Wry, crooked. Ring, a circle; Wring, to twist. Right, just; Rite, a ceremony; Write, with a pen; Wright, a workman. Road, highway; Rowed, did row. Roe, a deer; Row, rank. Rote, without book; Wrote, did write. Ruff, part of dress; Rough, uneven. Rung, did ring; Wrung, twisted. Sail, of a ship; Sale, a selling off. Scent, a smell; Sent, ordered away. Scene, of a play; Seen, beheld. Sea, ocean; See, behold. Seam, a joining; Seem, to pretend. Seas, the waters; Sees, doth see; Seize, to lay hold of. Signior, title of honour; Senior, elder. Shear, to clip; Sheer, to go off. coast. Sloe, a fruit; Slow, not speedy. Sole, of the foot; Soul, spirit. Soar, to mount upwards; Sore, an ulcer; Sower, that sows. Some, a part; Sum, the whole. child; Sun, fountain of light. Son, male Stake, of wood; Steak, of beef. Stair, steps; Stare, to look earnestly. Steal, to pilfer; Steel, harden ed iron. Straight, direct; Strait, narrow. Succour, help; Sucker, a twig. Tacks, small nails; Tax, tribute, duty. Tail, the end; Tale, a story. Their, belonging to them; There, in that place. Threw, did throw; Through, from end to end. Throne, chair of state; Thrown, flung. Thyme, garden herb ; Time, leisure. Toe, of the foot; Tow, of hemp or flax. Too, also; To, unto; Two, a couple. Vale, a valley; Vail, a covering. Vain, meanly proud; Vane, a weathercock; Vein, a blood vessel. Wade, to go in the water; Weighed, in the balance. Wain, a cart or waggon; Wane, to decrease. Wait, to tarry; Weight, for scales. Ware, merchandise; Wear, to use. Way, road; Weigh, to balance; Wey, a weight. Week, seven days; Weak, not strong. Wood, timber; Would, was willing. Won, did win; One, in number. DIRECTIONS. It may be necessary here to state, before proceeding to give directions, that the following rules do not apply universally; but that they relate to certain words only, which, from their similarity, may be classed with propriety, and rules given for pronouncing them. Although some of such rules are directly contrary to those in the Third Book, yet it is necessary to give them as rules, to avoid the immense number of exceptions that would otherwise occur in the lessons. When two rules may be applied to a word from the way in which it is spelled, the child is to be told the proper one for the particular word, that he may give it the true pronun ciation. Page 3.-The class of words in this page is to be taught by certain rules, viz. that u after r sounds like oo; as in rule, which is pronounced as if spelled rool; that e and o before n, in the last syllable of a word, are silent, and then must be pronounced with the preceding syllable; as taken, mason, pronounced takn, masn ; that g and h are silent, and the double vowel pronoun ced as previously taught; as if aught, eight, were printed aut, eit, &c. Page 5.-Words forming exceptions to the rules given in the author's elementary books are collected and placed before the lessons in which they occur, that the pupil may be made well acquainted with them, before proceeding to read the lessons. Page 17.-The rules for pronouncing the words in this class, and those words that are spelled in a similar manner, are, that i before r and another consonant, has the shut sound of e, as in firm, it is pronounced as if spelled ferm; that t between s and 7 is silent, and likewise when between s and en, as in castle, listen, pronounced casl, lisn; and that the double vowel ey, at the end of a word of more than one syllable, has the name sound of e, as in bar'-ley, which is pronounced as if spelled bar'-le. Page 30.-In the last syllable of the words in this class, in which o occurs, it has the shut sound of u; as in meth'-od, sel'-dom, sounded as if spelled meth'-ud, sel'-dum, in the final syllable ful, the u is sounded like 00,-and in the double vowel ou, the o is not sounded, and the u has its shut sound; as if fa'-vour were spelled fa'-vur. Page 47.-Contrary to the directions respecting i, when the word ends in e, the learner is to be told to give it the shut sound in the final syllables ice, ile, ine, ise, ite, ive, and pronounce the words as if spelled no'tis, fer'-til, en'-jin, prom'-is, res'-pit, ac'-tiv. When c or t precedes i with a after it, it has the sound of sh, as if as-so'-ci-ate were spelled as-so'-she-ate, and ingra'-ti-ate spelled in-gra'-she-ate. When n is after m, and in the same syllable, the n is silent, and the word pronounced as if spelled au'-tum. A few pages of poetry have been added, for the purpose of being committed to memory. The pieces selected with this view, are chiefly taken from the hymns of the pious Dr. Watts; and although not new to the teacher, they are new to the scholar, whose mind, it is sincerely hoped, will be improved by the sentiments which they contain. A great number of words, as exercises in spelling, |