29. Some of the changes that Hendrick Hudson might notice, were he now to sail up the Hudson.

30. Guesses at what one may see in the year 1900. 31. Is it desirable that large numbers of the Chinese should settle in this country?

32. Is a fondness for flowers, or a fondness for birds, most to be cultivated by the young?

33. The evils of a quarrelsome disposition.

34. Some of the miseries of school-life.

35. My favorite game, and what I have to say in its defence.

36. My first friend, and what has become of him [or her].

37. What the cricket on the hearth told me one evening, when we were all alone together.

38. Advantages of studying history.

39. Source of anxiety to one who lives by farming. 40. What kind of life affords the greatest promise of happiness?

41. A description of my home.

42. An account of the town or place I live in.

43. A history of my skates.

44. A history of my work-basket.

45. Our old family clock.

46. What I saw at the fair.

47. My grandfather's watch.

48. Which profession do you think most desirable? 49. How to travel, so as to get the greatest benefit and pleasure from it.

50. The miser and the spendthrift.

51. Rainy Saturdays.

52. When and how I learn my lessons.

53. The treatment of the Indians by the white men.

54. Life in the mountains.

55. What I know about Egypt. 56. Life in a coal mine.

57. My motto, and what it means.

58. What the man in the moon sees when he passes over our place.

59. Blowing soap-bubbles.

60. The advantages of being a good penman.

61. The effect of scenery upon national character. 62. Means by which a love of country may be promoted.

63. How to make children fond of home.

64. Duties which I owe to my father and mother. 65. Things to be observed in the intercourse between brothers and sisters.

66. Things to be observed by scholars in their way to and from school.

67. A description of the hottest day that I can remember, and what we did to keep ourselves cool.

68. A description of the coldest day that I can remember, and what we did to keep ourselves warm. 69. The different kinds of fur used, and where they come from.

70. How candles are made.

71. Manners and customs among the Chinese [or any other foreign nation].

72. Different kinds of lace, where and how made.

73. Waiting for something to turn up.

74. Is coal or iron more important to mankind?

75. Lotteries at church fairs.

76. The influence of circus exhibitions.

77. An excursion by steamboat on the Potomac [or

any other river with which the scholar is familiar].

78. A journey by railroad from Chicago to Dubuque [or any other route with which the scholar is familiar]. 79. Some of the discomforts of travel.

80. Importance of having a good memory, and means of improving it.

81. Some of the pleasures of travelling on foot.

82. Importance of cultivating a talent for conversation.

83. An imaginary diary kept by a scholar during the first week of the term.

84. The experiences of a penny, as related by itself, to the little girl who holds it in her hand.

85. A dialogue between two dollies, Minnie and Susan, about their mother.

86. A dialogue between two boys, James and William, about the choice of amusements; James arguing for fishing, and William arguing for skating.

87. A dialogue between two girls, Emma and Lucy, about the choice of studies; Emma arguing for grammar, and Lucy for history.

88. A dialogue between two teachers about the choice of scholars; one preferring to teach boys, and the other preferring to teach girls.

RULE.

CHAPTER I.

CLEARNESS.

The words of a sentence should be so arranged that the meaning cannot be mistaken.

EXAMPLE. By greatness, I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view.

Here "only" is so placed as to refer to the word "mean." It naturally raises the question, what else does the author mean? But that evidently is not what he wished to say. He wished to discriminate between a single object" and "a whole view." The adverb "only" should be so placed, therefore, as to bring out this point, and that is done by placing it after "object." "By greatness, I do not mean the bulk of any single object only, but the largeness of a whole view."

The rule, in such cases, is to place the adverb as near as possible to the word or words which it is intended to designate, and in such a position that it cannot well be taken to designate any other word or words.

DIRECTION.-Copy the following sentences, changing, in each case, the position of the adverb, so as to make the meaning more clear. Show, in each case, what other meaning, different from that intended, could be put upon the sentence.

1. It is by hunting and fishing that the Indians chiefly subsist.

2. I merely copied the rules; I forgot to copy the examples also.

3. The teacher only explained the method of reciting to the lower classes.

4. I never expect to be any taller than I am now.

5. California not only produces gold in abundance, but quicksilver also.

⚫ DIRECTION. — Find, or make up, five sentences, in each of which the meaning is obscured by the misplacing of an adverb; and in each case re-write the sentence, placing the adverb correctly.

CASE II. - Position of Clauses.

EXAMPLE.—The following lines were written by an esteemed friend, who has lain in the grave fourteen years, for his own amusement.

What the author meant to say was, "that the lines were written by his friend for his own amusement." What he does say, is that his friend "has lain in the grave fourteen years for his own amusement." The clause "for his own amusement" is out of place. It should come immediately after "written." "The