380 ANALYTIC ORTHOGRAPHY. 
594. The vowel writing forms are as follows. No. 2, an « wide below, with the loop of 
e added separately; or, a figure 1 with e added against it, being Mr. Graham’s letter for 
the vowel of her. The more open v of urn, if required, to be similarly made of 7¢; or 
like v, by beginning with the top hook, then forming the loop and finishing the base. 
No. 3, Greek a made by commencing with the top of ¢, then curving down towards the 
left, forming the circle, and finishing the end of the ;—or, making a character («) like 
‘&’ without the upper loop. No. 4, when not satisfactorily made, may have the circum- 
flex (*) placed over it. No. 8, like ¢, but running into (_) below; it is not to be dotted 
unless to prevent obscurity. No 9, the common %, a bad letter, because it forms part of 
u, and requires a dot, but not in print. A good script form is a desideratum. No. 10, 
like a with a break to the left in the middle of the ¢ part;—or, with the ¢ made straight, 
and a tail thrown back into the 0, as ¢ is sometimes made without lifting the pen. The 
latter is Mr. Graham’s @ in at. No. 11, a with an inward break on the left of the o. 
595. The consonant writing forms are as follows. No. 2, the common v. No. 1, the 
same dotted, or # to avoid the marking. No. 3, a straight line running into a curve (_) 
continued up and ending like v, unless appropriated in some language. No. 3, 5, 22, 27, 
may have the surd mark omitted, but in writing only. No. 7, a v with a break towards 
the right, in the middle of the descending stem. No. 17, as printed, or the form of 7 
made with the ascending stroke continued into () a short quantity mark, and ending 
with «. (This would have formed a good character for 7.) No. 18, 7 with the stem 
running below the line. No. 23, we use Mr. Ellis’s character, a line (/) continuing into 
an inverted script / ory. No. 24, a long script s. No. 25, like 7 with two dots, or, to 
avoid these, the tail may be turned to the right. 
596. Observe that, as in English, the coalescents No. 1 and 25 are never initial, and 
always follow vowels; they may be represented by v and j, but only in writing. $173; 
Rule 1, 2, $47, 56. 
597. The different order given to the alphabetic characters is a great barrier to the use 
of dictionaries, as in those of Hebrew, Russian, and Sanscrit. It is even inconvenient to 
use Greek and Latin lexicons at the same time, or Danish and German. Thus in Danish 
and Swedish, 6, &c., follow z, so that Dan. boelte (belt) follows bytte (booty;) and Sw. 
dack (deck,) and déd (death) come after dum (dull,) and dyr (dear.) 
598. The attempts to arrange the alphabet in physiological order have not been satis- 
factory; in fact, it cannot be done in a single series, and would be more inconvenient than 
useful in dictionaries. We therefore interpolate the new English letters among those of 
the Latin alphabet. This gives the series— 
