Webster Tome Just Keeps On Printing --Cagle

Thus, he devised a “speller” that taught youngsters how to read, spell and pronounce words. But, back in the day, Webster was vilified and lampooned for challenging the King’s English.

Apparently, it was easy to dislike Webster, who had a grating personality and boasted a gargantuan ego. When a friend congratulated him on his arrival in Philadelphia, Webster replied, “Sir, you may congratulate Philadelphia on the occasion,” according to his museum in Hartford, CT.