by the GC Memam company, which had bought rights to Webster's dictionary and still publishes its descendants. This edition was actuary published by the American Book Company a
prominent textbook published, presumably under license. The title page boasts that the text SPELLING BOOK THE CHEAP- ON THE AMERICAN IMPROVEMENT 15 AN EST, THE BEST. AND THE MOST USED SPELLING ROOK EXTENSIVELY EVER PUBLISHED '(caps in the original). The advertising language and the corporate publication history tell us, not just about sales but about the of the institutionalization of the product not just about SAE as the possession of the socially advanced but about its democratic status. Family ties are still present as well. Its preface is by Webster's son, William (dated as from 1866, fourteen years earlier), and indicates that: