LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. OF Received Accession N u o . S '& ^ 2 "B 0) rt C-^cr 1 t/i PH S 3 |||I| illiff.! rt * Jo v ^ / j T bat cat hat hen ten men den bin din fin tin i dog fog hog log tub cub hub rub CXX^2 -6&Z /7 ^ 4ML. Lesson III. V man- map bad bag can rap lad fag fan tap sad lag Lesson IV. beg get bed hem leg met fed gem keg net led sex peg set red vex Lesson V. bid hit big dim did lit dig him hid pit fig rim lid sit Pig sin Lesson VI. cot bob top con dot cob fop don got fob hop yon not rob mop ton Lesson VII. cut dug gum v nut hug hum sup hut mug rum pup but rug sum jut ;. IVBRJITl Pacific Coast Series. THE PACIFIC COAST SPELLER. By A. W. PATTERSON, M. D. SAN FRANCISCO : A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONS; ;:s. 1873. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873 by A. L. BANCROFT & COMPAVi. In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. THE author lias been led to depart from the usual custom of making two Spelling Books, by the following considerations: economy, convenience in the da s room, and the abundant exercise in Orthography af- forded by the Pacific Coast Headers, which this work is designed to accompany. DICTATION EXERCISES have been given throughout the book, and these the pupils should be required to write, as read by their teacher; thus affording at the same time an excellent drill in spelling, definitions, compo- sition, and penman;, h 'p. In Parts II and III these exercises are also specially designed to give (he pupil valuable information, in marked contrast to the strained, and often inelegant, sentences found as Dictation Exercises in other books. Another peculiar feature is the use of script. It is certainly a discouraging task to undertake to master the forms of all our English words by the aid of the memory alone. Hules, reason, or analogy, will do but little for us in our irregular language. We must have, also, the aid of the eye. To this end it is desirable that the word be presented to the eye in the same shape in which our knowledge is to be tested, and applied, for we rarely have occasion to spell otherwise than in writing. The contents of the book will be found unusually full and systematic, including whatever legitimately belongs to the subject of Orthography. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAET FIKST. PAGR Illustrated Alphabet 7 Orthography 17 Orthoepy 18 Review Questions 21 Key to the Pronunciation 22 Monosyllables 24 Dissyllables 36 Trisyllables 66 Polysyllables 73 Review Questions in Part I 83 PAET SECOND. Prefixes 84 Suffixes 87 Rules for Prefixes and Suffixes 90 Syllabication 97 The Possessive Case 99 Numbers 99 Silent Vowels -. 102 Silent Consonants 104 The Use of Capitals 108 General Review 113 PAKT THIED. Words spelled in two or more ways . 115 Words with contrasted meanings 116 Words liable to be confounded 118 Accent 121 A list of Common A-bbreviations 129 The Use of Prepositions 130 Common Latin Phrases. 130 Common French Phrases . . 131 THE ALPHABET. A Ape. B Bear THE SPELLElt. C Grab. C D Ducks E Eagles PACIFIC COAST SEKIES. F Fox. G Goat, H Hen. 10 THE SPELLER. I J K Inn. King. PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 11 L Lion. M Moon N Nest. THE SPELLER . o p Q o Quill. PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 13 THE SPELLER. u Wolf. PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 15 X T z Yoke Zebra 16 THE SPELLEK. THE ALPHABET. a b c cl e f g li i j k 1 m n o p q r s t u v w x y z & A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q E S T U Y W X T Z & PART FIRST. ORTHOGRAPHY. /^vRTHOGRAPHY treats of Letters, and of their for- ^-^ mation into Syllables and Words. ALPHABET, THE ENGLISH ALPHABET consists of twenty-six letters, divided into vowels and consonants. Most of the letters represent several sounds each. The same sounds may also be represented by different letters, or combinations of letters. VOWELS. A VOWEL is a letter which has a distinct sound, and may form a syllable by itself. THE VOWELS are a, e, i, o, u, and w and y when they do not begin a syllable. A DIPHTHONG is the union of two vowels, as oi in toll. CONSONANTS. A CONSONANT is a letter which cannot be perfectly uttered except in connection with a vowel, T^JJie conso- nants are &,. c, d, f, g, h, j, k, I, m, n, p, q, r, 8, t, v, x, z, and w and y when they begin syllables. 18 THE SPELLER. WORDS. A WORD is the sign of an idea, and may consist of a letter, or a syllable, or a combination of syllables; as 1, we, ourselves. A PRIMITIVE word is one that is not derived from an- other word; as man, good. A DERIVATIVE word is formed by affixing or prefixing a syllable, or syllables, to a primitive word; as unmanly, goodness. A SIMPLE word is one that cannot be divided with- out destroying the sense; as book, command. A COMPOUND word is formed by joining together two or more simple words; as copy-book, ink-stand. SYLLABLES. A SYLLABLE is a letter, or several letters combined, pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. A MONOSYLLABLE is a word of one syllable. A DISSYLLABLE is a word of two syllables. A TRISYLLABLE is a word of three syllables. A POLYSYLLABLE is a word of four or more syllables. The ULTIMATE is the last syllable of a word; as lij in manly. The PENULT, or PENULTIMATE, is the last syllable but one of a word; as ful in carefully. The ANTEPENULT, or ANTEPENULTIMATE, is the last sylla- ble but two of a word; as gal in gallantry. ORTHOEPY. ^ ORTHOEPY treats of the Correct Pronunciation of Words. Our standard in this work, both in spelling and pro- nunciation, is the latest revised edition of Webster. PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 19 ACCENT. ACCENT is a stress of the voice upon one or more syl- lables of a word. All English words of two or more syllables are accented in pronunciation. When two syllables of the same word are accented, the more forcible is called the PRIMARY, the less forcible the SECONDARY; as in dec'-la-ra'-tion, the heavier mark indicating the Primary Accent. SOUNDS OF THE VOWELS. A represents seven oral elements or sounds; as heard in ale, add, air, arm, ask, all, what. ^represents five sounds; as in eve, end, ere, eight, ermine. 