Looking for original Dewey introduction

["Hamer, Sharon" <snhamer@METHUEN.K12.MA.US>]

I  posted this question a few years ago, but it was when I had trouble
getting messages out so I thought I'd try it again.

Years ago, when I worked in an old school in a poor urban school district, I
had a really old version of the Dewey Decimal System, like the 8th edition
or something. It had a reprint of the original introduction written by old
Melville himself. It was written in his phonetic spelling, a system he
advocated, but not as well as his classification system. Does anyone have a
copy of that introduction? Could I get a copy if you do? If you have an old
version of the DDC, it might be in there.

As usual, thanks in advance.

Sharon Hamer                                    Media Specialist
Methuen High School                     snhamer@methuen.k12.ma.us
1 Ranger Road                                   978-681-1389
Methuen, Massachusetts 01844

"Painful things are like the knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for
keeping the beads in place"--Anita Diamant

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