Note. By this Table a child may be led, as an amusement, to comprehend the nature of Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division.

1. Addition. Take any figure at the top of the Table, suppose 3, and going downwards, say, " 3. and 3 make 6; 6 and 3 make 9; 9 and 3 make 12," &c.; or rather thus, 3, 6, 9, 12," &c.-Suppose take 7, say, "7 and 7 make 14; 14 and 7 make 21; 21 and 7 make 28," &c. ; or thus, "7, 14, 21, 28," &c.

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2. Subtraction.Take any number at the bottom of the Table, suppose 60, and then taking the figure at the top of that column, say," from 60 take 5, and 55 remain; from 55 take 5, and 50 remain; from 50 take 5, and 45 remain," &c. ; or thus, "60, 55, 50, 45," &c.

3. Multiplication.-Take any figure in the first column, suppose 4, and any figure at the top of the Table, suppose 9, and say, "how many are 4 times

9?" The answer is found in the same line with 4, and in the same column with 9.-Again, taking 6 in the first column, and 8 at the top of the Table, say, "how many are 6 times 8?" The answer is found in the same line with 6, and in the same column with 8.

4. Division.-Take any figure in the first column, suppose 6, and any number in the same line, suppose 42, and say, "how oft is 6 contained in 42 ?" The answer is found at the top of the column.-Again, taking 7 in the first column, and 42 in the same line, say, "how oft is 7 contained in 42 ?" The answer is found at the top of the column.

The four cardinal points of the mariner's compass are, north, south, east, and west. When, in a direct line, you look to the sun, at 12 o'clock, your face will be to the south, your back to the north, your left hand to the east, and your right hand to the west. The chief intermediate points of the compass are, northeast, north-west, south-east, and south-west.

The names of the months of the year are, January, February, March;-April, May, June ;-July, August, September ;-October, November, Decem

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Thirty days has September,
April, June, and November;
February twenty-eight alone;
Each of the rest has thirty-one.
Leap-year, happening once in four,
Gives February one day more.

The longest day of the year is the 22d of June, which is called the summer solstice; and the shortest day of the year is the 22d of December, which is called the winter solstice.

The days and nights are of equal length on the 21st of March, which is called the vernal equinox, and also on the 22d of September, which is called the autumnal equinox.

Of Abbreviations.

A. D. In the year of our Lord.
A. M. In the year of the World.
A. M. Master of Arts.

B. A. Bachelor of Arts.

B. D. Bachelor of Divinity.
Capt. Captain.

Col. Colonel.

D. D. Doctor of Divinity.

Do. or Ditto.

Esq. Esquire.

The same.

F.R. S. Fellow of the Royal Society.
Gen. General.

G. IV. R. King George the Fourth.
i. e. id est, That is.

Ibid. In the same place.

K. G. Knight of the Garter.
Lieut. Lieutenant.

L. L. D. Doctor of Laws.

MS. Manuscript.

Mr. Master (pronounced Mister.)
Mrs. Mistress (pronounced Missiz.)
N. B. Mark well.

No. Numero, Number.

N. S. E. W. North, South, East, West.

N. S. New Style.

O. S. Old Style.

P. S. Postscript.
Rev. Reverend.
St. Saint.
Vide, See.

Viz. Namely

&c. And so forth

GRAMMATICAL EXERCISES.

THERE are nine parts of speech;-Article, Adjective, Noun ;-Pronoun, Verb, Adverb ;-Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection.

1. An article is a word put before a noun, to point it out, and to limit the extent of its signification. The articles are the, and a or an. The is called the definite article, and a or an the indefinite article. An, to distinguish it from a, may be called the euphonic article, as, in particular cases, sounding more agreeably than a.

2. An adjective is a word which expresses some quality or circumstance of a noun or "A wise man. The man is honest.

This man.

Every man.
Some men.

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That man. Any man.

These men. Those men.
Ten men. All men."

pronoun, as, He is poor.

Each man.

Few men.

3. A noun is the name of a person, place, or thing, as, George, Eliza; London, Edinburgh, England, Scotland, Europe, America. Man, woman, beast, bird, fish, insect. City, town, country, kingdom, sea, river, mountain, hill. Virtue, vice, justice, mercy, cruelty, industry, sobriety."

4. A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, as, I, thou, he, she, it, we, you, ye, they; who, which, that, what."

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5. A verb is a word which signifies existing, acting, or being acted upon; as, "To be, to lie, to sit, to stand, to walk, to respect, to despise, to be respected, to be despised."

6. An adverb is a word which expresses some cir