326-Legend of the Corinthian Capital

A young girl of Corinth died, and her nurse collected the articles which she had loved, put them in a basket on her grave, and laid a tile on top of it. By chance the basket was placed on the roots of an acanthus plant, and this, sprouting in the spring, partly covered the basket with its leaves, some of which, reaching the tile, turned downward, as shown in the picture.

An architect named Callimachus,' who happened to see it, was struck by its beauty, and thought it would make a fine capital for a column, and by changing it a little he made the Corinthian column, which thus got its name from Corinth.-Young Folks' Cyclopædia.

Read the story and re-write it in your own words.

Pronunciation.-1kal lĭm'a kus.

327-Suffixes

Rule.—Silent e is dropped before a suffix beginning with a vowel.

Add ing strive, oblige, come, scare, blame, edge, rescue Add ish thieve, rogue, style, white, blue, knave, brute remove, prime, arrive, doctrine

Add al:

Add ous: grieve, virtue, nerve

Add able: sale, value, cure, move, believe, deplore, improve

Till, that May-morn,

Blue ran the flash across;

Violets were born!-Robert Browning.

Pronunciation.-1 vit'lz; 2 kro sha'; 3 bōō ka'; 4 bōō dwôr'.

Copy, and add to each list any words that can properly be used in the way indicated.

332

Dictation.-Do not think of your faults; still less of others' faults; in every person who comes near you, look for what is good and strong; honor that; rejoice in it; and as you can, try to imitate it; and your faults will drop off like dead leaves, when their time comes.-Ruskin.

2

Pronunciation.- swet; ' gôr'jus; 3 zwäv or zoo äv'; tôr'tis.

cha rāde'

tort'üre

334-Suffixes

Rule.-Words ending in ce and ge retain the e before able and ous,

Copy the words. Write opposite each what and where it is.

336-Pearls

3

Dictation.-Pearls are found both fastened to the shell and loose in the flesh of the oyster. Sometimes as many as twenty of different sizes are found in one shell. It is thought that some substance like a grain of sand lodges under the mantle of the oyster. It is soon covered with nacre, or mother-of-pearl. The Chinese partly open the shell, slip under a little lead image of a god, and put the oyster back in the water. A beautiful pearl image is the result. The best pearls are found off the coast of Ceylon* and in the Persian Gulf.

Pronunciation.—1 lwär; 2 mär sälz'; 3nā'kẽr; 4 se lŏn',

Choose two words from each column and use each in a written sentence.

338-Dictation

The names of the days of the week are derived from old Saxon deities. Sunday means the day of the Sun; Monday, day of the Moon; Tuesday is the day of Tuisco; Wednesday, the day of Woden, supreme god; Thursday is named for Thor, the god of thunder; Friday, Freya, goddess of love; Saturday is the day of the Norse god, Saeter.