TABLE OF CONTENTS. Exercises from I. to XVIII. on words pronounced ex- Letters I.-IV. on words commencing with a Letter V. on words commencing with b Letters XII. and XIII. on words commencing with e. Letter XIV. on words commencing with ƒ Letter XV. on words commencing with g . i and j. Letter XIX. on words commencing with k Letter XXXV. on words commencing with u Letter XXXVI. on words commencing with v BARON S., who comes from Ayr, in Scotland, and is heir to several estates, is prouder than a Turkish Bey. He resides with his aunt in the castle amongst the bay trees, on the ascent of yonder hill. The barren plain at its base was once bare of houses; but the pure air serves as a bait for those who ail any thing, and small cottages, like ants' nests, have lately been built there. A large hotel, from its size called the Ark, was to have stood in the centre; but the baron will not assent to the proposal. He cannot bear hotels, and likens them all to ale-houses. He has, moreover, a base agent, who knows no more of his business than he does of a cooper's adze or a shoemaker's awl. This man ought to have known that building adds to the value of property; but, instead, he has drawn a line forming the arc of a circle, within which there are to be no houses. He will not have a church or a school. Ball-rooms, he |