1. A disjoined vowel is written on the left of a perpendicular or inclined stroke, if it precedes; it if it follows, on the right; it is written above a horizontal stroke, when preceding, below when following. Reading Exercise 1, lines 17 to 20.

2. The dots and disjoined ŏ, are written near the middle of the stroke; the other vowels, when disjoined, may be written near the end. They are however, perfectly distinguished by form, so that this position is not essential to their significance.

Remark. - Let it be repeated that the student should master the alphabet thoroughly before attempting to go beyond it. Sec Illustration J.

Exercise 8.

Ebb, egg, ed. Deck, neck, peg. Separate, section, deceptive.

Not, non, what, do, to, to-day. Among, men, when, ten, den. Bone, known, alone, done, son, one. Fatal, fadeless, family, seminary, assiduously.

Remark. - The student must review every day. In this art nothing should be considered gained until it is perfectly familiar. We give a miscellaneous exercise to facilitate review.

Exercise 9.

Long. A, I, 0, be, he, me, we, so, go, may.

Short. At, am, an, in, it, on, up, us, odd, man.

Irregular. The, she, is, has, have, are, was, you, do, does.

I am. He is. It is. She is. We are. You are I was. He was. It was. She was. I do. You do. I have. You have. She has. It has. I go. You go.

Sue is up. She is on. He is in. It is in. He is up. We are up. We are on. We are in. It was in. It was up. It was on. She was up. I do it. You do it. I have it. You have it. She has it. I go up. You go up. I go on. I go in. You go in.

I am a man. He is a man. You are a man. She was in it. I was in it. 0 ! do go in. 0 ! do have it. Are you the man? I go at it. She was at you. Do you go in it? Has the man an ear? Does he go in? Does he go up? Does the man have it? We are upon it. We go in it.

Remark. - We add a few more suggestions for practice.

Exercise 10. Rewrite the preceding lesson. To facilitate this review, the student may omit every other line, when making the first copy, and rewrite on the line left open. We ask pupils who take private lessons to leave two lines; we correct their writing on the second line; they rewrite on the third.

Remark. - The pupil will now proceed with reading and writing alternately, adding a little to his exercise each day. He should be sure that he can read all he writes as well as the printed exercises; and, to make it sure, he must actually read each day the writing exercise of the preceding day.