SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO., STATIONERS' HALL COURT. E. C. OSBORNE, BENNETT'S HILL, BIRMINGHAM. 1814. [PRICE EIGHTEEN-PENCE.] PREFACE. It is proposed that a teacher making use of this book should provide each pupil with a copy, and require him to form sentences, introducing the words in the text, and also, at least, one word from those at the head of each set of sentences. When written, the exercises should be examined by the Key, though in no case should the particular form of expression adopted in it be insisted upon. The pupil will readily see in each case how many words he may be allowed to insert at every blank, and in each instance a strict attention to this should be required. For a more extended explanation of the plan, see the preface to the "Exercises on Orthography," published uniform with this volume. As a sequel to this set of exercises, the author recommends "Progressive Exercises in English Composition," by R. G. Parker, A.M., or "Rudiments of English Composition," by Alexander Reid, A.M. The latter work possesses an advantage to the teacher, in having a published Key, which lightens the labour of examination. Summer Hill School, |