A clear and distinct articulation lies at the basis of all good speaking and reading. It can be secured only by careful and frequent exercises. We give, for this purpose, certain combinations of consonants. They are selected in order to strengthen the organ of voice, and secure ease and freedom to action. Articulate in a bold, deliberate manner, the consonants first, and then the words in which they appear.

The mode of giving out the sounds of the voice is of great importance. It is desirable to enunciate distinctly. Exercises on syllables, if carefully performed, will secure it. Enunciate the following syllables in a BOLD and deliberate

This is a prime part of speech. It requires attention to the sounds of letters as heard in words, and the accent of syllables. It is rarely exact. The sounds are imperfect, and the accent too feeble. Pronounce the following words in a

bold tone, and mark the accent strongly. Observe the true

Man, said Professor Cadmus to his son, as they sat down to glance over the course of the Lingual Reader, before they dismissed the subject for some other one waiting to gain their notice; man, my son, is ever leaving the old for the new. He is pressing forward. There is always some tempting hill before him, climbing which, he hopes to see all his dreams from its inviting top.

I know something of this, father, said Wilmer. I feel it in my wanderings, and often wonder why I wish to go on. This feeling exists in reading and study, my son, said the Professor. Watch it, or you will be carried forward too fast. Let us check it a little to-night, by looking back on the course over which we have passed in the Lingual

Reader. Be careful, my son, when you reach the end of a book, to take a retrospect of your course.

What is this, father? asked Wilmer. I do not understand it.

A retrospect, my son, is a backward look. Backward looks are as instructive as forward ones, and happy is he who is familiar with their teachings. Wisdom lies in the past.

The traveller, when he reaches his journey's end, surveys the dangers and pleasures of the day. So let Wilmer survey the toils and delights of study.

The Lingual Reader is now ended, and its teachings have introduced us to other things. Its course! How pleasing and fresh even in memory! Henceforth it becomes part of your life.

The first part of it, LANGUAGE, is a vast object. It lies away in the distance like a sea. Your fears are still remembered, my son. Your. wonders still live, and with them, our social conversations on language.

The second part, GRAMMAR, useful and important, holds its place in memory. Its services cannot be forgotten. Like a mariner's compass, you remember, it came to you, and guided your course through the sixty thousand words which compose the English language.

The third part, READING, more pleasing and attractive than either of the other two, is still echoing its teachings about reading. It will ever abide with you, my son, as the former of your voice; and whether you read or speak by the ingle-side, or in public places, will still guide you to do so in a way that instructs and delights the heart.

The fourth part, the Culture of the Voice, although the shortest, is by no means the least. The remembrance of its

teachings will prove a lasting blessing. There is a power in the human voice to kindle or restrain, and this power is drawn out only by careful culture.

Go, then, my son, and bear the memories and fruits of the Lingual Reader with you. May they add much to your power and happiness in future life, and assist you to live for the good of man and the glory of God, is the prayer of your father.