Mrs., St., Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun., Jan., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.

P. M., A. M., Capt., P. O., Rev., sec., min., hr., in., ft.,

Pronouns: Observe the use of:

ye.

I, me; we, us; he, him; she, her; thou, thee, and thine;

It is I that wishes to go.

They invited Mary and me to the reception.
It was he that repeated the story.

I will tell him and her of their good fortune.
The king will tell thee, if thou art set free.
We girls are invited to the reception.

They invited us for the afternoon.

FURTHER APPLICATION

The following short passages are to be studied so as to give a review of lessons in Part I. They illustrate points in regard to capitals and punctuation marks, correct spelling, irregular verbs, pronouns, homonyms, contractions, and the plural forms.

These passages should be studied till fully understood, and in some cases memorized so that they can be recited in the class with good natural expression, and also written correctly from memory. This will give children a better control of general sentence structure.

The memorizing of a few prose selections is somewhat more difficult than the learning of poetry, but it is very useful. In this way, we get the standard forms of the sentence fixed in mind and can then build our own sen

tences better.

This habit of sentence structure, this ready control of sentence forms, is of the greatest value in all studies.

ROBERT BRUCE

Robert Bruce was a brave strong man. There was no one in Scotland that was thought a match for him except Sir William Wallace. Now that Wallace was dead, Bruce was held to be the best man in Scotland. He was wise and prudent and an excellent general. He knew how to conduct an army and place it in order of battle as well or better than any great man of his time. He was generous, too, and courteous by nature. But he had some faults, which, perhaps, belonged as much to the fierce period in which he lived as to his own character. He was rash and quick to anger, and in his passion he was sometimes harsh and cruel.-Scott.

Notice the length and variety of form in these sentences. After memorizing, recite them to the class with clearness and expression.

THE MOCK TURTLE'S SONG

"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail.

See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!

They are waiting on the shingle-will you come and join the dance?

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join
the dance?"
-Lewis Carroll.
Observe the rhythm in this poem. It is really a song.

MY BOYHOOD

When I was a boy in Scotland I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I've been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild creatures. Fortunately, around my native town of Dunbar, by the stormy North Sea, there is no lack of wildness, though most of the land lay in smooth cultivation. With redblooded playmates, wild as myself, I loved to wander in the fields to hear the birds sing, and along the seashore to gaze and wonder at the shells and seaweeds, eels and crabs in the pools among the rocks when the tide was low. And, best of all, in glorious storms to watch the waves thundering on the black headlands and craggy ruins of the old Dunbar Castle when the sea and the sky, the waves and the clouds, were mingled together as one.—John Muir.

Learn this passage and recite it with spirit.