He seemed sunk in melancholy (melunch❜ly).

He was reduced almost to (tú) despair. You were then ready to (tu) depart. His political (p'litic'l) opinions were liberal (lib'rul).

There was a radical (radic'l) error in his opinion (upinion).

It was a vessel (vess'l) of the first class. His character (cha'acte') was held in just estimation (estimash'n).

He was a sincere friend to liberty (libe❜ty).

His notions (nosh'ns) of his own condition (condis❜hn) were absurd.

He fails in articulate (artic❜late) utterance (utt'rance).

A certain (sutt'n) man had two sons. His composition (compusishn) was far (fah) from being correct (currect).

The grave of the Indian (injun) chief.
We are not fastidious (fastijous) in our

taste.

He gave a conditional (cundishnul) promise.

The bird was fluttering (flutt'rin') over

her nest.

You had a very calamitous (c'lamitous) voyage.

It was contrary to the law of (lawr of)

nature.

His face wore a cadaverous (cadav'rous) hue.

The measure is preposterous (prepost'rous).

You were unable to (tu) speak.

She was present at the musical (music'l) festival (festiv'l).

He had been a great traveller (trav'ller). They were unwilling to leave a certainty (suttnty) for an uncertainty (unsuttnty). The measure rendered them odious (ojous).

The declamation was animated and (an') chaste.

Among the boughs of (o') the trees. Actuated by honor and (un') honesty. Take the rod and (an') axe and (an') make the murder (muddě) as you make

the law.

He spoke to (tu) them of it before (bufore).

On every (ev'ry) leaf and (an') every (ev'ry) flower.

The creation (creash'n) and preservation (preservash'n) of life.

The testimony of the second witness

corroborated (currob'rated) that of the first (fust).

The benevolent (b'nev'lunt) Howard. The fruit was delicious (d'licious); the prospect was delightful (d'lightful). The stranger was remarkably polite (p❜lite) to them.

The dignity of human ('uman) nature (natshu).

When (wen) will what (wat) he whispered (wispered) transpire?

Where (were) wheeled (weeled) and whirled (wirled) the floundering (flound'rin') whale (wale).

Behold (buhold) he is before (bŭfore) you.

Be prepared (průpared) to precede (prucede) them.

His opinion (upinion) was that we ought to obey (ŭbey).

They committed (cùmmitted) the whole piece to memory (mem'ry).

The communications of the competitors, were compared. (cummunications, &c.) You concurred in condemning the confederates (cuncurred, &c.)

The building which was constructed of wood and contained a vast quantity of

combustible materials, was in a short time consumed (as above).

She studies history (hist'ry) and rhetoric (rhet'ric).

He had no disposition (dispusish'n) to employ himself in composition (compusish'n).

His eloquence (eluquence) set the colonies (colunies) in a flame.

Nature (natshu) and society (sucietty) are not always in unison (unis'n).

Fair (fai') Greece, sad relic of departed (depa'ted) worth (wo'th).

Immortal (immo'tal) though no more (mo').

Easing their steps over (ove') the burning (bu'ning) marl (ma'l).

The vessel (vess'l) was built as a model (mod❜l).

We travelled (trav'lled) on a level (lev'l) road of gravel (grav'l).

His musical (music'l) tone had a comical (comic'l) effect.

A specimen of the metal (met'l) was sent to the capital (capit❜l).

In a moment of imprudent confidence he declared himself independent of their assistance (momunt), &c.

Looking (lookin') out at the window on the willows in the meadow (windŭ, &c).

Dancing, drawing, and singing being only graceful accomplishments, are much less important than the useful ones of reading and writing (dancin' &c).

And the smooth stream in smoother (smoothe') numbers flows.

Rarely does poverty overtake the diligent (as above).

Faults of local usage exemplified. Inadvertent compliance with negligent and erroneous custom, is a great source of the defective articulation which prevails in school reading. The extent to which faults of this class are sometimes carried, even in circumstances otherwise favorable to good education, may be inferred from the following specimen of the actual style of articulation, current in many schools in Boston, which are certainly well taught in other respects. Exercises similar to the following should be occasionally performed by the learner for his own use, with a view to the detection of current errors which might otherwise escape his notice, and influence his own articulation.

The following extract is printed, it will be observed, with a notation of the incorrect articulation, throughout. The design of this arrangement is to arrest the attention of the young learner, and produce, if possible, an adequate impression of the consequences of hasty and careless utterance.

Extract. The young of all animals appear to receive pleasure simply from the exercise of their