best literature; and lessons upon abbreviations, rules of spelling, prefixes, suffixes, and homonyms. The words selected are those which the children need to know perfectly. For the syllabication of all words, the International Dictionary has been taken as the standard. Syllabi cation must not be mistaken for pronunciation. March 1, 1904. Revised, February 1, 1908. W. E. C. |