“Many a reader of the Bible knows not who wrote the Acts of the Apostles”—­G.  B.  “The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the Chronicles.”—­ALGER’S BIBLE:  Neh., xii, 23.  “Are they not written in the book of the Acts of Solomon?”—­FRIENDS’ BIBLE:  I Kings, xi, 41.  “Are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?”—­ALGER CORRECTED:  I Kings, xxii, 39.  “Are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.”—­See ALGER:  ib., ver. 45.  “Which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms.”—­ALGER, ET AL.:  Luke, xxiv, 44.  “The narrative of which maybe seen in Josephus’s History of the Jewish War”—­Dr. Scott cor. [Obs.—­The word in Josephus is “War,” not “Wars.”—­G.  Brown.] “This History of the Jewish War was Josephus’s first work, and published about A. D. 75.”—­Whiston cor. “‘I have read,’ says Photius, ‘the Chronology of Justus of Tiberias.’”—­Id. “A Philosophical Grammar, written by James Harris, Esquire.”—­Murray cor. “The reader is referred to Stroud’s Sketch of the Slave Laws”—­A.  S. Mag. cor. “But God has so made the Bible that it interprets itself.”—­Idem.  “In 1562, with the help of Hopkins, he completed the Psalter.”—­Gardiner cor. “Gardiner says this of Sternhold; of whom the Universal Biographical Dictionary and the American Encyclopedia affirm, that he died in 1549.”—­G.  B. “The title of a book, to wit:  ’English Grammar in Familiar Lectures,’” &c.—­Kirkham cor. “We had not, at that time, seen Mr. Kirkham’s ‘Grammar in Familiar Lectures.’”—­Id. “When you parse, you may spread the Compendium before you.”—­Id. right.[516] “Whenever you parse, you may spread the Compendium before you.”—­Id. cor. “Adelung was the author of a Grammatical and Critical Dictionary of the German Language, and other works.” Biog.  Dict. cor. “Alley, William, author of ‘The Poor Man’s Library,’ and a translation of the Pentateuch, died in 1570.”—­Id.

UNDER RULE II.—­OF FIRST WORDS.

“Depart instantly;”—­“Improve your time;”—­“Forgive us our sins.”—­Murray corrected.  EXAMPLES:—­“Gold is corrupting;”—­“The sea is green;”—­“A lion is bold.”—­Mur. et al. cor. Again:  “It may rain;”—­“He may go or stay;”—­“He would walk;;”—­“They should learn.”—­Iidem.  Again:  “Oh!  I have alienated my friend;”—­“Alas!  I fear for life.”—­Iidem. See Alger’s Gram., p. 50.  Again:  “He went from London to York;”—­“She is above disguise;” “They are supported by industry.”—­Iidem.