A multitude of spectators stood on the shore watching the bold proceeding, and when the work was done all returned to their homes and the city again resumed its quiet. W. A. MOWRY. From Essentials of United States History.

I. Oral Composition

Give the outline of this account of the Boston Tea Party. Change the first sentence in the second paragraph into three short sentences. Have you

improved upon it? Why not? Try, then, in your compositions, to write sentences like it. Explainmolested; spectators; proceeding; resumed.

You have learned of three kinds of composition: narration, description, and exposition. To which does "The Boston Tea Party" belong? Why?

From what source does the writer of a story get his facts? From what sources does the historian? How, then, does an historical account differ from a story?

Mention some events in the history of your country, about which you have enjoyed learning. Following this outline, tell about one of them:

1. The reason for the act.

2. The act.

(a) The plan.

(b) Its execution.

3. What was accomplished..

II. Written Composition

At home read about your topic in several histories and then write the account in your own words. If there is an expression, in any of the histories, that you particularly like, use it in your composition. Do not add anything about which you are not sure; remember the historian must give facts. Place at the end of your composition the names of the histories that you read.

III. Correction Exercise

In correcting the work of your classmates, be sure to call their attention to any statements that are not true.

XI. ORIGINAL COMPOSITION

Description of a Person

The Old Apple Dealer

He is a small man with gray hair and gray stubble beard, and is invariably clad in a shabby surtout of snuff color, closely buttoned, and half concealing a pair of gray pantaloons; the whole dress, though clean and entire, being evidently flimsy with much wear. His face, thin, withered, furrowed, and with features which even age has failed to render impressive, has a frost-bitten aspect.

He sits on a bench in the depot-room; and before him, on the floor, are deposited two baskets of a capacity to contain his whole stock in trade. Across, from one basket

to the other, extends a board, on which is displayed a plate of cakes and gingerbread, some russet and redcheeked apples, and a box containing variegated sticks of candy; together with that delectable condiment known by children as Gibraltar rock, neatly done up in white paper. There is likewise a half-peck measure of cracked walnuts, and two or three tin half-pints or gills, filled with the nut kernels ready for purchasers.

Such are the small commodities with which our old friend comes daily before the world, ministering to its petty needs and little freaks of appetite, and seeking thence the solid subsistence-so far as he may subsistof his life.

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.

From Mosses from an Old Manse.

I. Oral Composition

Give the outline of "The Old Apple Dealer." What is the meaning cf-stubble; invariably; surtout; flimsy; furrowed; aspect; deposited; russet; variegated; delectable; commodities? Explain the expressions— age has failed to render impressive; frost-bitten aspect; whole stock in trade; freaks of appetite; solid subsistence. Pick out the expressions you like and state why you like them.

What kind of composition is this? Point out the descriptive words. Does Hawthorne give you a good picture of "The Old Apple Dealer"?

Describe him in your own words.

Hawthorne selected "The Old Apple Dealer" to describe because the peddler interested him, and he felt others would be interested.

Describe some one in whom you think your classmates would be interested.

SUGGESTIONS: The Old Clothes Dealer; A Swedish Girl; An Italian Immigrant; The Newsboy; The Scottish Piper; The Hand-organ Man; A Russian Milkmaid.

1. Description.

(a) Of the person.
(b) Of his dress.

2. (a) Where he is found.
(b) What he does.

3. His use in the world.

II. Written Composition

Following the outline, write your composition; then read it over several times. State the classes of errors for which you will look. Let one of the readings be for the improvement of your expressions and for a better choice of descriptive words.

III. Correction Exercise

In criticizing the work of your classmate, see whether you can give him better words and expressions than those he has used. Use the dictionary to help you make a choice.

Last Wednesday, the 24th inst., I left at your store a sample of crochet silk. You were to send me, the next day, six spools. This is Friday and I have not as yet received them.

If you are not able to obtain the silk ordered, please send me spools of the nearest shade to it.

If you cannot deliver them at the above address by Saturday evening, kindly send them to me at Mountain Spring Hotel, Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire, as I leave the city early Monday morning.

Yours truly,

(Miss) Pauline Burke.

I. Oral Composition

What kind of letter is this? What kind was the last one you wrote this term?

Name the five parts of a letter. Tell where each is placed. Tell wherein the parts of a business letter differ from those of a social one.

Why may we not use Dear Sir in this salutation? Why is (Miss) in the signature placed in parenthesis?