1 represents four sounds; as in ice, ill, pique, irk- some. represents six sounds; as in old, odd, other, prove, bosom, order. 00 represents two sounds; as in mo~6n, wool. U represents "five sounds; as in use, tub, rude, bull, urge. Y, when used as a vowel, represents two sounds as in type, hymn. SOUNDS OF THE DIPHTHONGS. 01 and Y represent one sound, as in boil, toy. 0Z7and OIF rep resent one sound, as in out, owl. SOUNDS OF THE CONSONANTS. B represents one sound ; as in barn. C represents three sounds; .as of s, in agid; of k, in -call; of 2, in dicern. D represents one sound; as in dale. 20 THE SPELLER. F represents one sound; as in farm; except in of, where it has the sound of v. G represents two sounds; as in gone, gem. H represents one sound; as in home. J represents one sound; as in jar. 7T represents one sound; as in keep. L represents one sound; as in left. M represents one sound; as in make. JV represents two sounds; as in nail, linger. P represents one sound; as in pay. Q is always followed by u, and the two letters, taken together, have the sound of kw; as in queen. In words derived from the French, qu has the sound of k\ as in coquette. R represents one sound, as in carol, varying in force according to its position with reference to the vowel. S represents two sounds; as in same, ha. T represents one sound; as in tone. V represents one sound; as in vane. W 9 as a consonant, represents one sound; as in wise. X represents three sounds; that of ks, as in tax; that of gz, as in exist; and that of z at the beginning of words, as in Xerxes. Y } as a consonant, represents one sound; as in year. Z represents one sound; as in zone. SOUNDS OF THE DOUBLE LETTERS. CH represents three sounds; that of tsh, as in lurch; sh, as in maghine; k, as in -chorus. GH represents two sounds; that of g hard, as in ghost; that of /, as in cough. NG represents one sound; as in sing. PH represents one sound; as in phantom. PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 21 SH represents one sound; as in shelf. TH represents three sounds; its usual sound, as in thing; soft, as in thine, this; the sound of t, as in Thomas. WH represents one sound; as in when. Nearly all the letters, both vowels and consonants, are sometimes silent. PECULIAR PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL SYLLABLES. T1AN, is pronounced shan; as gentian. T1AL, C1AL, are pronounced shall; as partial, social. TIENT, C1ENT, are pronounced shent; as patient, ancient. SCIENCE, TIENCE, are pronounced shence; as con- science, patience. CEAN, CION, SION, TION, are pronounced shun; as ocean, suspicion, version, nation. CEO US, CIO US, S CIO US, TIOUS, are pronounced shus; as cetaceous, gracious, conscious, cautious. CRE, CHEE, are pronounced kur; as acre, ochre. QUESTIONS. Of what does Orthography treat? How many letters are there in the Alphabet? How are they divided? What is a vowel? A consonant? What is the number of each? What is a word? A primitive word? A derivative word? A simple word? A com- pound word? What is a syllable? A monosyllable? A dissyllable? A trisyllable? A polysyllable? An ultimate? A penult? An antepenult? What is Or- thoepy? Accent? Primary accent? Secondary accent? How many sounds has the vowel A? and give an exam- ple of each. E? I? O? U? Y? OO? How many sounds has the consonant B? Give an example of each. 22 THE SPELLER. C? D? F? G? H? J? K? L? M? N? P? Q? E? S? T? Y? W? X? Z? How many sounds has Ch? Gli? Ng? PL? Th? How is tian final, pronounced? How are Hal and cial, pronounced? Tient and dent? Science and Hence? How cean, don, sion and tion? Ceous, clous, scions and tious? Ore and chre? KEY TO THE PRONUNCIATION. VOWELS. REGULAR LONG AND SHORT SOUNDS. a long, as in ale , short, as in add e long, as in eve e short, as in end 1 long, as in ice I short, as in ill o long, as in old 6 short, as in odd XL long, as in . use u short, as in us y long, as in fly y short, as in nymph OCCASIONAL SOUNDS. a, as in air a, Italian, as in arm a, as in ask a, broad, as in all a, like short o, as in . . what e, like a, as in ere e, like long a, as in . . eight e, as in ermine i , like long e, as in . . pique I, like e, as in .... irksome 6, like short u, as in . other o, like long oo, as in. prove 9, like short oo, as in bosom 6, like broad a, as in. order 6b, long, as in moon do, short, as in wool u, preceded by r, as in. rude u, like short oo, as in . bull u, as in urge REGULAR DIPHTHONGAL SOUNDS. Oi or oy, (unmarked), as in oil, oyster, toy. Ou or ow, (unmarked), as in out, owl, vowel. PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 23 CONSONANTS. 9, soft, like s sharp, as in gede. -e, hard, like k, as in oall. ch, (unmarked), as in child. h, like k, as in chorus. h, so/35, like sA, as in Qhaise. g, hard, as in get. g, soft likej", as in gem. s, (unmarked), as in same. ,flat or vocal, like z, as in ha. th, sharp, (unmarked), as in third. til, soft or vocal, as in thither. ng, (unmarked), as in sing. n, as in ink. ?, like gz, as in example. ph, like/, (unmarked), as in seraph. qu, like kw, (unmarked), as in quantity wh, like hw, (unmarked), as in awhile. 