COLLOQUIAL forms a prominent part, both in prose and poetry; the acknowledged importance of which, consists in its adaptation to secure, together with a clear view of the subject, such inflections, tones, and cadences, as are at once the most natural and proper. The favorable manner, in which the MUSIC, embraced in a former Number, has been regarded, seems to warrant and even demand a still greater quantity in the subsequent numbers of the Series. The practical UTILITY of music, even in our Common Schools, is now, no longer problematical. Its obvious influence on the mind and heart of pupils, wherever it has been practiced, precludes the necessity of further testimony in its favor, or of any other argument for its universal introduction into our schools. For a greater variety in this pleasing science, than could be admitted in the closing pages of the several Numbers of this Series, the Author would refer to "THE YOUNG CHOIR" and "THE SCHOOL SINGER," which, in connection with Mr. Wm. B. BRADBURY, he has prepared for the use of Schools; also, to "THE YOUNG VOCALIST,”'-a work which he has more recently issued, associated with MR. B. A. RUSSELL,-and which embraces a great variety of both Sacred and Secular music, adapted to the buoyant nature of the young. In these works, also, will be found embodied a sufficient amount of rudimental instruction, to enable the learner to acquire such a knowledge of this delightful and interesting SCIENCE, as shall, to a great extent, subserve its more important design. 8. Story of the Robin-continued, 9. Difference between Reading much and Knowing much, 10. The Man and Boy who became foolishly frightened, 11. Reason and Instinct. N. Southard, 39. A Walk in Winter. Mrs. L. Larned, 40. Samuel and the Sons of Eli. Germ. Par., 41. The New Zealander's love of Dress, 42. The Bees and the Butterfly, 43. The Boy and the Butterfly, 44. The different Kinds of Birds and their Habits, 45. The Sagacity of the Nautilus, 46. The Old Eagle Tree. Rev. John Todd, 47. The Force and Effects of the Wind, 48. The Storm, the Breeze, and the Zephyr, 53. The Privileges I enjoy in my own Cou try, 54. The Maiden and the Tulip Bulb, 55. Autumn, an emblem of Death and Spring, of Life, 56. The King and his Hawk, 57. Death and Sleep. Germ. Par., 59. The Works of the Creator, 70. Uproar among the flowers. Rev. G. Coles, - 71. The Lady and the Flying Squirrel, 74. The Carrier Pigeon. Smith's Nat. His., 75. Youth, the Seed Time of Life, 91. The Honey-Guide and the Bear, 92. How a Fly walks on the Ceiling. Pearl, GENERAL EXERCISF 3 IN ARTICULATION. 1. In reading or speaking the English Language, we use forty-one separate sounds. To be able to utter them distinctly in combination to form words, sound them singly. as represented in the following table: 14. U, f-u-11. 15. Ou, 16. Oi, ou-t. oi-1. "" To ascertain the sound of any letter, simply well upon it. Thus, to ascertain that of d, dwell apon it in d-one, without sounding the other letters. 2. Whenever words occur either in spelling or reading lessons, which contain difficult combinations of sounds, as nts in plants, u ́ter them many times separately from the other sounds of the word, until you can do it with ease and accuracy. For exercise, utter repeatedly the following, together with the words, in which they occur: plant. nts, drugs. bulbs. grists. dw-arfs. ldz, holds. ipdst, scald. dths, shdst, lvdst, parts. prisms. realms. frisks. creeds. facts. rndst, healths. prompts. thank'st. wrong'dst. help'st. help'dst. lash'dst. delv'dst. earn'dst. gleam'd. lths, shrink. ldst, lifts. ncts, hurld'st. skdst, prob'dst. ngths, bursts. ngthnd, scorch' dst. twelfth. precincts. mask' dst. lengths. form'dst. length'n'd. 3. For further exercise, read the following sentences re peatedly, until you can do it with facility and distinctness : |