OBS. 31.—­The phonographic system of stenography, tachygraphy, or short-hand writing, is, I incline to believe, a very great improvement upon the earlier methods.  It is perhaps the most reliable mode of taking down speeches, sermons, or arguments, during their delivery, and reporting them for the press; though I cannot pronounce upon this from any experience of my own in the practice of the art.  And it seems highly probable, if it has not been fully proved, that children may at first be taught to read more readily, and with better articulation, from phonetic print, or phonotypy, as it has been called, than from books that exhibit words in their current or established orthography.  But still it is questionable whether it is not best for them to learn each word at first by its peculiar or ideographic form—­the form in which they must ultimately learn to read it, and which indeed constitutes its only orthography.

IMPROPRIETIES FOR CORRECTION.

ERRORS IN SPELLING.

UNDER RULE I.—­OF FINAL F, L, OR S.

“He wil observe the moral law, in hiz conduct.”—­Webster’s Essays, p. 320.

[FORMULES—­1.  Not proper, because the word “wil” is here spelled with one l.  But, according to Rule 1st, “Monosyllables ending in f, l, or s, preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant.”  Therefore, this l should be doubled; thus, will.

2.  Not proper again, because the word “hiz” is here spelled with z.  But, according to the exceptions to Rule 1st, “The words as, gas, has, was, yes, his, &c., are written with single s.”  Therefore, this z should be s; thus, his.]

“A clif is a steep bank, or a precipitous rock.”—­See Rhyming Dict. “A needy man’s budget is ful of schemes.”—­Old Adage.  “Few large publications in this country wil pay a printer.”—­Noah Webster’s Essays, p. x.  “I shal, with cheerfulness, resign my other papers to oblivion.”—­Ib., p. x.  “The proposition waz suspended til the next session of the legislature.”—­Ib., p. 362.  “Tenants for life wil make the most of lands for themselves.”—­Ib., p. 366.  “While every thing iz left to lazy negroes, a state wil never be wel cultivated.”—­Ib., p. 367.  “The heirs of the original proprietors stil hold the soil.”—­Ib., p. 349.  “Say my annual profit on money loaned shal be six per cent.”—­Ib., p. 308.  “No man would submit to the drudgery of business, if he could make money az fast by lying stil.”—­Ib., p. 310.  “A man may az wel feed himself with a bodkin, az with a knife of the present fashion.”—­Ib., p. 400.  “The clothes wil be ill washed, the food wil be badly cooked; and you wil be ashamed of your wife, if she iz not ashamed of herself.”—­Ib., p. 404.  “He wil submit to the laws of the