5. "No, my dear," said his father; "I would have it stay where it is, a little while longer."

6. Junius still persisted in abusing it; but his father endeavored to turn his attention to other objects, and at last the unfortunate vine-stalk was forgotten.

7. Mr. Sefton's affairs soon after carried him to a town at some distance, where he was detained till autumn.

8. One of his first cares, on his return, was to visit his country-seat, and he again took his little son with him. The weather was extremely hot, and they sought shelter from the rays of the sun, by walking in the alley of lattice-work.

9. "Ah, father," cried Junius, "how delightful is this green shade! How glad I am that you made them take away that dry old wood, that I was so vexed to see in the spring, and surprise me by putting in its place the most charming tree that I ever saw in my life! What delightful fruit it has! Only look at these fine grapes, -some green, some purple, others almost black! There is not one single tree, in the whole garden, that makes so fine a figure as this.

10. "Almost all the rest have lost their fruit; but this, only look, father, how it is covered! See what thick clusters there are, under these large green leaves! I should like to know whether they are as sweet-tasted as they are pretty."

11. "I see, my dear, how much you are surprised," said Mr. Sefton; "but your amazement will be yet greater, when I tell you that this is the very same tree, so dry, brown, twisted, and sprawling, at which you so much scoffed in the spring. Shall I now call the gardener, and tell him to root it up, and heat his oven with it?"

12. "O, not for the world, father! I would rather have him root up every tree in the garden."

13. "You see, then, Junius," said Mr. Sefton, "how imprudently I should have acted, if I had followed your advice. Daily experience teaches us, that the same error which has misled you, is a very common one in the affairs of life. At

the sight of an ill-dressed or homely child, the richer and happier are too apt to despise him; to grow proud by being compared with him, and even have the cruelty to insult and deride him.

14. " Be careful, my son, of ever forming so hasty judgments. Perhaps in that very person who has been so little favored by nature, there may reside a soul which one day may astonish the world by the greatness of its virtues, or instruct and benefit mankind by its extraordinary talents. The stalk may be rough, where the fruit is the finest and best flavored.

EXERCISE VIII.

Special Rules in Articulation.

RULE 1. Avoid suppressing letters in pronunciation; as, Pr-mote for pro-mote; an for and; beas for beasts; sud-dn for sud-den; mod-l for mod-el, &c.

PRONOUNCE THE FOLLOWING.

Prevent, propose, proceed, predict; stand, bands, hindmost; posts, texts, cents; mitten, mountain, satin; travel, gospel, level.

RULE 2. Avoid substituting the sound of one letter for that of another; as, Reg-e-lar for reg-u-lar; gin-eral for gen-er-al, &c.

PRONOUNCE THE FOLLOWING - Populous, educate, stimulate, calculate, occupy, diligence, elegance, particular, difficult, system, opposite, gentleman, yesterday, agony, omnipotent, advocate.

RULE 3. Avoid suppressing syllables in pronunciation; as, His-try for his-to-ry; rith-me-tic for a-rith-metic, &c.

PRONOUNCE THE FOLLOWING. Reference, sufferance, interest, every, slavery, literature, temperance, geography, foliage, utterance, library, memory, vigorous, misery, believe, ivory.

QUESTIONS. What is the first special rule in articulation? Give the examples. Pronounce the words under it. What is rule second, &c.?

RULE 4. Avoid pronouncing ow like er; as, Fel-ler

follow, swallow, yellow, harrow, sparrow, window, shadow, shallow, hollow, narrow, arrow, furrow.

RULE 5. Avoid pronouncing ing like in; as, Learnin for learn-ing, &c.

PRONOUNCE THE FOLLOWING. - Singing, talking, walking, calling, hunting, blooming, whipping, jumping, playing, trying, binding, changing, turning, twisting, drawing, burning.

RULE 6. Avoid pronouncing ment like munt; as, Judg-munt for judg-ment, &c.

PRONOUNCE THE FOLLOWING. Casement, basement, fragment, moment, shipment, lodgment, treatment, department, interment, abatement, indictment, preferment, presentment, detachment, retrenchment.

RULE 7. Avoid pronouncing ness and less like niss and liss; as Kind-niss for kind-ness; harm-liss for harm-less, &c.

