TH flat-They that thy though, thee then there swathe, paths seethe sithe. J and G soft-Jay genius gentle jam jar, jet jeer gesture jilt jimp, giant gibbet.

CH soft-Chair chat charm chalk cheek chine, chin churn chirp hatch march watch.

SH-Shame shad, shark shawl, sheen shed, shine, shin, show shot, shoe shrub, shroud shrink.

S sharp and C soft-Say sad salt saunter, see cease set slice, sister cistern cider.

S flat, Z-Gales homes maze was has prizes roses daisies.

Palatic, or Mouth Letters.*

K as in Key: Chard, as in Cue: Ch as in Chorus: Q as in Queen: Key cane keel queer cone quote, cup cube cake squeak elk pike, kick sick attack.

G hard as in Gag: Gay gave, gap guard, gall ghost, green go, gone gulp.

*Formed by the lower part of the tongue approaching the back part of the roof of the mouth.

Semi-palatic letter, or initial Y, as in Ye.

Yare yest yon, young yonder your, you youth yawl.

Aspirated or Breathing letter.

Has in Hail: Hay hat harm hall, heel head high hit, home hot horse hoot.

Nasal letters.*

Nas in No: Nay nap gnarl knee net, nice nib note not knew, fain can barn keen ken.

Nasal N, as in Sing, NG as in Finger: NK in think, NC in Concave, NQ in Conquest.

Gang king sprung length strength bank, sink being nothing writing hanging bringing, robbing singing.

Sound of L.

L, as in Lull: Lay lee, lie lo, loo law, lad lark, loll hale, all mall, well weal.

*Formed by the breath passing through the nose.

Trilling letter.

R, initial, or before a vowel,* as in Rude. Ray rat, raw wry, pray brass, crape, green, trait shrug, throw root,

rust rue.

R final or before a consonant, as in Air, far, farm. Hare are ore, ire our ear, harm form burn, germ fern dark, farm marl furl, hurl whirl world.

Exercise combining both Rs. Rare rear roar roared reared.

Note. The common errors in the sounds of this letter are the substitution of the hard for the soft r; thus, warr for war; the entire omission of the letter, as in wawm, for warm; the protrusion of the hard sound after a consonant; thus, derread for dread. Nothing is more characteristic of true and graceful articulation than the clear and appropriate sound of this letter.

Palatic and Sibilant letter.

X as in Vex: Axe sex ox wax box six.

* Articulated by a forcible quiver of the tongue against the upper gum, forming a full sound, which may be denominated 'hard' R. +In the formation of this sound, which is much softer, the tongue bends inward in the mouth, and the vibration is very slight. This sound may be distinguished as 'soft' R.

700 DCC.

800 DCCC.

1000 M.

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1. The little boys and girls who have read my PRIMER, may be glad to have me give them a new book. You must learn to read and spell all the words in this SECOND BOOK, and to tell what is said in each Lesson.

2. The first thing that we shall talk about, is the Sun.

3. The Sun gives us light and heat. It is so bright, that it will hurt your eyes to look much at it. The light and heat of the Sun, make the trees, and grass, and all the plants grow.