The British at Alexandria.

Daniel Webster as an Orator.

Tongues.

Puns.

Royalty in Bonds.

Mosaics.

Shackles.

The Fertilization of Seeds.

The Habits of the Bee.

Alexander Hamilton.

The Butterfly and Its Changes.

Curiosity.

The Triumphs of Steam.

The Character of Byron.

Lessons from the Life of Napoleon.

The Genius of Edgar Poe.

Old Age.

Forest Trees.

Nature's Nobleman.

Myths.

The Use of Flowers.

Sleep.

Bitter Words.

The Obligations of America to England.

The Slave Trade.

Scottish Poets.

British Orators.

The Character of La Fayette.

Modern Greece.

The Obligation of Liberty to John Hampden.

The Future of America.

A Defence of Xanthippe.

Maria Theresa.

Charles XII. of Sweden.

MARKS FOR THE CORRECTION OF COMPOSITIONS.

The marks here given are used by proof-readers and printers.

1. Changing.-If a point, letter, word, or phrase is to be changed, draw a line through it and write the correct point, letter, word, or phrase in the margin.

2. Omitting.- If a point, letter, word, or phrase is to be omitted, draw a line through it and put ô (dele, that is, destroy) in the margin.

3. Inserting.— If a point, letter, word, or phrase is to be inserted, put a caret,, where the point, letter, word, or phrase should be, and write in the margin what is to be inserted.

If a period is to be inserted, place it in the margin within a circle, thus, O; if quotation marks or apostrophes, place them within an angle, thus, V; if a dash, indicate it thus, /-; if a hyphen, thus, //.

4. Capitalizing. If a small letter ought to be written as a capital, draw three lines under it, and write cap. in the margin.

If a capital letter ought to be written as a small letter, draw a slant line through it, and write in the margin, l. c. (the "lower case "of the printers, i.e., the "case "where small letters are kept, which is below the capitals).

5. The Paragraph.- If a new paragraph is to be indicated, put a at the first word of the new para

graph, and ¶ in the margin.

If two paragraphs ought to be put into one, draw a line from the first word of the new paragraph to the last word of the preceding, and write run in in the margin.

If a paragraph is not indented (that is, not begun back an inch or so from the margin), place a caret where the indentation ought to be, and place a quadrat, □, in the margin.

6. Syllabication.-If a syllable or letter of a word ought to be carried over to the next line, enclose the syllable in a bracket, [, put a caret in the place to which the syllable is to be carried, and write over in the margin.

7. Transposing. If a word or phrase is to be transposed, draw a curved line between them, passing above the one and below the other, and write tr. (transpose) in the margin.

8. Closing up.—If the parts of a word are written separately, join them by curves, and place similar curves in the margin, thus, .

9. Query. If the correctness of a word or statement is questioned, make a line around the questioned part, and put an interrogation point in the margin.