LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 



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A wrong letter in a word is noted by drawing a short 

 perpendicular line through it, and making another 

 short line in the margin, behind which the right letter 

 is placed. (See No. 1.) In this manner whole words are 

 corrected, by drawing a line across the wrong word and 

 making the right one in the margin opposite. 



A turned letter is noted by drawing a line through it. 

 and writing the mark No. 2 "in the margin. 



If letters or words require to be altered from one 

 character to another, a parallel "hie or lines must be 

 made underneath the word or letter; viz., for capitals, 

 three lines; small capitals, two lines; and italics, one 

 line; and, in the margin opposite the line where the 

 alteration occurs, caps, small caps, or ital. must be 

 written. (See No. 3.) 



When letters or words are set double, or are required 

 to be taken out, a line is drawn through the superfluous 

 word or letter, and the mark No. 4 placed opposite in the 

 margin. 



Where the punctuation requires to be altered, the 

 correct point, marked in the margin, should be en- 

 circled. 



When a space is omitted between two words or letters 

 which should be separated, a caret must be made where 

 the separation ought to be and the sign No. 6 placed 

 opposite in the margin. 



No. 7 describes the manner in which the hyphen and 

 ellipsis line are marked. 



When a letter has been omitted, a caret is put at the 

 place of omission, and the letter marked as No. 8. 



Where letters that should be joined are separated, or 

 where a line is too widely spaced, the mark No. 9 must 

 be placed under them, and the correction denoted by the 

 marks in the margin. 



Where a new paragraph is required, a quadrangle is 

 drawn in the margin, and a caret placed at the begin- 

 ning of the sentence. (See No. 10.) 

 ' No. 11 shows the way in which the apostrophe, Inverted 

 commas, the star, and other references, and superior 

 letters and figures, are marked. 



Where two words are transposed, a line is drawn over 

 one word and below the other, and the mark No. 12 

 placed in the margin; but where several words require 

 to be transposed, their right order is signified by a 

 figure placed over each word, and the mark No. 12 in the 

 margin. 



Where words have been struck out, that have after- 

 ward been approved of, dots should be marked under 

 them, and stct written in the margin. 



Where a space sticks up between two words, a hori- 

 zontal line is drawn under it, and the mark No. 14 placed 

 opposite, in the margin. 



Where several words have been left out, thev are 

 transcribed at the bottom of the page, and a line drawn 

 from the place of omission to the written words (see No. 

 15); but if the omitted matter is too extensive to be 

 copied at the foot of the page, Out, see copy, is written 

 in the margin, and the missing lines are inclosed be- 

 tween brackets, and the word (hit is inserted in the 

 margin of the copy. 



Where letters stand crooked, they are noted by a line 

 (see No. 16) ; but where a page hangs, lines are drawn 

 across the entire part affected. 



When a smaller or larger letter, of a different font, is 

 improperly introduced into the page, it is noted by the 

 mark No. 17, which signifies wrong font. 



If a paragraph is improperly made, a line is drawn 

 from the broken-off matter to the next paragraph, and 

 A'o IT written in the margin. (See No. 18.) 



Where a word has been left out or is to be added, a 

 caret must be made in the place where it should come 

 ;n, and the word written in the margin. (See No. 19.) 



Where a faulty letter appears, it is denoted by making 



a cross under it, and placing a similar mark in the mar- 

 gin (see No. 20) ; though some prefer to draw a perpen- 

 dicular line through it, in the case of a wrong letter. 



Where a word has been accidentally separated by a 

 space, it is marked as in No. 21. 



Turn letter. 



^ Indent line one em quad. 

 /* Take out ; .expunge 

 A The caret shows where the letter or word is 



omitted. 



/& Insert space. 

 * * Less space. 



Close up entirely. 



Remove type, and insert a space in place of 



what is-removed. 

 Take out type and close up. 

 Bad type. 

 Push down space. 

 Plane down a letter. 

 No paragraph. 



Placed under erased words, restores them. 

 Written in margin, restores a canceled 

 word or words that have dots under 

 them. 

 // Begin a paragraph. 



/ Letters stand crooked. 

 /""/ Should be a compound word. 

 C err L. Remove to left. 

 D ci-_J Remove to right. 

 I | Elevate a letter, word, or character that is 



sunk below the proper level. 

 ' Sink or depress a letter, word, or character 



raised above the proper level. 



- Three lines, beneath writing, denote cap- 



itals. 



- Two lines, beneath writing, denote small 



capitals. 



One line, beneath writing, denotes italics. 



<-tr. *-. Wrong font. 



ASL, Transpose letters, words, or sentences. 

 JL . C. . Lower case, or small letters. 

 A- . C. . Small capitals. 

 Period. 

 Colon. 

 OM or , Calls attention to some doubtful word or 



sentence, 

 .^.c. Words are omitted or wanting, see copy. 



Famous Poems and Their Authors. 



"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is the 

 master composition of Thomas Gray (1716-1771). 



"The Minstrel" is the production of James Beattie 

 11735-1803). 



' Sock of Ages" is from the pen of Augustus Mon- 

 tague Toplady (1740-1778). 



"The Farmer's Boy" was vrritten by Robert Bloom- 

 fleld (1766-1823). 



" The Burial of Sir John Moore " is the effort of Charles 

 Wolf e(1791-1823). 



" Woodman, Spare that Tree" is the work of George 

 P. Morris (1802- 1864). 



"The Buccaneer" was composed by Richard Henry 

 Dana (1789-1879). 



" Star Spangied Banner " was written by Francis Scott 

 Key (1790-1843). 



"La Marseillaise" is the work of Rouget de L'Isle 

 (1760-1836). 



"Home, Sweet Home" is bv John Howard Payne 

 (1792-1852). 



" From Greenland's Icy Mountains " is the composition 

 of Reginald Heber (1783-1826). 



" Battle Hymn of the Republic " was written by Julia 

 Ward Howe (1819). 



"Ben Bolt" is from the pen of Thomas Dunn English 

 (1819). 



" Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep" is by Emma C. 

 Willard (1847-1870). 



" Hail, Columbia " is the production of Joseph Hop 

 kiuson (1770-1842). 



