Part 20 (2/2)

All persons acquainted with children are aware of the torpor of some minds, and of the occasional apathy of others, and to this it is necessary to provide some counteraction This is done effectually by what is called the elliptical plan, according to which, words are omitted in a narrative or poe supplied by the children

These exercises are very agreeable to the children, and by them some features of the mental character become conspicuous Children are usually sensible of their need of instruction, but if they can inal, their delight is especially manifest There seems, too, a dislike at first, to take any trouble to arrive at the truth; careless children will therefore guess several times; but an observant teacher will at once perceive that there is no effort of the understanding, point it out to the child, and thus prevent its recurrence

Dr Gilchrist observes, in a letter sent to me, ”You have now the whole method before you, and I shall boldly stake all my hard-earned fame, as a practical orientalist, on the salutary consequences that will spring fro institution”

My usual practice with respect to the elliptical , is, to deliver so out but feords at first, and those such as et used to the plan, I make the omissionsspecis ofa the fruit[b] -- of his father's[c] --, he saw a little[d] -- fly up and sit on one of the[e]-- of the trees; the[f] -- lifted a stone, and was going to[g]-- it at the poor[h]-- which seemed to[i]-- most sweetly thus:

My[k] -- is[l] -- of moss and hair, The[m] -- are[n]-- and sheltered there; When[o]-- soon shall [p] -- fly Far from the[q]-- school[r]-- eye”

The[s]-- eldest[t]-- who understood the[u]-- of birds came up at that moment, and[v]-- out, thron the[w] --, you hard-hearted[x] -- and don't[y] -- the innocent[z] -- in thered-breast, his beautiful sharp eye, and above all with the[bb] -- of his notes, and the familiar[cc] -- he assuest[ff] -- here if she reood[hh] -- read to her yesterday of a very[ii]-- boy, as very[kk]-- to a har the[nn]-- in the[oo] -- of winter

[Footnote a: Son]

[Footnote b: trees]

[Footnote c: garden]

[Footnote d: bird]

[Footnote e: branches]

[Footnote f: boy]

[Footnote g: throw]

[Footnote h: bird]

[Footnote i: sing]

[Footnote k: nest]

[Footnote l: built]

[Footnote s]

[Footnote n: laid]

[Footnote o: hatched]

[Footnote p: ones]

[Footnote q: roaardener's]

[Footnote t: son]

[Footnote u: notes]

[Footnote v: called]

[Footnote w: stone]