Research Catalog

Title

4,000 most essential English words (A basic literacy test).

Publication

Girard, Kan. : Haldeman-Julius Co., [1924?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel), 1889-1951
• Haldeman-Julius Company, publisher.

Description

64 pages : illustrations; 13 cm.

Series Statement

Little blue book ; no. 639

Alternative Title

• Four thousand most essential English words
• Essential English words
• Literacy test

Subjects

• English language > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
• Vocabulary tests > Study guides
• Vocabulary
• Voting > United States
• Literacy tests (Election law) > New York (State)
• Citizenship > United States > Examinations > Study guides

Note

• At head of title page and of front cover: Little blue book no. 639. Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius.
• Publisher advertisements, "Other little blue books,": pages 55-64.
• "The list of 4000 words in this Little Blue Book is inspired by the revised election law of New York State"--Page 9.
• "The vocabulary needed for citizenship. The list of 4000 words selected by the State Department of Education as the basis of New York's literacy tests"--Page 15.
• Union label and drawing of publisher's device on back cover: Figure of the world reading a Little blue book with the cover title, "Little Blue Books," circled by motto: "A University in Print. Read the World Over."
• Date from the "Little Blue Books Bibliography" website by Jake Gibbs.

Binding (note)

• Bound in publisher's printed orange wrappers.

Contents

Legal literacy -- May revolutionize textbooks -- Unscientific primers -- The voter's examination -- New York State Board of Regents' literacy test -- A working knowledge of English -- What constitutes literacy -- Vocabulary needed for citizenship.

Call Number

Rare Books 20-26

LCCN

ca 27000044

OCLC

54502584

Title

4,000 most essential English words (A basic literacy test).

Imprint

Girard, Kan. : Haldeman-Julius Co., [1924?]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Little blue book ; no. 639

Binding

Bound in publisher's printed orange wrappers. NN

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Added Author

Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel), 1889-1951, editor.

Haldeman-Julius Company, publisher.

Research Call Number

Rare Books 20-26