s IN PI. mi*. 



197 



M.| in wdrangnlar, six>angled; Mvennial, 

 every six yean j tortuplo, sixfold ; ragenary, threescore, etc. 



MO are the n.Konary fair one*, who, whether the/ were hand- 

 mime or not in tin- List routury, ought at least in thii to reduoe them- 

 aelre* to a decency of drew luiUble to their yean." 

 " Common SWIM." 



1 . Parao tho following sentence* : 



Apnl it come. The bird* ring. The tree* are in bloMom. The 

 flower* are coming out. The un ihinoi. Now it rain*. It raina 

 and tho sun nines. There u a rainbow. Oh, what fine colour* ! I 



cannot catoh the rainbow. Tba> rainbow to gains? awmy. It 

 It U quite COM. I hear th ctickoo. It U Aucurt. Let w go fsto 

 the corn-field*, I the corn ripef Thu U a fraia of eon. Thu 

 U an ear of corn. Thu ulk makes trw. Mow UM corn nuwt to 

 tied up la snea* as. 



rite a theme on each of tho following subjects: 



1. Move* found by Pharaoh'* daughter. I 3. The Di^orery of imsrins 



2. The Norman Conquest. | 4. The Dth of Prinoe Albert. 



3. Write and carefully correct aa account of the last 

 speech, or lecture you heard. 



-SLIP NO. 94. NELSON WON THE BATTLE OF THE NILE, 17U8. 



COPY-SLIP NO. 95. OTAHEITE, AN ISLAND IN THB PACIFIC OCEAN 



COPY-SLIP NO. 96. PEKIN IN CHINA. 



COPY-SLIP NO. 97. QUEBEC FOUNDED, 1608. 





WP7tfflJ7T, 



COPY-SLU> Nu. 'J6. U03IULU8, FIUST KING OK KOMt. 



LESSONS IN PENMANSHIP. XXV. 



THE capital letters in tho present serie i of copy-slips, which 

 have been inserted to enable the self-teacher to acquire a 

 knowledgn of tho shape and modo of formation of each, will 

 servo as models for every variety of handwriting for largo- 

 hand as well as small-hand, and each of tho intermediate sizes. 

 It is necessary, however, for us to remind our readers that in 

 using the letters that are affixed to our Copy-slips in angular 

 writing, as in Copy-slip No. 95, aa capitals for copies in hands 

 in which tho strokes arc rounded at the top and bottom, as in 

 Copy-slips Nos. 94, 96, 97, and 98, caro muot bo taken to 

 substitute a well-rounded curve for the angles or points that 

 form BO conspicuous a feature in angular hand ; and, vice vend, 

 in using the round-hand capitals for angular hand, tho writer 

 must substitute points for the rounded curves. 



As wo have said before, angularity is for the most part tho 



distinguishing feature of a lady's hand; while roundneas i*, 

 generally speaking, the chief characteristic of men's hand- 

 writing ; and having proceeded thus far in acquiring a sound 

 knowledge of tho formation of the large and small letters of tho 

 writing alphabet from our copy-slips and instructions, we would 

 recommend all self -teachers, in practising writing, to direct their 

 attention more particularly to those copies which present the 

 characteristic features of the writing of the sex to which they 

 belong ; that is to say, that men and boys should copy our copy- 

 slips in round and commercial hand in preference to those in 

 angular hand, while girls and women should pay more attention 

 to copies in the hitter hand than to those in the former. 



In drawing towards the conclusion of our present series of 

 copies and instructions in tho formation of letters, we cannot 

 urge too strongly on our learners tho necessity of unremitting 

 practice if they wish to write a clear and legible hand with a 