24 THE SPELLER. ORTHOG-EAPHY AND PRONUNCIATION, ' MONOSYLLABLES. A monosyllable is a word of one syllable. NOTE. In the following Spelling Lessons the vowel sounds and accented syllables are marked over the columns. When changed underneath, the marks change correspond- ingly. Lesson I. am ho If ox he an so is of we ax go in on be as lo it do ye at no by to me ah oh my up ay ha bo fy us 6r Lesson II. d/ 0> ^^ -^^ d-n r svsifj -<^- ^-^2 Lesson III. bat man- map bad bag at can rap lad fag hat fan tap sad lag Lesson IV. : hen beg get bed hem ten leg met fed gem men keg net led sex den peg set red vex Lesson V. bin bid hit big dim din did lit dig him fin hid pit fig rim tin lid sit Pig sin Lesson VI. dog 0t bob top on fog dot cob fop don hog got fob hop yon log not rob mop ton Lesson VII. tub Ut dug gum ttp eub nut hug hum sup hub hut mug rum pup rub but rug Bun^j- jut 26 THE SPELLER. C/i- wM6. t t. Lesson VIII. ab rap pad ban nag dab had dam ran sag gab lad ham tan gag nab mad jam van tag ap -gad ram nap wag Lesson IX. bet pen egg wed rib let den ell web fib jet ken yet neb fix pet wen yes ebb mix wet beg. elm elk six Lesson X. i kid win dip tip fit kin gig hip rip nit gin jig nip ink wit pin rig iip ill sill inn wig sip bit will Lesson XI. hot sot rod top bAr jot box sod job ur lot fox nod mob fur pot hod lop sob pur PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 27 bug jug lug mug tug Lesson XII. dun sun bud wax fun tun ud fat gun tut mud mat nun rut lax pat run nut tax rat ^7 -*y 'ft* 'ft' / t#^. / C/'rl'& -C4Z4 / Lesson XIII. rag cat ant wall mar hag vat ask fall tar sag sat asp call bar tag gap aft caw art fag hap was war are Lesson XIV. bay jay ray age aid day lay say age par fay may way ape air gay nay ail ate wax hay pay ale aim Ann 28 THE SPELLER. Lesson XV. she the OW bog owe see lea how cog own fee pea bow log ore lee sea now dog old bee key mow nog ope Lesson XVI. ry wry thy eye tie dry shy why bye vie fry sly rye buy die pry spy dye guy lie try sty lye nye pie Lesson XVII. boy dew pew OO sue oy few yew too ue hoy hew you moo due joy mew who loo hue toy new two woo rue y ' ^ /?.; &M4 V 1 . / PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 29 Lesson XVIII gall raw all arc cot daw saw awl ar dot haw paw mall far got law taw wad arm not maw awe wan gar lot Lesson XIX. low oat hoe off gun tow row roe oft ton sow fro toe 6rb won bow doe ode nor one mow foe pro for son S- y j foe e w moan Lesson XXXIV. bail pail laid gain fail rail maid lain hail sail paid main jail tail raid pain mail vail Cain rain nail wail fain vain wain waif days bays says ways PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 35 Lesson XXXV. glad slab flag jamb lank lad sab slag lamb rank brad fact tag lamp sank shad tact snag damp band drab lack swag bank hand rab drag crag dank have Lesson XXXVI. pent delf then wept weld rent pelf wren kept left sent self glen sect head tent helm melt text dead vent yelk pelt desk read went when welt held shed Lesson XXXVII. clam bang snap slap pant dram fang chap dash raft cram gang trap gash bask elan pang wrap hash cask plan rang clap lash hasp tank sang flap bade bath Lesson XXXVIII. king flit hint pick fish ring twit lint rick wish sing writ mint sick wisp wing whit limb tick fist inch quit kick wick list grit dint lick with mist 36 THE SPELLEE. Lesson XXXIX. note ove post gore doze ote hove port lore hose dote rove pork more nose mote wove bolt pore rose rote host eolt sore tone vote most dolt soar zone* ^. / DISSYLLABLES. A Dissyllable is a word of two syllables. NOTE. See that the words are correctly divided into syl lables. Lesson XL. la'dy ba/by sa'go ta/per sha-dy ra~9y ha-lo pa-per gra-vy ha-zy bak-er fa-vor wav-y la-zy mak-er la-bor na-vy ma-zy wa-fer va-por PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 37 Lesson XLI. eVer reVel ren'der med'al sev-er let-ter gen-der mel-on olev-er bet-ter fen-nel er-ror bev-el fes-ter den-tal ter-ror lev-el ten-der met-al er-rand Lesson XLH. - tl'ny trl'al wll'y sl'lent brin-y ri-val sly-ly fi-nlte slim-y fi-nal dry-ly mi-ser bri-dle spi-nal spi- 9 y 9 i-der Bi-ble spi-ral shy-ly fi-ber di-al vi-tal shin-y fif-er Lesson xLm. ho'ly to'tal to r per o'ver sto-ry vo-al to-ken jok-er ston-y lo-al bro-ken pok-er o-ral ch o-ral po-em. post-er o-val vot-er bro-ker bold-ness o-pal so-ber drov-er old-ness Lesson *XLIV. hu'mid du'eal U-blt mu'sic lu- 9 id lu-nar du-ty stu-dent lu-rid pu-ny flu-id stu-por tu-mid blu-ish fu-el ju-ry stu-pid flu-ent fu-ry suit- or Cu-pid bu-gle fu-ion du-ly 38 THE SPELLER. Lesson XLV. rob'ber often mock'er hov'el job-ber om-ic eon-ie of-fer ol-ic of-fin lock-er dock-et rock-et nov-el hol-ly on-set hron-ic bon-net eof-fee ob-bler pock-et sock-et son-net top-ie fe'tal na-val la-bel an -gel wa-ger trad-er Lesson ran'ger dan-ger gain-ful pain-ful rain-y dain-ty XLVI. vain'ly sail-or trai-tor may-or wak-en oray-on has' ten chas-ten va-ry dai-ry dai-sy wa-ry PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 39 Lesson XLVH. mer'ry read'y pen'ny se'ond ber-ry dead-ly plen-ty ten-et bel-fry tep-id pet-ty ten-ant gen -try fet-id jet-ty hec-tor twen-ty sev-en ven-om rec-tor emp-ty sex-ton sel-dom dex-ter Lesson XLVIII. li'ar ll'on i'dol pi'rate bri-er S9i-on i-dle eli-mate ri-er si-ren i-dler cli-max driv-er spi-der i-97 ri-sis div-er tri-fler fi-at shy-ness sti-fle i-vy fi-nis spry-ness Lesson XLIX. frol'ie los/et oom'ma con'duot eol-lar blos-som om-mon on-sul sol-a9e Op-y on -erete" ob-web vol-ley do-tor om-pend fore-head pol-ish bot-tle om-rade for-est prom-ise vom-it on-ord gos-pel ot THE SPELLER. Lesson L. fe'ble lament lately . A^pril ga-ble pay-ment safe-ly a-eora ta-ble rai-ment play-ful pa-tron la-va safe-ty way-ward pa-thos ra-zor pas-try sa-red oha-os va-por gra-vy a-gent ase-ment Lesson LI. mat'ter ad'der badness bat'tle pat-ter mad-der sad-ness at-tle hat-ter rag-ged glad-ness rav-el lat-ter ar-rant mad-ness pan- el bal-lad gal-lant plat-ter flan-nel sal-ad man-fill flat-ter man-tel Lesson