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vi from the pupil to get ready for recitation. If teachers have to study them in advance of the class, they should assign short lessons, say, the half or third of a Letter.

In the present edition, the proper syllabication and accentuation of words will be indicated in the Vocabulary, and consequently, teacher and pupil will have but little difficulty on that score.

The first edition of these Letters has undergone a thorough revision by the author, assisted by a member of the Faculty of Indiana University, Prof. Campbell ; and it is therefore fondly hoped that the second will be much more acceptable to the public than its predecessor.

The present edition contains two additional Letters of rare import, on a subject of deep interest among the young. There is also embodied in it a piece of rhymic versification, addressed to Mr. Altisonant, by “Dick Tation.” It was written by a very eminent member of the Medical Faculty, belonging to that habitually grave class of our fellow-citizens, the “Friends,” and residing in the Eastern part of Indiana. It is undoubtedly indicative of commendable familiarity with the English language, and develops a capability of the language which may have been hitherto unobserved by many of my readers.

Perfection is not claimed in these Letters; the style, as to structure, is simple, and occasionally somewhat tame. The definitions in the appended