EXERCISE. Re-write in good taste the following

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(1) He was most dead with the heat. (2) In Chicago we try to make culture hum. (3) You will have to hustle if you want to get ahead of Jack. (4) He's the best man I know in that line. (5) Mr. George has been making a visit to his parental domicile. (6) He will return in two weeks to the land of liberty and the home of the free. (7) The obliging hotel clerk and the obsequious porter contributed their utmost attention to our every requirement. (8) The citizens of this free and enlightened republic will have an opportunity on Tuesday of exercising their birthright of the franchise. (9) The affaire of Monday night came off with great éclat; the Misses Oakes made their début in the beaumonde, and were "the observed of all observers." (10) It ain't no use, you're apt to make mistakes, and I'd ought to have some one else there. (11) No pupil is allowed to read aloud while there are others in the room. (12) When the old doctor was dead his eldest son came in his stead. (13) I ask that that same mercy that was accorded him be given to me.

COMPOSITION I.-Make a study of one of the following Country types:-1. The Canadian Farmer. 2. The Farmer's Wife. 3. The Farmer's Boy. 4. "The Hired Man." 5. "The Hired Girl." 6. The Agent.

This and subsequent groups of studies may be distributed among members of the class; the best description of each type may be selected, and the whole group read aloud by the teacher or the writers.

COMPOSITION 2.-Village Types. Make a study of one of the following:-1. The Country Doctor. 2. The Minister. 3. The Postmaster. 4. The School Teacher. 5. The Blacksmith. 6. The Landlord. 7. A Village Oracle. 8. The Stage-Driver. 9. A Local Celebrity. COMPOSITION 3.-City Types. Make a study of one of the following:-1. The Postman. 2. The Policeman. 3. The Ashman. 4. The Milkman.

5. The Iceman.

6. The Cabman. 7. The Messenger Boy. 8. The Bank Clerk. 9. The Hotel Clerk. 10. The Boot-black. II. The Organ-grinder. 12. "Banan'!" 13. "Rags and Bottles!"

14. The Dude. 15. The Ward Politician.

ADDITIONAL THEMES.

COMPOSITION I.— The City Shop. A study of one of the following types :--1. The Saleswoman. 2. The Cash Girl. 3. The Habitual Shopper. 4. The Bargain Hunter. 5. The Shop-lifter. COMPOSITION 2.-The Inland Steamer. A study of one of the following:-1. The Landing. View of steamer from the wharf-whistle-approach-bell rings for back water--deck-hand waits with small rope coiled-throws to the wharf-hawser dragged out, loop over mooring post-gang plank let down— some passengers come ashore, some go on board--wharf-hands begin to handle freight-rush to and fro with trucks loaded with crates, barrels, boxes—a horse and waggon are put on board-sheep are driven on with difficulty-last call-belated passenger rushes up-all aboard— gang plank drawn-engines start-water churns up white-whistle blows-off again. 2. The Captain. 3. The Mate. 4. The Deck Hand. 5. The Stoker. 6. The Cook. 7. The American Tourist.

COMPOSITION 3.-The Newspaper. A study of one of the following types -1. The Reporter. 2. The Editor. 3. The Compositor. 4. The Pressman. 5. The Printer's Devil. 6. The Newsboy. 7. Constant Reader."

COMPOSITION 4.—The Railway. A study of one of the following-1. The Ticket Agent. Engineer. 4. The Fireman.

2. The Train-despatcher. 3. The 5. The Conductor. 6. The Brake7. The Flag-man. 8. The Commercial Traveller. Nervous Passenger.

man.

COMPOSITION 5.-National Types:-1. John Bull. Sam. 3. Johnny Canuck. 4. Paddy. 5. Sandy.

9. The

2. Uncle

COMPOSITION 6.—Historical Types:—1. The Jacobite1. 2. The Puritan2. 3. The Cavalier3. 4. The Chartist. 5. The United Empire Loyalist. 6. The Voyageur. 7. The Fenian.

