This attention to synonymes, if it be judiciously and thoroughly carried on, will require the use of the dictionary. This is as it should be. As soon as a pupil enters the grammar-school he should be furnished with a dictionary, and taught how to use it to the best advantage; and it should be his inseparable companion thenceforward throughout

his school career.

August, 1880.

H. F. H.

PART II.

LESSON 1.

"I love it, I love it; and who shall dare
To chide me for loving that old arm-chair?
I've treasured it long as a sainted prize,

I've bedewed it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs; 'Tis bound by a thousand bands to my heart;

Not a tie will break, not a link will start.
Would ye learn the spell? a mother sat there,
And a sacred thing is that old arm-chair."

[In this form of lessons the pupil may be required to give one or more synonymes of each word, or may, at the option of the teacher, continue to construct sentences as in Part I.]

[This form of lessons contains words that are pronounced alike, but differ

sels of war

The is a kind of cat, and has

of ships of the line,, sloops,

brigs, and schooners. A is a small fish. When

as an article of food. A

is a slice

is a kind of

sharp sight. Ves

in oil it is

bro cade'

LESSON 6.

The silky white fur which forms the ornament of many a royal robe is the skin of the ermine-a nimble and saucy member of the weasel tribe. In the summer this animal is of a reddish-brown color, but no sooner does the reign of winter begin than it attires itself in purest snowy white, with the exception of the tip of its tail, which is jet black.