Sound   as in      Sound   as in
oi      oil         ou      out
oy      boy         ow      now

TABLE OF SUBVOCALS.

Sound   as in      Sound   as in
b        bib         v     valve
d        did         th    this
g        gig         z     zin
j        jug         z     azure
n        nine        r     rare
m        maim        w     we
ng       hang         y    yet
l        lull

TABLE 0F ASPIRATES.

Sound   as in      Sound   as in
f       fifi        t      tat
h       him         sh     she
k       kite        ch     chat
p       pipe        th     thick
s       same        wh     why

TABLE OF SUBSTITUTES.

Sub   for   as in      Sub   for   as in
a      o    what        y    i     myth
e      a    there       c    k     can
e      a    feint       c    a     cite
i      e    police      ch   sh    chaise
i      e    sir         ch   k     chaos
o      u    son         g    j     gem
o      oo   to          n    ng    ink
o      oo   wolf        s    z     as
o      a    fork        s    sh    sure
o      u    work        x    gz    exact
u      oo   full        gh   f     laugh
u      oo   rude        ph   f     phlox
y      i    fly         qu   k     pique
qu     kw   quit

PUNCTUATION.

Punctuation Marks are used to make the sense more clear.

A Period (.) is used at the end of a sentence, and after an abbreviation; as,

   James was quite sick.  Dr. Jones was called to see him.

An Interrogation Mark (?) is used at the end of a question; as,

   Where is John going?

An Exclamation Mark (!) is used after words or sentences expressing some strong feeling; as,

   Alas, my noble boy! that thou shouldst die!

The Comma (,), Semicolon (;), and Colon (:) are used to separate the parts of a sentence.

The Hyphen (-) is used to join the parts of a compound word; as, text-book:  it is also used at the end of a line in print or script, when a word is divided; as in the word “sentence,” near the bottom of page 9.

[Illustration:  Bird perched on tree branch.]

MCGUFFEY’S SECOND READER.

Lesson I.

news’paper cold or’der seem through

stock’ings chat sto’ry light Har’ry

branch’es kiss burns Mrs. e vents’

an oth’er Mr. stool lamp mends

[Illustration:  Family at evening; father reading newspaper, mother sewing, boy and girl reading.]

Evening at home.

1.  It is winter.  The cold wind whistles through the branches of the trees.

2.  Mr. Brown has done his day’s work, and his children, Harry and Kate, have come home from school.  They learned their lessons well to-day, and both feel happy