LII. fender net'tle fer'ry message tend-er ket-tle ver-y mess-mate des-pot nest'le heav-y rel-ic fet-lock peb-ble hem-ist rel-iet ep-oh set-tie cher-ub neth-er gen-tie tem-ple meth-od ledg-er PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 41 Lesson I JIT. vic-ar 9incler writ ten 9iv il pil-lar din-ner nim-ble 9iv-ie bil-let in-ner brin-dle rig-id fil-let lin-en sin-gle frig-id mil-let mit-ten sim-ple viv-id bit-ter kit-ten lit-tle tim-id Lesson LVII. The sound of I, as in fin. wil'low big'ot smg'er in'land bil-low spig-ot sin-ner in-ward win-dow in-got sis-ter in-most wis-dom bib-ber sit-ter in-sult pig-eon bid-der slip-per in-step / / G& Mtii / / if PACIFIC COAST SE1UES. Lesson LVin. The sound of a, as in at. am'ber ham'mer flat'ly par'rot stam-mer mam-moth plan-et ran-dom ban-ner bad-ly gas-trie van-ish man-ner sad-ly fran-tie fam-ish ban-ter man-ly pan-ic lav-ish Lesson LIX. The sound of a, as in at. ean'dy ean'vas hav'oe glad'ly bran-dy pan-ther gal-lop mad-ly shan-ty pan-eake rab-bit fan-9y searit-y val-ley ear-rot am-bush pan-try val-or fal-low hab-It Lesson LX. i The sound of 6, as in note. po'ny fore'most pos'tern mop'ish ero-ny fro-ward post-mark molt-en sto-ry lone-some tro-phy port-ly ros-y fore-man poul-try eold-ly o-sier post-man sole-ly bold-ly Lesson LXI. The sound of 1, as in fin. biftern in'flux sin'ful 9yn x ie 9is-tern in-sult will-ful mys-tie pig-my wind-mill tin-sel myth-ie chim-ney dis-tafF stin-gy ring-let in-dex dis-cord wit-ty pil-grim THE SPELLER. Lesson LXII. The sound of a, as in ape. at-tain' a-vaiF en-gage' be-lay A de-tain a-wait en-rage de-lay re-shape a-base in-sane col-late re-paid de-base ur-bane se-date pre-vail de-fa9e pro-fane be-late Lesson LXIII. The sound of G, as in mete. a-greed' be-lief eom-pete' un-elean' in-deed re-lief on-9eit de-mean exceed es-teem deceit de-feat a-gree re- deem ap-peal re-peat de-gree an-teen re-peal re-veal Lesson LXIV. The sound of i, as in defile. s de-fy' ad-vie' ^om-bine' de-file' de-ny de-vi9e on-fine re-vile a-live un-kind a-like om-pile ar-rive un-bind be-like a-side in-cite be-hind dis-like a-bide PACIFIC COAST SERIES. Lesson LXV. The sound of I, as in fill. a-km' be-gin dis-miss ful-fill' in-still be-dim pre-dict' per-mit sub-mit in-sist as-sist re-miss com-mit ad-mit ad-mix a-miss ad-dict af-flict af-fix a-mid on-vict en-rich corn-mix f a -ct/utt / Lesson LXVI. de-note' de-vote The sound of o, as in go. fore-bode' jo-eose' dis-robe mo-rose fore-go' be-low al-cove a-rose a-bode om-mode pro-voke re-voke oon-dole on-sole be-hold un-fold un-yoke un-told im-port re-port om-pose ex-pose 46 THE SPELLER. Lesson LXVII. The so and of 6, as in not. a-long' un-loek' ae-eost' al-16t' be-long be-mock a-dopt be-sot pro-long a-loft a-non un-shot be-yond a-eross up-on be-got un-shod em-boss un-stop for-got Lesson LXVHI. The sound of oi, as in coil, and oy, as in boy. al-loy' re-boil' joint/ing a-droit' an-noy re-eoil point-ing re-eoil de-oy em-broil cloy-ing ex-ploit em-ploy ad-join noi-some foi'ble en-joy en-join clois-ter oys-ter Lesson LXIX. The sound of u as in tube al-lude' en-sue' dis-pute' ac-cuse' de-lude pur-sue im-pute a-muse as-sume di-lute ex-euse re-buke on-sume pol-lute mis-use con-du^e pgr-fume om-pute re-fuse in-du9e Lesson LXX. The sound of u as in but. ro-bust' re-fund' cor-rupt' bulk'y un-just ro-tund dis-cuss sulk-y ad-just an-nul dis-gust crust-y re-but a-dult ab-rupt dusk-y re-buff on-sult de-duct husk-y PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 47 a-nal' a-bal de-amp en-amp dis-band de-ant Lesson LXXI. The sound of a, as in act. de-mand' a-back at-tack at-tach per-haps un-wrap' en-at ra-vat' re-lax ex-act re-cant gal-lant a-dapt be-gan a-bash de-tach le-vant im-man 48 THE SPELLER. Lesson LXXII. The sound of u, as in rude. brii'tish fruit/fill ri/by pe-ruse' pru-dish pru-dent ru-mor ab-struse ruth-less oru-et tru-ant sru r ple bru-tal dru-id ru-in tru-ly fru-gal pru-den9e rul-er prun-ing ru-ral prun-er rude-ly a-use' ru-el ruis-ing ^rude-ly surety Lesson LXXIII. The sound of 6, as in love. on'ion hov'er 6nr'pass a-mongst^ ov-en ov-er shov-el a-mong plov-er ol-or om-ing a-bove slov-en smoth-er won-der monk'ey ton-nage stom-ah lov-ing mon-grel ov-et wor-ry doz-en moth-er gov-ern om-fort thor-ough pom-mel Lesson LXXIV. * The sound of u, as in bur. burdock url'ing tur'key pur'ple burg-lar urs-ed turn-ing fur-ther bur-gess purs-er tur-bid de-mur' eurb-stone sur-pl^e turtle oon-ur ur-few sur-geon fur-nish un-ourl ur-lew sur-feit mur-der u-surp spurn-er pur-chase nurt-ure nursling PACIFIC COAST SEEIES. 49 Lesson LXXV. The sound of I, as in lip. quick'ly kitch'en quiv'er thinking thick-ly chick-en shiv-er tink-er rich-ly quick-en fish-ing whis-per guin-ea thick-en ' wish-ing dis-trict strych-mne sprin-kle print-ing dis-tieh Lesson LXXVI. The sound of o long, as in so. lone'some o'sier boatswain loading whole-some por-trait load-stone smoul-der mourn-ful post-script bowl-der bol-ster bo-rax pro-file bow-sprit poul-tige pro-gramme yeo-man foe-man shoul-der Lesson LXXVII. The sound of 6 short, as in cot. con'trlte hon'est contrast por'ridge on-eourse joc-und ot-tage schol-ar mon-strous ol-lege fore-head trom-bone shock-ing on-gress hogs-head oon-quer block-head con-quest lodg-er con-script Lesson LXXVIII. The sound of u short, as in bud. blud'geon dump'ling bug'gy seulFion dud-geon rough-ly bum-per seulp-tor gud-geon tough-ly bun-gler slug-gard dun-geon buek-ram ful-some smug-gler lunch-eon buck-skin south-ern snufF-ers 50 THE SPELLER. Lesson LXXIX. The sound of a long, as in lay. a-fraid' cur-tail' corn-plain' en-chain' up-braid re-main ex-plain ar-raign as-sail de-claim dis-dain cam-paign out-sail re-claim or-dain gham-paign re-tail ex-claim con-tain corn-plaint de-tail pro-claim ob-tain re-straint Lesson