The child's guide to the English tongue [electronic resource] : or, a new spelling-book; containing short and easie directions for spelling, reading, Pointing, and Pronouncing of English. Also an Alphabetical Epitome of the most Remarkable Passages of the Historical Part of the Old-Testament; and a few words concerning the New Covenant, and the Author thereof; very Useful, and Delightful. With an Explanation of Offices and Sects of Men, mentioned in the Holy Scripture. An Abstract of the Lives of the Apostles. Tables of Weights, Measures, and Money us'd among the Jews; and other Things necessary to be known. Collected and compiled for the benefit of youth, by a school-master in the town of Nottingham.