Trissyllables.

Ex-cel-lent, El-e-gant,

In-so-lent, Le-ga-cy,

Tre-men-dous, Beau-ti-ful.

Polysyllables.

Al-pha-bet-i-cal-ly,

Ex-com-mun-i-ca-tion,
Im-pos-si-bi-li-ty.

INTRODUCTION TO ETYMOLOGY.

Sometimes when you are idle, dear,
I ask you if you'll come up here,
And put my work-box right.

I

say to “ Put all in order,

you,

Confuse not one thing with another,
But make all right and tight.

The silk upon these bobbins wind;
A little place, too, you will find
For needles, buttons, hooks.
Put all the bits of work below,

And crochet-needle, too, you know,
Besides those little loops."

ETYMOLOGY.

Now Etymology, I see,

Means, place these words where they should be,

Or classify them right.

The names of all you'll learn at first,

Then place in sentences, I trust,

When you have learned to write.

PARTS OF SPEECH.

How many sorts of words are there in the English language? There are nine different sorts of words in English-1st, The Article; 2d, the Noun; 3d, the Adjective; 4th, the Pronoun; 5th, the Verb; 6th, the Adverb; 7th, the Preposition; 8th, the Conjunction; 9th, the Interjection.

THE ARTICLES

(Mean Little Joints.)

The articles are a or an,

And the, a still more definite one;

The man is still a man

Then the and a are articles,

What easy little particles;

The pen, an egg, a fan.

THE NOUN,

A noun's the name of any thing-
It matters not how puzzling;

And names of beings too;

Thus strawberries, with plums and pies,

Rats, cats, and dogs, or ears and eyes,

And Jessie, James, and Hugh.

THE ADJECTIVE.

Now when we show the kind of thing,
Like dear mamma's new, brilliant ring,

We use an adjective.

Thus blue-eyed, curly-headed doll,

Or lovely Mary's pretty poll;

Or good, bad, sensitive.

A

THE PRONOUN.

pronoun stands in the noun's stead, Thus I came here, and you were led ; He raged, it thundered too.

She looked at you, and then at us.
Jane, John, Jemima, Robert, thus
These pronouns stand for you.

THE VERB.

Now words which show what beings do,
Are all called verbs, you'll know them too:
Jane sings and Fanny sews.

Then what can things do? Candles burn,
The ships explode, the tables turn,
The river overflows.

THE ADVERB,

When added to a verb-look now,

It shows when, where, 'twas done, and how.

John wrote that letter well.

And when? Just here-but then

How did he write it?
Last night. And where?

Well!

He asked me not to tell.

THE PREPOSITION.

The preposition's easy rather,

It shows how nouns stand to each other:
John walked from France to Spain.
Up, down, and over, in, between,
And through the passes which are seen
On that high mountain chain.

THE CONJUNCTION.

Now what is a conjunction, dear?
It joins and disjoins, 'twould appear,
And couples words besides :

Thus Fanny has a cloak or shawl,
But Jane and Ann have none at all;

Yet Ann or Fanny rides.

THE INTERJECTION.

When utt'ring some strong exclamation,
Perhaps a word of admiration,

We interjections use:

Most charming! O! how nice! Well done!

How beautiful! Beloved one!

Sorrow! How it subdues !

These definitions are so short

Perhaps you'll understand them not,

But we must try again.

We'll take the greatest in renown—
The most important one-the noun;
Noun simply means a name.

THE NOUN.

Papa, Mamma, Dick, Tom, and Jane,
With Scotland, England, France, and Spain,
Are names.
Then these are nouns.

And London Bridge or Glasgow Green,
And shows and sights which there are seen,
And tears, sighs, smiles, and frowns.

Then all the flowers and birds you see,

And all the fishes in the sea,

Or insects in the sky,

And heaven, or earth, with sun or moon

The name of each is called a noun

Of some variety.

Then height, breadth, depth, and thickness through,

And virtue, vice, and goodness too,

With loveliness and beauty,

Next Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday; then

Our letters, papers, wax, and pen,

With compliments and duty.

I'm very sure you know the nouns :

Queens, lords and ladies, kings and clowns,

And darkness too and light;

Our flesh and blood, with heat and cold,

And

many names we have not told,

Now all these nouns are right.

How many different kinds of nouns have we in our language? Six. Proper and common, compound and collective, verbal and abstract.