LXXX. The sound of a long, as in lay, continued, ap-praise' em-brage' ar-range' way-lay' dis-praise gri-mage de-range pre-pay e-rase . un-safe es-trange re-pay in-case vouch-safe ex-change con-vey dis-grage cru-sade de-fame sur-vey dis-plage dis-suade in-flame o-bey mis-plage per-suade in-lay a-bate PACIFIC COAST SERIES. / / *~...f^'Y 4 J / /. Lesson LXXXI. Tlie sound of a long, as in lay, continued. de-bate' block-ade' mis-take' be-tray' re-ate de-grade par-take dis-play se-date pa-rade a-wake a- stray re-late in-hale a-way in-veigh trans-late re-gale dis-may in-flate ar-ade for- sake af-fray . mis-state 52 THE SPELLER. Lesson LXXXIL The sound of a short, as in latch. un-latch' ex-panse' bal'an9e stat'ue dis-patch ro-man9e gal -lop stat-iire de-eamp ex-tract gram-mar jack-et de-ant sub-tract tran-seript jave-lin re-fract eon-trat sand-wich trag-ic at-tack at-tract dan-druff gas-trie The sound of Lesson 'i, as in mar LXXXIII. s in be-seem ine, and of e, a fa-t'igue' ton -fine gen-teel trust-ee' in-trigue ma-rine un-seal set- tee ob-lique ma-ehine be-seem gran-deG an-tique a-pri9e ex-treme grant-e e u-nique po-li9e -eon-vene de-gree pe-lisse va-lise su-preme fu-see Lesson LXXXIV. The sound of e, as in tea. om-plete' be-lieve' dis-ease' ath-lete re-lieve de-plete a-chieve re-plete ag-griev r e re-9eipt re-prieve se-erete re-trieve de-Qease' un-sheathe de-ereass im-peach in-erease be-speak re-lease on-geal be-neath un-seal be-queath -a -tzi PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 53 . / Lesson LXXXV. Tlie sound of e, as in met. be-head' be-held' on-tend' re-trench 7 in-stead her-self him-self bur-lesque gro-tesque up-held a-mend as-9end at-tend be-friend im-pend in-tend of-fend in-trench a-venge re-venge a-fresh re-fresh om-pel Lesson LXXXVI. , The sound of e, as in met, continued. eon-demn' on-temn a-men ex-pel fore-tell ex-empt' con-tempt im-mense 7 in-tense con-tent di-vest de-test a-mend ho-tel pro-pel re-pel of-fen9e on-dense ex-pense pre-tend as-sent on-sent 54 THE SPELLER. Lesson LXXXVII. The sound of e, as in met, continued. ae-gept' ex-gept a-dept ef-feet on-nect or-rect on-flde' de-gide a-stride di-vide pre-side pro-vide e-leet' e-rect ex-pect neg-lect re-spect sub-ject Lesson L] The sound of 1 re-side' de-seribe pre-seribe sub-soribe o-blige be-guile Lesson T ar-rest' at- test be-hest be-quest on-test mo-lest KXXVIII. long, as in de-file re-vile sub-lime be-times a-lign re-quest' sug-gest ad-dress ag-gress a-ress on-fess file, as-slgn' be-nign de-sign on-dign on-sign ma-lign jXXXIX. The sound of I long, ea-nme' ad-mlre' om-bine ae-quire on-fine de-sire en-shrine en-quire en-twine en-tige a-while on-cise as in file, continued, af-fright' in-dite' a-light in-vite a-right po-lite be-night re-quite de-light re-gite ig-nite on-trive rACiric COAST SERIES Lesson XC. The sound of I long, as in file, continued. de-prive' Ju-ly' de-rive sur-vive al-ly a-wry be-lie sur-prise' di-vine' dis-guise in-line ap-prize de-mise as-size de-sire pro-scribe pre-mise sup-ply re-mind a-rise has-tise om-prise tran-sribe de-spise Lesson XCI. The sound of I short, as in pin. un-pm' om-mit' a-byss' e-mit' with-in in-fringe a-miss re-fit ab-sgind dis-tin^t a-midst sub-mit re-sQmd ex-tinct e?-ist corn-mix in-flict re-print en-list trans-fix on-flict el-lipse ae-quit be-twixt on-strict ellipse be-fit trans-mit 56 THE SPELLER. Lesson XCII. The sound of o long, as in rode. e-rode' en-roll' be-fore' ap-proach' ex-plode pa-role de-plore re-proach a-board pa-trol ig-nore en-croach en-robe fore- show im-plore al-though un-robe a-dore pro-mote cor-rode ca-j ole a-bode re-mote pro-rogue con-trol a-shore af-ford con-voke Lesson xcm. The sound of o long, as in note. a-lone' fore-know' en-for^e' de-pose' a-tone un-known di-vor9e dis-pose be-moan post-pone re-sourge dis-close Co-logne en-throne re-course im-pose a-go de-throne trans-port m-elose be-stow dis-own ex-port pro-pose be-low en-gross corn-port re-pose to / f PACIFIC COAST SERIES. Lesson XCIV. The sound of oy and oi, as in boy, boil, and of ou, as in found. de-ploy 7 eon-join' con-found^ as-tound' de-stroy dis-join , ex-pound a-mount en-voy mis-join pro-pound sur-mount de-spoil ap-point grey- hound a-bout em- broil con-joint an-noun^e re-doubt un-oil de-void de-noun^e a-rouse sub-soil a-void irn-pound a-round Lesson xcv. % The sound of u, as in lute, and of ew, as in new. re-dt^e' en-due' ex-hume r dif-fage' tra-du$e im-bue om-mune con-fuse be-dew sub-due im-pugn a-ute a-new im-mure im-pute com-mute a-dieu con-elude con-fute mi-nute re-view re-buke re-fute ob-scure re-new arch- duke a-buse ma-ture Lesson XCVI. The sound of 6, as in love, and of u, as in but. love'ly be-eome' ro-bust' in-duct' come-ly be-numb ab-rupt in-struct a-bove su-umb a-mong on-struct ef-fulge ex-ult ad-judge in-rust in-dulge re-suit be-grudge dis-trust di-vulge an-nul mis-judge mis-trust ex-punge a-mongst fore-judge ef-flux 53 THE SPELLER. Lesson XCVII The sound of ow and ou, as in now, thou. down'right mouth'ful pro-noimQe' re-dound' chow-der bounding a-rouse re-sound crowd-ed bound-ing es-pouse sur-round thou-sand mount-ing with-out re-noun^e boun-ty floun-der ae-ount re-nown fowl-er flow-er dis-eount pro-found found-er proud-ly a-bound a-loud Lesson XCVIH. The sound of ow and ou, as in now, thou, continued. council ^oun'ty row'el vouch r er oun-sel doubt-er row-dy trow-sers oun-ter doubt-ful show-er Soun-drel ount-less doubt-less tow-er plow-share loud-y down-ward tow-el owl-et eloud-less pow-der trow-el found-ling lown-ish pow-er vow-el foul-ly PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 59 Lesson XCIX. The sound of e, as in herb, and of I, as in bird. stlr'rup sub-mgrge' oon^Srn' e-mgrge' vir-gin ob-erve re-verse pgrcli r ing 9ir-le de-fer on-verse learn-ing skir-mish