PRONOUNCE THE FOLLOWING. Coolness, harshness. coarseness, fierceness, sharpness, rudeness, rashness, boldness, helpless, homeless, sleepless, faithless, groundless, cashless, tearless, thoughtless.

RULE 8. Avoid joining the last letter of a word with the one following; as, A nice house for an ice house,

&c.

READ THE FOLLOWING.

That lasts till night; not, That last still night. Whoever imagined such an ocean to exist? not, Whoever imagined such a notion to exist? The magistrates ought to prove it; not, The magistrate sought to prove it. He can debate on either side of the question; not, He can debate on neither side of the estion.

EXERCISE IX.

Application of the Special Rules in Articulation.

NOTE. — In making a practical application of these rules, the teacher may give the erroneous pronunciation, and require the learner to correct it; and also to point out the error, and repeat the rule which is violated. The words of this exercise are selected from the following piece, and the figures preceding them denote the paragraph in which they are found.

ERRORS IN PRONUNCIATION.-2. Care-fly for care-ful-ly, (Rule 3); 3. A-part-munt for a-part-ment, (Rule 6); 4. Win-der for win-dow, (Rule 4); 6. Blieve for believe, (Rule 3); 8. Ketch for catch, (Rule 2); 8. Hope-liss for hope-less, (Rule 7); 9. Sof-ly for soft-ly, (Rule 1); 11. His sef-forts for his efforts, (Rule 8); 13. Feel-in for feeling, (Rule 5).

THE BROKEN WINDOW.

D. WISE.

1. " CHARLES, watch the bird while I am gone out; do not let him fly out of the room. If you go out yourself, you must not, on any account, go into the garden.”

2. "Yes, father, I will mind you;" and the father left the room, carefully closing the door after him.

3. These words passed between a boy some ten years old, and his father, in a room that contained a beautiful canarybird, which had been purposely let out of its cage, to enjoy the liberty of flying round the apartment.

4. After his father was gone, Charles sat down and kept his eyes on the bird. When some one came to the door, he opened and shut it very quickly, so that the canary might not escape. But it happened that some street idler had thrown a stone against the window and broken one of the top squares.

5. This had not been perceived by either Charles or his father. The bird, in its flight around the room, feeling the fresh air, flew through the opening, and in a moment tasted the pleasure of freedom, in a bright sunshine and fragrant air.

6. Charles was not to blame for the bird's escape; but he

QUESTIONS. Where are the words in this exercise obtained? What do the figures Dreceding them denote? What is the error in pronunciation when you say care-fly for care-ful ly? Repeat the rule that is violated. What are you taught by this reading. lesson ?

felt sorry it was gone, and was fearful that his father might not believe his story.

7. These were wrong thoughts; he ought to have had confidence enough in himself to simply state the truth to his father, and not doubt his belief in the statement.

8. So he set out to recover the lost bird. There was a net in the house which had been used to catch birds, and armed with this, the boy set out on his hopeless expedition.

9. He soon saw the canary-bird perched upon a tree. He approached it very softly, and began to climb the trunk; just as he was in the act of throwing his net over the bird, it flew away, and crossing the garden wall, perched upon the branch of a cherry-tree, with a look which seemed to say, "Catch me if you can!"

10. Charles was puzzled. The bird was in the garden. He had been forbidden to enter it on any account; but the bird was there, and after a moment's hesitation, in he rushed, and began a grand pursuit after the lost bird.

11. Getting excited in his efforts, he forgot all caution, and plunged across the beds and among the flowers, making great havoc, and spoiling many choice things which his father had carefully reared. In the midst of this hot pursuit, his father stood at the garden gate and shouted, "Charles!"

12. Charles halted, looked around, blushed, and approached his father. "Why are you in the garden, contrary to my wishes, Charles ?”

13. Charles remembered his father's command, and feeling guilty, made no reply. He had been disobedient; but his disobedience was peculiar. He had broken one wish of his father through a desire to observe another. Anxious to save the canary, he had entered the garden.

14. He ought to have carried his efforts to save the bird, up to the garden gate. This, the order to watch the bird required; there he should have stopped, because the other command said, "On no account, go into the garden."