understanding how to manage it, the boat dipped, and Hugh, being thrown into the water, sank to the bottom, to rise no more.

oi as in oil, soil, boy, joy.

ou as in found, mound, round, sound.

Precede, (not pr'cede,) precise, predict, prefer, prefix, prepare, present, pretend, proceed, produce, protract, promote, belief, relief, delight, deny, desire.

The Bad Boy.

LITTLE PETER was a very ill-natured boy. He could not live peaceably with any body; on the contrary, he was continually quarrelling with his brothers and sisters, and with all the little boys in the neighborhood.

He was often admonished by his parents that he ought to be good, and kind towards others. Indeed, his father threatened to separate him from the family, and keep him entirely alone, if he were always so ill-natured. But threats did no good, and his father at last locked him up in a chamber, in a distant part

of the house, and forbade all the family speaking a

word to him.

He

Peter had a lonesome time in the chamber. often looked out of the window to see if he could see any person around; but not a single soul could he see or hear.

At noon the maid carried him his dinner, and Peter spoke very kindly to her; but she did not reply to him. He did not relish his dinner at all.

The afternoon seemed as long as a year to him. He had nothing to amuse him, and nobody to speak to. He saw no living thing in the chamber but flies. He gazed upon them for a long time, counted them, and spoke to them; but, after all, they were nothing but flies.

In the evening, his sister, with whom he had quarrelled continually, brought him his supper. "Dear sister," said Peter, "stay with me a little while; do, it would be such a pleasure." But his sister set down his supper, and went away without saying a word.

Then came the dark, dismal night; but Peter could not close his eyes. He kept thinking, all the time, "When will it be morning? Must I live so to-morrow?" Then it occurred to him how he had behaved towards others, and he thought how he would act in future, if he could only be with them again.

The next day, while he was still alone, forsaken by every body, and thinking of his past conduct, he began to weep, and finally to cry aloud, "Father, father! mother! open the door; let me out; I cannot stay here."

His father let him cry a long while, but finally went to him. Peter fell on his knees, and, with uplifted hands, besought his father to let him out among his brothers and sisters and other people.

Then his father said, "He who makes himself hateful to the world should be contented to live away from it."

Peter promised to do better, and his father let

him out.

He soon became affectionate and agreeable. He was kind to his brothers and sisters, and to all about him. As he grew up, he became a good man, and was respected by all who knew him.

LESSON V.

TABLE OF VOWEL ELEMENTS.

a as in age, rage, save, wave.
a as in bar, car, par, tar.
a as in all, call, fall, tall.

e as in bee, me, see, we.

i as in fine, line, mine, pine.

o as in old, fold, sold, told.

o as in lose, move, prove, ooze.

ou as in found, mound, round, sound.

The breaking waves dashed high.

Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll!

Note to Teachers. The above table is designed to exercise the voice upon the prolongation of the vowel elements. Utter an element

Story of the Wolf.

In the northern part of Germany, not far from the Black Forest, dwelt a woodman and his wife, who had an only son, whose name was Eugene. They used both to go to work in the forest, felling trees.

They were obliged to leave Eugene, who was nine years old, in their cottage, to cook their suppers and look after the pigs and poultry. Whenever they went out, they gave him strict charge to take care of himself, and to keep narrow watch, in case the wolves should come down from the hills.

One cold, frosty morning, they set off to their daily toil, and left Eugene, as was usual with them, at home. The little fellow had a great deal to do, and, as soon as his father and mother had left him, set about doing it.

He had not been long at his work, however, before he thought he heard a howling in the ravine, not far from the house; and, going to see what it could be, he was not a little surprised and alarmed at beholding a female wolf and her two cubs, sitting among the flinty rocks at the bottom, with their white teeth grinning at him as he looked down.

abruptly, in a full tone of voice, gradually diminishing the sound of it till it ends in silence.

"One of the most general faults in reading is a slight, short, mincing pronunciation of the accented vowels. This produces a harsh, insignificant, and trifling sound of the word, instead of that bold, round, mellow tone, which ought to be considered as the basis of speaking. It is to a judicious prolongation of the sound of these vowels that pronunciation owes one of its greatest beauties." - WALKER.

He immediately retreated back to the cottage, terribly frightened, scarcely thinking how he should defend himself. He, however, made a good fire, and bolted and barred the doors, and took his station at the window.

For more than two hours, he sat, with his heart beating, patiently watching, and listening to every sound. At last, the time drew near for his parents to return; for the sun had already set behind the mountains.

So he took courage, and ventured to open the door; and, his thoughts being still upon the wolves he had seen, he cautiously, and on tiptoe, proceeded to the edge of the ravine; but, when he looked over, the full glare of the eyes of the larger wolf met his, and her white teeth grinned at him.

Eugene took up a large stone, and threw it at the wolf's head with all his force, and, without waiting to see what had been the effect of it, ran off with all his speed to the cottage.

He had not been there long, before he observed, from one of the windows, the wolf approach, with her two cubs. She came with a very stealthy pace, and at last leaped on the gable of the pigsty, and, with a bound, seized upon one of the pigs, which she dreadfully lacerated; and, after a violent struggle, succeeded in carrying it off.

Eugene was afraid to move or shout; but, as soon as he found the pig was gone, he blamed himself for not taking all the means in his power for preventing