e. f. Transition, concession (Knssn), dispensation, condensation (with Con-dot), compensation, organization. Transitional. Fusionist, visionist, factionist, elocutionist.

1. Before the decision, there-was much opposition to-his occupation of the-position in the-organization for-which-he had-been given the-nomination. 2. It-is-my-recollection that the-adoption of the-resolution by the-institution was conditional upon the-continuation of-his connection with the-denomination. 3. Additional information comes to our attention, which fixes the-conviction that the-contention of-that portion of the-denomination will-be-sure to take from him the possession of that position.

Sec. 23. Halving. - The student will recognize the importance of making his stems accurate in length, that he may have no difficulty in distinguishing half-lengths. It is also necessary that care be taken to make the different hooks and circles of proper size, on-half-lengths. The first position for half-lengths, is at the height of a T-stem above the line; and the third position is immediately below but touching the line of writing. (Line 17, page 71.)

Peat, pet, pat, bead, bid, bud, bowed, taught. Tight, deed, date, dude, cheat, chat, jawed, caught, coat. Cute, gait, goad, get, God, good, fate, fought, fat, foot. Evade, vat, vied, vowed, viewed, east, oust, eased, oozed. Sheet, shoot, shot, shut, load, laid, let, lot, light, allowed, art, heart, erred. / Rate, wrought, wrote, write, rut. Meet, made, might, need, note, weed, wait, wooed, yacht.

Pride, plate, pained, puffed, pattered, palmed, supped. Braid, blood, bend, abaft, sobbed. Treat, told, tuned, tuft, sighted. Dried, addled, dunned, daft, dimmed, sodded. Cheered, chained, chilled, achieved, chimed, chattered, charred. Joined, jammed. Cried, cold, conned, coughed, catered, calmed, skate, scanned. Agreed, glad, gained, gift, gathered, gummed. Fright, flat, faint, fifed, fumed, soft, feats. Averred, valued, vend, saved, vats, vents. Thread, thinned, theft, thumbed, soothed. Shield, shunned, shift, shamed, shoots. Lord, lined, left, loomed, lights, slight. Errand, armed, arts, seared. Rolled, round, rift, roomed, rights. Mind, muffed, maimed, meets. Neared, knifed, named, needs. Word, wield, wind, waved, swayed. Yield.

a. Sent. Send. Let. Laid. Lent. Lend. Met. Made. Meant. Mend. Hurt. Heard.

d. When it is desired to distinguish the sounds of T and D, in halving Ray (as in the words fort and ford), the stem may be slightly shaded for the latter sound.

Pillared, feared, veered, leered, laird, lard, lured, fort, ford, afford, lowered, mired. Kindred (Knd Rd1), covered (Kv Rd).

e. Motive, talkative, active, ablative, operative, susceptive, adjective, elective, captive, negative, provocative, speculative, lucrative, figurative, defective, productive, native, destructive, irruptive.

f. Upon-the-occasion. Pay-the-money. By-the-time. Before-it-came. At-the-same-time. To-the-master. Did-it-mean. Had-the-time. Can-it-be. For-it-was-not. Of-the-service. Any-of-the-time. Some-of-it. Part-of-the-time (Pft3M). Give-to-him.

g. What-did-he. He-did-not (Hd'nt). She-did-not. You-did. That-did. We-did. They-did. When-did-you-go ? Why-did-you-leave ? Where-did-he-live ? How-did-you ? In-what-way. For-what-purpose (FtPr). From-what-time.

1. According-to-his statement, they-had a-particular opportunity to understand what-the gentleman meant, but notwithstanding-that, it-seemed that nobody in-the neighborhood quite understood it. 2. You-will-not need it immediately. 3. I-shall-be-able-to build the-building toward fall. 4. A-good-mem might-be somewhat negligent, but he-could-not-be guilty of-such neglect as-that. 5. Anybody would accept such-an opportunity, I-am-pretty-sure, except em-individual mentally deficient (DfSh), by nature, as he-seems to be. 6. The-expenditure was-not under a-hundred-dollars.

Sec. 24. Lengthening - Father, finder, flounder, vendor, thither, aster, asunder, shatter, shouter, slighter, slender, laughter, ardor, mother, smatter, mentor, another, wonder, hunter, reenter, inventor, dissenter, defender.

Frequenter, enchanter, taunter, encounter, plunders, blinders, glanders.

b. Been-there. Done-there. Cannot-there. Gone-there. For-there-has-been (Ftrsn). Have-there-been. Of-their. Thought-there. With-their. See-there. May there. In-there. Without-their. When-they-are. The-other (Dhtr). Some-other (sMtr).

Sec. 25. a. - Rented, gifted, wounded, dated, goaded, intended, cheated, invited, rotated, coated, estimated, separated. Potted, braided, budded, shouted, spotted, mended, vaunted, shunted. Ascended, hated, landed, counted, banded, weeded, tufted. Lighted, plotted, omitted, blighted, surrounded, invaded, rewarded.

Posted, boasted, breasted, toasted, twisted, digested, detested, jested, coasted, crested. Manifested, feasted, invested, harvested, listed, ballasted, arrested, wasted.

