Ken. or Ky., Kentucky.

K. G., Knight of the Garter. Kil., kilderkin or kilderkins. K. M., Knight of Malta.

K. P., Knight of St. Patrick.

K. T., Knight of the Thistle.

Kt. or Knt., Knight.

L., line.

La., Louisiana.

Lam., Lamentations.

Lat., latitude.

Lb., pound or pounds (weight).

L. C., Lower Canada.

L. D., Lady Day.

Ld., Lord. Ldp., Lordship.

Leag., lea., or 1., league or leagues.

L. I., Long Island.

Lib. or 1., liber, Book.

Lieut., Lieutenant.

Lieut.-Col., Lieutenant-Colonel.

Lieut. Comdg., Lieutenant Commanding.

Lieut.-Gen., Lieutenant-General.

Lieut.-Gov., Lieutenant-Governor.

Liv., Liverpool.

of Medicine.

M. B., Musica Baccalaureus, Bachelor

of Music.

M. C., Member of Congress.

M. D., Medicine Doctor, Doctor of Medicine.

Md., Maryland. Me., Maine.

Mem., memento, remember; memorandum.

Messrs., Messieurs, gentlemen.

Mic., Micah.

Mich., Michigan; Michael.

Mid., Midshipman.

Miss., Mississippi.
Mo., Missouri.

Mo., month. Mos., months.
M. P., Member of Parliament.
M. P., Member of Police.
Mr., Mister.

M. R. A. S., Member of the Royal
Asiatic Society.

M. R. C. S., Member of the Royal Col

lege of Surgeons.

M. R. I. A., Member of the Royal Irish Academy.

of Laws.

Lon. or Lond., London.

Lon. or long., longitude.

L. S., Locus Sigilli, Place of the Seal.

Lt., Light.

Lt. In., Light Infantry.

Mus. D., Doctor of Music.

M. W., Most Worthy.

N., North.

N., note or notes.

N. A., North America.

Nah., Nahum.

Nath., Nathaniel.

N. B., nota bene, mark well.

N. B., New Brunswick.

N. C., North Carolina.

N. E., New England.
Neb., Nebraska.

Neh., Nehemiah.

Nem. con., nemine contradicente; Nem. diss, nemine dissentiente, unanimously. Nev., Nevada.

N. F., Newfoundland.

N. H., New Hampshire.

N. J., New Jersey.

Nl., nail. Nls., nails.

N. M., New Mexico.

N. O., New Orleans.

No., numero, in number; number.
Nos., numbers.
Nov., November.

N. S., Nova Scotia ; New Style.

N. T. or New Test., New Testament. Num., Numbers.

N. Y., New York.

O., Ohio,

Ob., objection.

Obad., Obadiah.

Obt., obedient.

Oct., October.

Olym., Olympiad.

Or., Oregon.

O. S., Old Style.

O. T. or Old Test., Old Testament.

O. U. A., Order of United Americans Oxon., Oxford.

Oz., ounce or ounces.

P., page. Pp., pages.

P., pole or poles.

P. æq., partes æquales, equal parts.

Par., paragraph.

Part., participle.

Payt., payment.

Pd., paid.

Penn. or Pa., Pennsylvania.

Per an., per annum, by the year. Perf., Perfect.

Pet., Peter.

Pinx. or Pxt., pinxit, painted. Plff., Plaintiff.

P. M., Post Master.

P. M., post meridiem, evening. P. M. G., Post Master General. P. O., Post Office.

Pop., population.

Prep., preposition.

Pres., President; present.
Prob., Problem.
Prof., Professor.

Prop., Proposition.

Prot., Protestant.

Pro tem., pro tempore, for the time being.

Prov., Proverbs.

Prox., proximo, of next month.

P. R. S., President of the Royal Society.
P. S., Post scriptum, Postscript.
P. S., Privy Seal.

Ps., Psalm or Psalms.

Pt., pint. Pts., pints.

Pub. Doc., Public Documents.

Pun., puncheon or puncheons.

Q., Queen.

Q. or Ques., Question.

Q., quadrans, farthing; quadrantes, farthings.

Q. B., Queen's Bench.

Q. C., Queen's Counsel.

Q. E. D., quod erat demonstrandum, which was to be proved.

Q. E. F., quod erat faciendum, which was to be done.

Q. 1. or q. p., quantum libet or placet, as much as you please.

Qr., quarter.

Q. S., quantum sufficit, a sufficient quantity.

Qt., quart. Qts., quarts.

Qy., Query.

R., Rex, King; Regina, Queen. R., rood or roods; rod or rods.

R. A., Royal Academician.

R. A., Royal Artillery.

R. A., Russian America.

R. E., Royal Engineers.

Philosophy.

Phil., Philippians.

Phila. or Phil., Philadelphia.

Philem., Philemon.

