The Definitions, p. 20, should be read, studied, and learned in connection with the drawings which illustrate them. Use guide lines for the 10 drawings of p. 29. The Vignettes of the, Alphabets, and all Ornamental Headings are designed for general exercises in drawing. In modern teaching it is intimately connected with all the mental exercises of the schooling period. The style of the following copies, as a basis of chirography, is almost universally approved, and it is in general use in American schools.
Opportunity is here afforded for individual effort and the improvement of the odds and ends of time.
In class Exercises let all work together, do the same thing at the same time, and master each copy in order as numbered. 58 is used in Nos. Require the pupils to learn the number of spaces and parts of spaces occupied by each of the small letters and capitals severally, and to compare, contrast, and note all dissimilarities and distinctive characteristics. Train both the eye and the hand alike to discriminate written characters in all their relations and connections. Copyright 1997 by Ed Sanders.