1See Macaulay's "Epitaph of a Jacobite." 2Green's "Short History of England," ch. viii, sec. 1. 3Scott's "Fortunes of Nigel." "Kingsley's "Alton Locke."

CHAPTER VIII.-ASSEMBLIES, GAMES, ETC.

LESSON LXVI.

MEMORIZATION. FROM "THE CROWDED STREET."

Let me move slowly through the street,

Filled with an ever-shifting train,

Amid the sound of steps that beat

The murmuring walks like autumn rain.

How fast the flitting figures come!

The mild, the fierce, the stony face;

Some bright with thoughtless smiles, and some
Where secret tears have left their trace.

They pass-to toil, to strife, to rest;
To halls in which the feast is spread ;
To chambers where the funeral guest
In silence sits beside the dead.

-William Cullen Bryant.

PERSONAL GROUPS THEME: AT THE TOWN

PUMP.

Noon, by the north clock! Noon, by the east! High noon, too, by those hot sunbeams which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke in the trough under my nose. Truly we public characters have a tough time of it! Summer and winter nobody seeks me in vain; for, all day long, I am seen at the busiest corner, just above the market, stretching out my arms to rich and poor alike; and at night I hold a lantern over my head, both to show where I am and keep people out of the gutters.

At this sultry noontide I am cupbearer to the parched

populace, for whose benefit an iron goblet is chained to my waist. Like a dram-seller on the mall, at musterday, I cry aloud to all and sundry in my plainest accents, and at the very tiptop of my voice-Here it is, gentlemen! Here is the good liquor! Walk up, walk up, gentlemen, walk up, walk up! Here is the unadulterated ale of father Adam. Walk up, gentlemen, walk up, and help yourselves.

It would be a pity if all this outcry should draw no customers. Here they come. A hot day, gentlemen. Quaff, and away again. Who next? Oh, my little friend, you are let loose from school, and come hither to scrub your blooming face, and drown the memory of certain taps of the ferule, and other school-boy troubles, in a draught from the Town Pump. Take it, pure as the current of your young life. Take it, and may your heart and tongue never be scorched with a fiercer thirst than now. This thirsty dog, with his red tongue lolling out, does not scorn my hospitality, but stands on his hind legs, and laps eagerly out of the trough. See how lightly he capers away again!

One o'clock. Nay then, if the dinner-bell begins to speak, I may as well hold my peace. Here comes a pretty young girl of my acquaintance, with a large stone pitcher for me to fill. May she draw a husband while drawing her water, as Rachael did of old. Hold out your vessel, my dear! There it is, full to the brim; so now run home, peeping at your sweet image in the pitcher as you go; and forget not, in a glass of my own liquor, to drink-"Success to the Town Pump.”

-Nathaniel Hawthorne. Abridged from "Twice Told Tales."

STUDY OF DESCRIPTION.-The theme here treated is the various people who come to the Town Pump. The method of description is fresh and interesting. By attributing personality to the Pump, and writing the descriptions as if the observations of the central object, the author secures a unity of treatment and adds an element of personal interest that enhances the value of the descriptions. Note that the author chooses a significant moment for the Pump's meditation. Point out the touches of humour in the description.

COMPOSITION I.-Following the plan and method in the preceding description, write one of the following: 1. Remarks from the Town Clock. 2. Reflections of a Mirror. 3. A Book's Opinions of Its Readers. 4. A Piano's Memories of Its Players. 5. A Livery Horse's Opinions of Mankind.

COMPOSITION 2.-Parties of Pleasure. Describe with special reference to the persons present, one of the following:-1. A Picnic Party. 2. A Christmas Party. 3. A Dinner Party. 4. Afternoon Tea. 5. A Ball. 6. Our Camping Party. 7. A Church Social. 8. At the Skating Rink.

COMPOSITION 3. Assemblies. Describe one of the following, as if you were writing a newspaper report: Concert. 2. A Public Meeting.

I. The
Meeting of the Club. 4. Visitors in Town.
The Trial (a court-room scene).

3. A 5.