NOAH WEBSTER: SCHOOLMASTER TO AMERICAHarry R. WarfelMacmillan ($3.50). Though Webster and dictionary are synonymous in the U. S., Noah Webster's posthumous fame is cloudy. He is often confused with Daniel Webster (no kin), and his multitudinous activities have faded from popular memory. Last week, in a full-length biography of Noah Webster, the first in 50 years, Author Warfel dusted the cobwebs off this early Yankee, showed him as a genuine and valuable antique.
A prime example of his period and place, Noah Webster (1758-1843) was a school-teacher who by zeal and persistence...
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