Rec. Sec., Recording Secretary. Rect., Rector.

Ref., Reformed; Reformation Reg., Register.

Regt., Regiment.

Rep., Representative.

Rev., Reverend; Revelations.
R. I., Rhode Island.
Richd., Richard.

R. M., Royal Marines.

R. N., Royal Navy.

Robt., Robert.

Ster., Sterling.

mans.

R. R., Railroad.

T., ton or tons.

Tenn.,

Tennessee.

of the Royal Society.

Rt. Hon., Right Honorable.

Rt. Rev., Right Reverend.

Rt. Wpful., Right Worshipful.
R. W., Right Worthy.
S., South.

S., shilling or shillings.

S. or sec., second or seconds.

S. A., South America.

Sam., Samuel (Book of).
Saml., Samuel.

S. A. S., Societatis Antiquariorum Socius, Fellow of the Society of Antiquarians.

S. C., South Carolina.
Sc., sculpsit, engraved.
Sc., scruple or scruples.

S. caps., small capitals.

Schr., Schooner.

Scil., sc., or s., scilicet, namely.

Sec., Secretary.

Sect., sec., or s., section or sections.

Sen., Senior; Senate; Senator.
Sept., September.

Serg., Sergeant.

Serg.-Maj., Sergeant-Major.
Servt., servant.

S. J. C., Supreme Judicial Court.
Sol., solution; Solomon.

Sol., Solicitor.

Sol.-Gen., Solicitor-General.

S. P. Q. R., Senatus populusque Romanus, the Senate and people of Rome.

Sq. m., square mile or miles.

S. S., Sunday School.

SS., sequentia, what follows.

St., Saint; street.

Text. Rec., Textus Receptus, the Ro

ceived Text.

Theo., Theodore.
Theor., Theorem.

Thess., Thessalonians.
Thos., Thomas.

Tier., tierce or tierces. Tim., Timothy.

Tit., Titus.

T. O., turn over. Tob., Tobit.

Tr., transpose.

Tr., Trustee. Trs., Trustees.
Trans., translation; translator.
Treas., Treasurer.

U. C., Upper Canada.

U. E. I. C., United East India Company.

U. J.D., Utriusque Juris Doctor, Doctor of each Law (Canon and Civil).

U. K., United Kingdom.

Ult., ultimo, of last month.
Univ., University.

U. S., United States.

U. S. A., United States of America.

U. S. A., United States Army.

U. S. M., United States Mail.
U. S. N., United States Navy.
V. or vid., vide, see.
Va., Virginia.

Ver. or v., verse or verses.
Vers., vs., or v., versus, against.
V. g., verbi gratia, for example.
Viz., videlicet, namely.

Vol. or v., volume. Vols., volumes.
V. Pres. or V. P., Vice President.
V. R., Victoria Regina, Queen Victoria.
Vt., Vermont.

tor of Divinity.

W. f., wrong font.

W. I., West Indies.
Wis., Wisconsin.

Wisd., Wisdom (Book of).

week.

Wk. or W., Wm., William.

W. T., Washington Territory. Wt., weight.

W. Va., West Virginia.
Xmas, Christmas.
Xn., Christian.
Xnty., Christianity.
Xt., Christ.

Yr., year. Yrs., years.

&c., et ceter-i-e-a, and so forth.

taste, 175. His style, 264.
Adjectives, origin of, 30. Definition of,
63.

Adjunct, definition of, 69.

Adverbs, origin of, 32. Definition of,
64. When misplaced, are often a
source of obscurity, 286.
Agreeableness, held by some to consti-
tute beauty, 215.

Alexandrine, the, of what it consists,
411. Where used, 411. Too cumbrous
for an entire piece, 412.

Alison, his view of taste, 171.

Allegory, what it is, 248.

invading England, 44. Who they
were, 44. Outnumbered by the Sax-
ons on the continent, 45. Gave their
name to Britain, 44, 45.
Anglo-Saxon Language, an offshoot of
Gothic, 46. Modified but little by the
Danish invasions, 47. Changes by
which it was converted into English,
51.

Antibacchius, the, 403.
Anticlimax, 251.

Antithesis, 250. Used in Proverbs, 251.
Often employed in parallels, 343.
Apheresis, 236.

tions, 332.

Alphabet, derivation of the word, 24.
The Phoenician, supposed to have
been derived from the Hebrew, 27.
The Greek, and its derivatives, 28.
The Latin, derived from the Greek,
28. The English, derived from the
Latin, 28. Number of letters in dif-
ferent alphabets, 29.

Аросоре, 236.
Apologue, the, 339.
Apophasis, 252.
Apophthegm, the, 345.
Apostrophe, meaning of the word, 142.
Form and position of the character so
called, 142. Rules for the, 142. When
used to denote the omission of letters,
142. Used to form the plural of let-