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LOLA 



and the replies to be here obtained. A total of figures 

 from i 40 would suffice in order to give expression 

 to all the letters, while the same degree of compre- 

 hension of my spoken word was all I required. Then 

 I began to tell Lola some four or five letters of her 

 alphabet daily, questioning her as to each. Every 

 day I repeated the lesson learnt on the previous one, 

 and added four or five more letters. Her alphabet 

 sounds as follows : 



It is particularly to be observed that the letters 

 were pronounced as follows : K as k,' not as ka (= kay); 

 H as h/ not as ha (= aitch) ; R as r, not as er (= ar;) 

 L as 1,' not as el : this was so as to free her " writing " 

 of any extraneous difficulties. Rolf of Mannheim 

 rapped out the "e"in"w"( = vay being the German 

 pronunciation of " w "), as also in " g " ( = gay being 

 the German pronunciation of " g ") ; thus, if he 

 wanted to write " wegen," he simply rapped " w g n ' 