di-vert a-mer9e search-ing firm-ly re-vert as-perse earth-ly thirst-ing in-fer co-er9e ser-mon skirt-ing pre-fer di-verge irk-some Lesson C. The sound of a, as in far. ar'bor p'ar-ly charm'ing star'ry ar-mor mar-tyr farm-er star-board par-lor tar-tar starv-ing char-ger art-ful mar-ble arv-ing char-ter arch-er mar-vel far-ther harp-er bar-ber par-9el far-thest part-ner 60 THE SPELLER. Lesson CI. The sound of a, as in far, continued. mar'ten var'let cartridge laun'dry mar-tin gar-net par-tridge laun-dress daunt-ed art-ist char-ooal laugh-ter haunt-ed mar-gin star- fish heark-en daunt-less var-nish pars-nip saun-ter heart-less har-ness ar-ohive large-ly hear-ty dark-ness jaun-di9e harts-horn al'der al-tar al-ter al-most al-ways al-so al-dron Lesson CII. The sound of a, as in war. war'llke ward-er war-bier war-fare ward-robe aw-ful law-ful baw'ble law-yer saw-yer draw-er haw-thorn au-thor Au-gust au'tumn au-tion awn-ing sau-9er pau-per plaud-it PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 61 Lesson CIH. The sound of a, as in war, continued. fault'y oause'way mawkish with-draw' gaud-y faucet taw-ny ba-salt au-burn sau-sage talk-er .de-fault maud-lin daugh-ter alk-er with-al naugh-ty vault-er bal-drio be-fall haugh-ty taw- dry swarth-y ex-alt eau-us awk-ward walk-er fore- saw Lesson CIV. The sound of 6, as in for. for'ty odr'net orb'it 6r r sair for-lorn' cor-set hor-net mor-tar thorn'y corse-let Sorn-ful tor-por storm-y forceps horn-pipe fort-une north-ern vor-tex fort-night morn-ing ord-age for-tress horse-man mor-sel mor-al or-nice horse-back bor-der / J l-fZ'tZ't'tZ-. 62 THE SPELLER. r / pray'er de-lare' bear-er coin-pare pear-tree in-snare af-fair' de-spair be-ware for-bear re-pair for- swear pre-pare mo-hair Lesson CV. The sound of a, as in bare, bare'ly par r ent rare-ly dar-ing fair-ly gair-ish fair-y fair-ness hair-y stair-oase are-ful ware-hou; care-less shar-er JL J. Lesson CVI. The sound of a, as in class class'mate mass'ive nas'ty rafts-man pas-sive last- ing fast-ness pas-time ghast-ly fast-en pass-port branch-es vast-ly pass-word ask-ing last-ly brass-y fast-ing glass-y grass-y raft-y raft'er drafts-man rafts-man mas-tiff pas-tor past-ure mas-ter PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 63 Lesson cvn. The sound of a, as in watch. swal'low quadrate watch'man squat'ter squab-ble wan-ton wal-rus watch-er war-rant wan-der waf-fle yacht-ing watch-ing squan-der wad -ding was-sail quar-ry wal-low quad-rant wash-ing quar-reh wal-let squal-id Wal-ter sal-lop wal-nut swamp-y wat-tle boor'ish fool-ish boo-by boot-y gloom-y mood-y Lesson CVHI. The sound of 6~, as in moon. moon'beam si-moon' dra-goon' moon-light bal-loon ra-oon moon-shine har-poon fes-toon sohoon-er la-goon bab-oon soon-er sa-loon lam-poon poor-ly pla-toon doub-looii Lesson CIX. The sound of o, as in do, and 60, as in brood. un-couth/ sur-tout' moveless bo'som out-do a-noe . mov-ing los-er un-do on-tour prov-ing los-ing ap-prove ta-bob boot-jack smobth-ly re-move barn-boo do-ing groom-ing be-h()ove re-prove move-ment swoon-ing a-mour im-prove wo-man brood-ing 64 THE SPELLER. -<& 46 & 44 f 1 Lesson CX. The sound of e, as in her, and I, as in fir. ear'ly peVson feVtile pearl-y fer-vent fer-vid earth-ly mer-chant serv-ile earth-y mer-9y serv-ant earth-en mer-9er ver-bal earth-quake ler-gy ver-dant 9er-tain herb-age ear-nest per-fect herds-man learn-ed sir-loin squir-rel firm-ness birth-place fir-tree skir-mish thirst-y / PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 65 / / "ft d &&&> / c/ J '& of id The sound of do, as in book, and of u, as in bush. bdbk'ease fdbt'hold bul'let bush'el book-worm hood-wink pul-ley full-age book-store wood-lark full-ness sug-ar oop-er wood-en bul-wark butch-er hook-er brook-let pud-ding uck-6o foot-man good-ness eush-ion bul-rush foot-print good-man pul-pit bull-ion foot-bridge good-bye ful-some full-er 66 THE SPELLER. - < TRISYLLABLES. Trisyllables are words of three syllables. Lesson CXII. The sound of a, as in bat. bal'co-ny fae r ul-ty fam'i-ly bar-o-ny fal-la-9y mal-a-dy bat-ter-y fan-ta-sy par-o-dy an-o-py gal-ax-y par-i-ty -eav-al-ry gal-lant-ry rar-i-ty av-i-ty gal-ler-y san-i-ty char-i-ty grav-i-ty ap-i-tal fac-to-ry lax-i-ty cap-i-tol PACIFIC COAST SEKIES. 67 Lesson CXni. The sound of a, as pray. a'gen-97 a'ter-er ra'di-ate va-gran-9y va-ri-ous al-ien-ate fla-gran~9y a-que-ous a-pri-cot fra-gran-9y dan-ger-ous pa-tri-ot pa-pa-9y la-zi-ness bay-o-net pa-geant-ry ha-ael-nut a-the-ism oa-pa-ble sa-li-ent pa-gan-ism pla-ea-ble ra-di-ant fa-tal-ism sal-a-ble ra-di-an9e fa-vor-ite al-ien-age va-ri-an9e knav-er-y / Z Gv, / tl>t t i V / &4t< 41 # #-< <&<& ^4^-tz. Lesson CXXvTH. The sound of 1 long, as in pie. va-rl'e-ty de-slgn'a-ble de-9i r sive-ly sa-ti-e-ty de-clin-a-ble ad-ver-tis'er an^-i-e-ty in-vi-o-late su-per-vis-or so-bri-e-ty an-ni-hi-late un-de-9id-ed so-9i-e-ty le-vi-a-than un-di-vid-ed im-pi-e-ty de-9i-pher-er de-sir'a-ble ad-vi-so-ry en-ti-9ing-ly re-spir-a-ble pro-vi-so-ry ad-vis-ed-ly de-fm-a-ble pro-pri-e-ty de-9id-ed-ly as-sign-a-ble 78 THE SPELLEK. Lesson CXXIX. The sound of I short, as in tin. on-tin'gen-9y pub-li9'i-ty de-lin-quen-9y sim-pli^-i-ty pro-fi-gien-gy sphe-rig-i-ty on-sist-en-gy po-lyg-a-my con-spir-a-gy so-lll-oquy an-tip-a-thy tran-quil-li-ty pe-riph-er-y prox-im-i-ty an-tiq-ui-ty sub-lim-i-ty u-biq-ui-ty vi~9in-i-ty Lesson CXXX. The sound of o long, as in go. me-lo'di-ous di-plo / ma-9y om-mo-di-ous di-plo-ma-tist no-tori-ous his-to-ri-an u^-o-ri-ous me-mo-ri-al er-ro-ne-ous eu-lo-gi-um fe-lo-ni-ous en-o-mi-um har-mo-ni-ous em-po-ri-um ap-pro-pri-ate he-roie-al pro-por-tion-ate de-mo-ni-ao pie-to-ri-al sym-pho-ni-ous ol-lo-qui-al op-pro-bri-ous pa-ro-hi-al 9en-so-ri-ous pro-por-tion-al vic-to-ri-ous or-po-re-al la-bo-ri-ous PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 79 Lesson CXXXI. The sound of 6 short, as in got. as-trol'o-gy pho-nog'ra-phy hro-nol-o-gy pho-tog-ra-phy my-thol-o-gy ste-nog-ra-phy pa-thol-o-gy ty-pog-ra-phy phre-nol-o-gy hy-drop-a-thy tau-tol-o-gy mo-nop-o-ly the-ol-o-gy au-to-ra-9y ge-ol-o-gy de-mo-ra-9y ge-og-ra-phy hy-poe-ri-sy hy-drog-ra-phy as-tron-o-my bi-og-ra-phy e-eon-omy hl-rog-ra-phy ge-om-e-try os-mog-ra-phy phi-los-o-phy Lesson CXXXII. The sound of a, as in cat; and of a, as in way. de-elar'a-tory in'stan-ta/ne-ous pre-par-a-to-ry sub'ter-ra'ne-ous in-flam-ma-to-ry mis^el-la'ne-ous de-lam-a-to-ry gre-ga / ri-ous-ly de-fam-a-to-ry pre-ca-ri-ous-ly ex-plan-a-to-ry spon-ta-ne-oiis-ly ex-olam-a-to-ry in-va-ri-a-bly in-hab-it-a-ble ad'min-is-tra'tor dem-o-rat r i-al per'i-^ra'ni-um em-blem-at-io-al adVan-ta'geous-ly sys-tem-at-ie-al un-fa-vor-a-bly 80 THE SPELLER. Lesson The sound of e, as in in 'ex-pe'ri-ei^e im'ma-te'ri-al min'is-te'ri-al pres'by-te'ri-an un-reVson-a-ble dis'a-gree'a-ble ir're-triev'a-ble m / on-9ei\ / a-ble im-pe'ri-ous-ly mys-te-ri-ous-ly ex-pe-di-ent-ly CXXXIII. ine, and of e, as in met. om-mem'o-ra-ble in-ex-o-ra-ble im-pen-e-tra-ble in-tel-li-gi-ble in-el-i-gi-ble in-sep-a-ra-ble in-es-ti-ma-ble he-red -i-ta-ry on-tem-po-ra-ry ao'a-dem'ie-al al'pha-bet/i-al J / *t.eM,-(Z. / a>< cewi r -e^i^^c^t, -t^-o.'j' Cs& J / ' it, -c^ee^. Cs-e -eiz. X/ -/X / ^i^c^ y do -ez4 -ad y y s / ffi ,/ >/ y tt*ZL j -a. <&.&-e&u, -04, ^ - J* J / /? e.'tvfat.-U'l'ed, C/-^2,-o.^f. drt-ez S / ##<''' *- ^ / / / / c&etzt. tzwiz. -eztt /it, // ^ S /;? i s/ s / /? -z.4istz. < / 4.-ez,4^e S e -M -ft / s s 9G THE SPELLER. Lesson XV. RULE IX. In derivatives formed from words ending in <: ie," by adding the termination "ing," the e" is dropped, and the "i" changed to "y;" as: die vie vy-ng hie hy'ing lie ly-ing RULE X. Compounds usually retain the orthography of the words which compose them. As: horse'man wheel'wright bloo.d'hound plough-man wheat-bird whale-bone work-man mn-keep-er bil'ious-fe'ver sehool-mas-ter four-foot-ed thor'ough-bred Christ-mas what-ev'er two-tongued Can-dle-mas steam'boat pig-eoii-toed KEMAKK. Many more rules for spelling could be given, most of which, however, are so complicated, or of such limited application, as to be of but liitle practical value. Cultivate the habit of looking in the dictionary for every word of which you have any doubt. Lesson XVI. DICTATION EXERCISE. > / " / ^ 44- -^.--i-O-fl^y 'tl4Ve PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 97 J <&, jpa-tt't^fz / / / / tietfiiz. dvp't-e-w-eiz. -ct^t-ez. ^i^- S / &z Lesson XVII. SYLLABICATION. In every word there are as many syllables as there are distinct sounds. Every vowel except w may form a syllable of itself. No syllable can be formed without a vowel. DIPHTHONGS. A DIPHTHONG is two vowels joined in one syllable, as ea in beat; ou in sound. A PROPER DIPHTHONG is one in which both vowels are sounded ; as 01 in voice; oiv, in hoiu. 98 THE SPSLLEH. AN IMPROPER DIPHTHONG is one in wliicli only 0:10 of the vowels is sounded, as oa in loaf; ea in leaf. RULE I. Consonants should be joined to the vowels or d^.h- thongs which they modify in utterance; as: ben'e-fao'tor man'ii-fa/et/ilre e-lab'o-rfite a-nal'y-sis peYti-na9'i-ty ex-pa- ti-ute RULE II. "When two vowels come together, one ends, and the other begins a syllable, if they do not form a diphthong; as, a-o'ni-an a-e'ri-al a'er-o-naut' I-6n-i I'o-dme a-er-o-llte RULE IH. In general, prefixes and suffixes form separate syllables; as, re'in-spee-tion ^n-de'vi-a'ting tran'quil-ize ^is-our'a-ging Zis-sat-is-fied nat-u-ral-ize -im-pru-dent-ly cZis-hon-est-ly le-gal-i^e m-ored-u-lous w REMARK. This rule is subject to many exceptions. RULE IV. Compounds should be divided into the simple words which compose them; as, boat/ swain rain'gauge rear'guard horse-man self-in'ter-est home- sick lynx-eyed hymn'bdbk sylph-like steam-boat sem'i-glr'ele blood- shed hy'dra-head'ed mole'criok'et pall'bear'er headstrong post- script no'ble-man RULE V. A syllable must never be divided at the end of a line. PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 99 Lesson XVIII. THE POSSESSIVE CASE. RULE I, Nouns, whether singular or plural, not ending in "s," or an "s" sound, form the possessive case by adding the apostrophe (') and a. As: boy boy's world world's George George's hero hero's girl girl's men men's RULE II. Nouns, whether singular or plural, ending in "s," or an "s" sound, generally form the possessive case by adding the apostrophe only. As: boys boys' Jones Jones' brothers brothers' foxes foxes' on-scien9e on-scien9e' Adams Adams' EEMABK. Good usage differs somewhat with reference to the appli- cation of this rule. NUMBERS. The singular number denotes but one; as, boy. The plural number denotes more than one; as, boys. RULE I. The plural of nouns is regularly formed by adding " s " to the singular. Examples. o-pos'sum o-pos'sums an'a-eon'da an'a-eon'das go-ril'la go-ril'las ro r o-dlle croe'o-dlles al'li-ga'tor al'li-ga'tors jag'u-ar' jag'u-ars' 100 THE SPELLER. Lesson XIX. RULE II. Nouns ending in "o" generally form their plural by adding "es." al'i-oes mu-lat'toes em-bar'goes tor-na/does vol-a-noes mo-ro-oes bra-va-does sti-let-toes man-i-fes'toes tor-pe-does buffa-loes pal-met' toes vl-ra-goes po-ta/toes gre-na-does ear'goes negroes eoh'oes he-roes man-goes mot- toes REMARK I. To form the plural of the following nouns end- ing in "f," change "f " to "v" and add "es." knife knlve^s half halves wife wives self selves life lives wolf wolves calf calves loaf loaves thief thieves beef beeves leaf leaves sheaf sheaves Lesson XX. Remark II. The following are some of the words which form their plural irregularly. seVvant-man seVvant-men gentle-man gentle-men bonds/worn'an bonds'wom'en fos'ter- child fos'ter-chil'dren eye'tobth eye'teeth dor-mouse dor-mlge PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 101 REMARK III. The following words have no plural. Qi'der hemp sloth per'ry cof-fee flax pride meek-ness tal-low gold pitch el-o-quen9e Lesson XXI. DICTATION EXEKCISE. 