The next letter is m. It is a long letter, with three parts. Let me see you make it. Its name is em. Its sound is expressed in make, me, mimic, memory, chasm. It makes sound through the nose, and forms the last syllable in some words, as prism, baptism. The third letter of this lesson is k. Learn its name and shape well, and make it handsomely. Like t, ch, and p, it opens and stops sound in its own direction in a syllable, very quick. It is somewhat like g in go. Its sound is expressed in kick, kirk, bank, kite, like. Ch, c, x, and q are often used instead of it; as in chord, cut, excel, quince.

The last is C. Its name is se. It sounds like k in cat, cake; like s in peace; and like z in suffice. It has no sound or use of its own. It is used entirely.

for other letters.

You can now, after learning these four letters of this lesson, with what you have learned before, read another sentence-Do make me some cake. The o in do has another sound, as in prove, soon, noon; and another still in some, which is like u in run. The e on the end of make, some, and cake, is silent. Now read-Do make me some cake. Spell these five words. So, you see, you are learning fast to read.

LESSON 5.

Here, look at the letter j. Its name is jay, the name of a very smart and beautiful bird, that loves maize, or Indian corn. Sometimes g is used for it; as in gem, gin, ginger. Try to form it right. It is like a long stick, turned a little at the bottom, having a head or dot on the top. It is related to ch in church, but slower, more open, and flat. It is sounded in just,

join, judge, prejudice. It is made of a light sound of d and y strongly and inseparably united.

Here is t for you to make and learn. It is somewhat like d, but much closer, sharper, and quicker. It is, like k, ch, and p, a pure mute, having no sound in itself. All that it or any other mute does, is to use the organs of speech to begin or end a syllable in its own direction, with a short and sudden manner. Its sound (or rather its meaning, or signification, or power) is shown in trot, treat, strut, to, at.

The next letter in this lesson is b. You know, you must make it as handsomely as you can on the sandboard. You may sound it in bib, imbibe, babe, babble, buck, club. It is somewhat like p, but not so close and sharp.

The fourth letter in this lesson is p. Its name is pe. You can easily make it; and you can sound it as in pipe, pop, pope, pole, lope. Like k, ch, and t, it begins and ends a syllable in a short, sudden manner. It is somewhat like b, but closer and sharper in its opening and stopping utterance.

You can now read and understand a longer sen. tence-A jug stands on its bottom, like a pot. In the word jug, u has its short sound, and the last o in bot. tom sounds just like it. In the word stands, the first s is proper, the last like z; and the a is in its short sound, as in hat, pat, mat. The e in like is silent. The o in on, pot, and the first in bottom, are in another sound, which you have not before learned, called "short;" as in not, shot, sot, hot. The i in its is in its short sound also; as in pit. Now read-a jug stands on its own bottom, like a pot. Spell these seven words.

You have now learned to read 20 letters and 4 sen tences. You have six more letters to learn, which is

a pretty long lesson, or a lesson and half; but it is the last one-and then how finely can you read and understand easy lessons and pretty story books!

LESSON 6.

You have six letters to learn in this lesson. Begin with w. Its name is doubleyou; but it should be we. It is made of two v's. Attend to it carefully, and make it so that you need not be ashamed of it. It is often used for u, as in screw, few, and now. ; and u is often used for it, as in quit, quake, quilt. When not used for u, it never makes a syllable by itself, and is always placed at the fore part of one, as in wen, when, swan. It seems to be formed of a very small degree of its own peculiar sound, united inseparably with a very light sound of o in wolf, or u in pull.

The next is q. Its name is cuh. It has no peculiar sound of its own; but is always used for k, when it is followed by u in the signification of w; as in quick, quack, quart.

The third is r; named arh. You can easily form it, and sound it. Its sound is formed of its own long and large sound united inseparably with more or less of the sound of u in bur. It sometimes makes a syllable; as in our, flour, centre. Its sound is often so long at the end of a syllable, that it leads people to mistake with regard to the length of the preceding letter; as in air, heard.

The fourth letter in this lesson is f. Its name is ef. It is related considerably to v, and is used for v in of. Now make it right. Its sound is clearly expressed in fife, fifty. Its place is sometimes supplied by ph; as in phantom and by gh; as in laugh.

Here is also the letter X. Its name is eks. It is made by crossing two straight marks. It has no sound of its own, and, like c and q, is useless, except as a substitute for z, as in rebec; and for k, as in excise, exscind; and as a character to stand instead of two other letters, either ks or gz. So you see that we have three letters, c, q, and x, that do us no good, but

much evil.

The last letter is z. Its name is zee. You must make it handsomely. It is related to s, which is very often used for it; as in praise, ways, laws. It has sound enough to make a syllable, but is never used for this purpose.

You can now read a longer and harder sentence -I want a quantity of fresh honey and wax, collected by the buzzing bees. In the words want and quantity, the a has anotther sound, which you have not before learned, like o in storm and cloth, called the broad sound. Spell the words in the last sentence you read.

Now, after you have learned each of the 26 letters in the alphabet by itself, without order, you may say them over and over in order, that you may have them by rote, to make it easier to find words placed alphabetically (or according to the old order of A, B, C,) in the dictionary:

abcdefghijklmnopqrs

v w x y z.

You should learn the numeral figures alsoì 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.

You should also learn the capital letters, here pla. ced in order:

ABCDEFGHIJ K L M N O PQRSTUVWXY Z.

Here is another form, large and small, called Italic, which you should learn:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R STU V W X Y Z.

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Many new sounds have come into our language without letters to mark them. The number of sounds is now about 40, which are somehow represented to the eye by 23 letters. Instead of having 17 more letters, as we ought, that each distinct primary sound may have a distinct letter for itself alone, these sounds in many cases have been put upon the old letters, as four upon a, and about as many upon o, &c. some cases, however, double letters, or two letters put together, called a couple, have been taken out of the old alphabet, to answer instead of new single letters, for some of these new sounds as sh, ch, th, ng; and there should be one more, which is of late about being adopted-zh, to stand for the sound of s in pleasure, and z in azure. We should have a separate lesson on these.

LESSON 7.

On the Couples of old Letters, used for new single ones.

The first couple, used for this purpose, is sh. Its name is she. Make it on the sand board as well as

you can. This and the following couples should be treated as single letters. This couple, sh, (or this letter, she,) represents a simple, single primary sound; as in shall, sash, wash; for which I have found not less than 11 substitutes; as s in sure, ch in chaise, &c. It has a relation to zh, but is a little closer and sharper. The next couple is ch. Its name is che. Look on