Pestered, plastered, blistered, blustered, registered. Festered, bolstered, mastered, mustered.

b. Read the rule carefully, and read " The Choice of Outlines," page 70. See, also, illustrative words on page 64.

h. Destruction, distraction, obstruction, abstraction, application, attainment, assignment, contract, attract, contraction, attraction, achievement, fact, effect, afflict, affliction, darkness, electricity, obligation.

Consonants may often be omitted in other classes of words than those heretofore mentioned, but the writer should be governed by the rule that nothing should be omitted which is essential to the perfect legibility of the outline. It is generally safe to omit a consonant which is sounded but slightly, if a better outline may be secured by so doing. The following examples will suggest the proper application of this expedient:

Mostly, Msl. Postal, Psl. Specification, spsfsn. Ratification, Rt3fsn. Attempt, Tmt. Dumped, Dmt. Anxious, Ngshs3. Sanction, sngsn3. Assumption, S3msn. Improvement, Mpr3mnt. Slightest, sltst1. Brightest, Brtst'. Chamber, Chbr. Timber, Tbr. Lumber, Lmr. Slumber, slmr. Intelligence, Ntjns. Arrangement, Rmnt. Typewriter, Trtr. Inspect, Nspt. Reject, i?jt. Forgiven, Fgn.

I. Where the stem Ng can be used as conveniently, the back-hook should not be used for the termination -ing.

Premising, epitomising, prancing, debasing, dispensing, dancing, chastising, temporizing, transposing, endorsing (NdRsn), surmising, using.

Proceeding, prickling, prevailing, sprinkling, breathing, dumpling, shearing, shelving. .

m. Came-to-syracuse. Difficult-to-understarid. Brought-it-to-me. About-to-be. Soon-to-begin. Sure-to-be-able-to. Hope-to-be-there. Give-that-to-them. Trouble-to-change.

Strange to-say. Willing to-state. Read-it to-him. Show-it to-her. Good-news to-all-men. Given to-you. Went to-the-market. Gone to-their-house.

I. It-is-to-be hoped that intelligent and-independent electors will-not forget-the-fact that-such-men are behind the-movement. 2. Within ii-day-or-two, we-shall-have a-contract for-a large quantity, which-we hope will-have the-effect of attracting trade. 3. They-had no authority-to-direct that-it-should-be examined. 4. He remarked, with-regard-to-the new supply of water, that-it would-be-a yearor-two before it-could-be obtained. 6.. It-is frequently mentioned among-his acquaintances, yet he-continues-to-act without-regard-to-the importance of-the-subject. 6. It was decreed that the convict should be subjected to a punishment measured by the grade of his crime.

Sec. 26. Prefixes and Affixes. - Accommodate. Competition, contrition, concussion. Unconfined, incumbency, recognize. Controvert, countermand, contradict. Foreborne, forward. Instrument, unsalable. Introduction, introvert, enterprise. Magnetism. Relator. Selfabased, selfdenial. Thereby, therefor, thereafter. Unable, invincible. Seasonableness. Docketed, tidied, dictated. Essential, penitential. Whichever, whosoever, whensoever. Therefore, uniform. Thankful, wrongful. Disdainful, graceful, brimful, sinful. Impressing, pottering, dreaming, removing. Drawing. Provokingly, exceedingly. Trying-a, growing-an. Drawing-the, raking-the. Beings, doings. Probability, popularity. Visibility, legality, minority, rascality, neutrality. Boundlessness, worthless-ness. Sacramental. Doxology. Typographer, bibliography. Himself, itself, for-itself, themselves. Lordship. Cleanly, sorely.

Disjoined stems must be written very near the remainder of the outline.

Sec. 27. i. In-this-statement, Nthssttmnt. For-example, Fsmpl. I-may-as-well, pmsl.. In-writing, Nrt'ng. Hand-writing, Nrt3 Xg. At-any-rate, Txrt. At-all-events, Tlvnts. At-length, Tln. Most-likely, Mslkl. Most-of-the-time, Msm. It-must-be, Tmsb. Some-of-the-time, smm. According-to-my-recollection, Krd'mrsn. Some-other. smtr. In-the-convevsation, Nt Vssn. Are-engaged, Rn3g. I-call-your-attention, pklysn. Called-my-attention, Kld'msn. In-that-season, Nthssn3. In-his-house, Nss1. I-don't-know-as-i-do, rdnnsd. What-is-the-matter, Ts'mtr. Lake-street, .Lkst. In-my-store, N'mstr.

q. Upon-him. With-him. Offend-him. Lend-him. Attend-him. Pain-him.

r. By-himself. To-himself. For-himself. With-himself. Against-himself.

s. Atone. But-one. Each-one. Which-one. Any-one. No-one. Long-one. Every-one. Either-one. Other-one. Only-one t. The-base-is. 'the-case-is. Buys-his. Knows-his. It-is-as-large.

u. In-the-spring. In-the-summer. In-the-same-place. In-con-sideration of-that.

v. It-should-be. I-should-think. He-should-not-have. We-should-not.

w. I-have (tv1). I-say. He-is. He-has. On-his. All-is. All-has-been. Who-were. Who-will. Who-have. Who-is (or has).

x. Piece-of-land. "What-time-of-day. State-of-maine. Justice-of-the-peace (JsPs).

y. 20 or 30. 17 or 18 hundred-dollars. From 7 to 10. Between 5 and 6 thousand.