is in the possessive (the sign being omitted), and is in apposition with his.’  The meaning is, ‘the head of him, a youth.’ &c.”—­Hart’s E. Gram., p. 124.  “The pronoun I, and the interjection O, should be written with a capital.”—­Weld’s E. Gram., 2d Ed., p. 16.  “The pronoun I always should be written with a capital letter.”—­Ib., p. 68.  “He went from England to York.”—­Ib., p. 41.  “An adverb is a part of speech joined to verbs, adjectives and other adverbs, to modify their meaning.”—­Ib., p. 51; “Abridged Ed.,” 46. “Singular, signifies ‘one person or thing.’ Plural, (Latin plus,) signifies ‘more than one.’”—­Weld’s Gram., p. 55.  “When the present ends in e, d only is added to form the Imperfect and Perfect participle.”—­Ib., p. 82.  “SYNAERESIS is the contraction of two syllables into one; as, Seest for see-est, drowned for drown-ed”—­Ib., p. 213.  “Words ending in ee drop the final e on receiving an additional syllable beginning with e; as, see, seest, agree, agreed.”—­Ib., p, 227.  “Monosyllables in f, l, or s, preceded by a single vowel are doubled; as, staff, grass, mill.”—­Ib., p. 226.  “Words ending ie drop the e and take y; as die, dying.”—­Ib., p. 226.  “One number may be used for another; as, we for I, you for thou.”—­S.  S. Greene’s Gram., 1st Ed., p. 198.  “STR~OBILE, n. A pericarp made up of scales that lie over each other.  SMART.”—­Worcester’s Univ. and Crit.  Dict.

   “Yet ever from the clearest source have ran
    Some gross allay, some tincture of the man.”—­Dr. Lowth.

LESSON V.—­VARIOUS RULES.

“The possessive case is always followed by the noun which is the name of the thing possessed, expressed or understood.”—­Felton’s Gram., p. 61; Revised Edition, pp. 64 and 86.  “Hadmer of Aggstein was as pious, devout, and praying a Christian, as were Nelson, Washington, or Jefferson; or as are Wellington, Tyler, Clay, or Polk.”—­H.  C. WRIGHT:  Liberator, Vol. xv, p. 21.  “A word in the possessive case is not an independent noun, and cannot stand by its self.”—­Wright’s Gram., p. 130.  “Mary is not handsome, but she is good-natured, which is better than beauty.”—­St. Quentin’s Gram., p. 9.  “After the practice of joining words together had ceased, notes of distinction were placed at the end of every word.”—­Murray’s Gram., p. 267; Hallock’s, 224.  “Neither Henry nor Charles dissipate his time.”—­Hallock’s Gram., p. 166. “’He had taken from the Christians’ abode thirty small castles.’—­Knowles.”—­Ib., p. 61.  “In whatever character Butler was admitted, is unknown.”—­Ib., p. 62.  “How is the agent of a passive,