102 THE SPELLEE. 2-0 m&d< / / c&-tvd't.t>c 'n&d& o-fi (Q-aufi'L <&snd C/-a.tf / z / z- e 7 -ci ac.-e, PACIFIC COAST SERIES. / HZ- 113 GENERAL EEYIEW. PKEFIXES AND SUFFIXES. What is a prefix? What is a suffix? Mention six Latin prefixes, with examples of each. Mention six Greek prefixes, with examples of each. Mention six English prefixes, with examples of each. Mention six suffixes, with examples of each. What is Eule I? Give an example. What is Eule II? Give an example? What is Eule III? Give an example. Eule IV? Give an example. Eule V? Give an example. Eule YI? Give an example. Eule VII? Example. Eule VIII? Example. Eule IX? Example. Eule X. Example, SYLLABICATION. In every word how many syllables? What is a diph- thong ? A proper diphthong ? An. improper diphthong ? What is Eule I? Give an Example. Eule II? Ex- ample. Eule III? Example. Eule IV? Example. Eule V? 114 THE SPELLER. THE POSSESSIVE CASE. What is Rule I? Give an example. Rule II? Ex- ample. NUMBERS. How many numbers are there? "What is the sin- gular number? The plural number? What is Rule I? Give some examples. Rule II? Examples. How do you form the plural of nouns ending in f? Mention some nouns that form their plurals irregularly. SILENT VOWELS. When is the letter e silent? Give some examples. When is the letter i silent? Give Rule IV, with some examples. When is the letter b silent? The letter c? Give Rule VII. When is the letter g silent? Give Rules IX and X, with appropriate examples. When is I silent? When is n silent? When is t silent. Give Rules XII and XIV, with appropriate examples under each. Give Rule XVI, and mention some examples. THE USE OF CAPITALS. Mention in their order the ten Rules for the use of capitals, with an example of each. PART THIRD. Lesson I. Words spelled in two or more ways. ax axe ai/le an'kle ap-pal' ap-palF brl'er bri'ar oafi'on ean-yon' drought drouth gyp-sy gip-sy gay-ly ga'/ly gdbd-b} r e' gdbd-by^ guer-ril'la gue-ril'La fren'zy phren'sy an'non-eer' ean'non-'ier' sep-ul-hre sep-ul-eher the-a-tre the-a-ter ma-neu'ver jna-noeu'vre mos-qm-to mus-qui-to in-qulre' en- quire' in-sure en-sure hon'eyed hon'ied som-ber som-bre whis-key whis-ky the-a-ter the-a-tre vl-al phi-al 116 THE SPELLER. Lesson II. found'er-y found'ry pyg-my pig-my ey-rie (a-ry) ae-rie as-si-mere ker-sey-mere lar'i-o-net/ cslar'i-net' 9en'ti-pede 9en r ti-ped hoar-hound hore-hound dl'ar-rhe'a di'ar-rhoe'a ep'au-let' ep'au-lette' en'vel-ope en-vel'op al/he-my al^hy-my hm-dob-ism hin-du-ism Lesson III. Words with contrasted meaning. siil' try, very hot. frig'id, very cold. warmth, gentle heat. frost'i-ness, frosty, cold. ig'ne-ous, relating to fire. a'que-ous, relating to water. mass, a large body of matter, mol'e-eule, a small particle. im-mense', very large. ti'ny, very small. stout, strong. pu'ny, iceak. gl'ant, a very large man. pyg /m y> a dwarf. du'ra-ble, lasting. transient, of short duration. port'ly, /bulky. mea'ger, thin. day'light, the light of day. dark'ness, ivithout light. nobn'tlde, mid-day. mid'night, twelve o'clock at [night. PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 117 Lesson IV. brill'iant, shining, bright. brightness, radiance. sun-'ny, warmed by the sun. glow'ing, shining ivith heat, raod'ern, recent; new. read'i-ness, quickness. hap'pi-ness, joy. lux'u-ry, over-abundance. fe-li^'i-ty, happiness. en-joy'ment, pleasure. height, an elevation. som'bre, gloomy. ob-s^u'ri-ty, darkness. dusk'y, dark; dim. lu'rid, ghastly-pale. an'cient, old. slow'ness, want of speed. m|s/er-y, distress. pov'er-ty, want; need. an'guish, intense grief. dis-tress', pain. depth, that which is deep. -& -a-c^fi / 'O.M.'CZ. 0, - 118 THE SPELLER. f s fl tff ^ * y^ "V j> / phiro-soph'ie ftp'os-tdl'w Exceptions. ftr'a-bl a-rith x me-ti-e e-phem'e-ri-e ar-se-nie eatli'o-li-e rhet'o-ri^ eliol-er-io pol-i-tio tur-mer-i-e her-e-ti-e lu-na-tio pleth-o-rie PACIFIC COAST SERIES. 125 Lesson XVin. RULE VI. Words of two or more syllables ending in "ia,'' "ae," "al," "an" and "ous," usually have the accent on the last syllable but two; or, on that which precedes these termina- tions; as, bar-ba'ri-an sym-met'ri-al gram-ma-ri-an -ehi-mer-re-al ll-bra-ri-an mi-mer-re-al see-ta-ri-an pro-phet-re-al spon-ta-ne-ous bi-en-ni-al gre-ga-ri-ous trl-en-ni-al ne-fa-ri-ous fiin'da-ment'al -eu-ta-ne-ous -eon'ti-nenfal e-ques-tri-an ere-ment'al mili'tia re-ga-li-a mag-ne-si-a de-mo-ni-ao op-pro-bri-oiis vi^-to-ri-ous u?-o-ri-oiis sym-pho-ni-ous er-ro-ne-ous RULE VII. With a few exceptions, words of more than two syllables ending in "gonal," "logy," "raphy," "nomy" and " metry," take then: accent on the last syllable but two; as, as-trol-o-gy hro-n6l-o-gy dox-ol-o-gy ge-6l-o-gy phi-lol-o-gy the-6l-o-gy ao-ol-o-gy pen-tag'o-nal e-eon-o-my ge-6m-e-try trig'o-nom'e-try deu'ter-on'o-my bi-6g'ra-phy ge-6g-ra-phy li-thog-ra-phy or-thog-ra-phy to-pog-ra-phy pho-tog-ra-phy as-tron'o-my dl-ag-o-nal gen'e-al'o-gy hex-ag-o-nal et'y-mol'o-gy Lesson XIX. DICTATION EXERCISE. 126 THE SPELLER. / r S m & <&% im^tted. -C14VCZ (~j$l. fl jP / ^Q^t^'t't^'C^ud^.o j Jl JL- d^-t- -off .&i /. e<&z. oks, ooks i fc CLP (N) ooks iper, tting nting 1 } )f its !ead- Dne by A full Blank nfrs, LD 21A-60m-10,'65 T . ^l^lf^^^. A. L. BANCROFT & CO., PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS AM) MANUFACTURERS, 721 MARKET ST., SAN FRANCISCO. VALUABLE TEXT BOOKS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 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