with various modifica ts,many decades in the  and coarse penmanship, whic are exellentl
future. To the perfion of that system in  adapted tothe wants of both ladiesand ete
general use, in the English and American   men, according to the dictates of
method of writing, which the present genera-  selection of coarse and fine hand.
tionwllbemostlikelytohave occsonto usee      As a rule, however, the b    phe nnhip
throughout their lifetime, this work is directed,  indicating force of haracter, will be
as having thus the most practical value; though  adopted by gentliemen, whle the
Short-hand is illustrated elsewhere.       exhibiting  delicacy and -refinement, will be
System of Penmanship.chsnbtelai.
Two styles of penmanship have been in use,                Pri
and each in turn h     been popular with     The principles of penmanshilp, also repre-
Amees in the past fifty yearfone known     sented, give the complete analysis of each
as the round hand, the other  . s the angular  letter, while the proper and improperly made
writing. The objection attaching to each is, letters, representing good and bad placed.8ide
that the round hand, while having the merit f   by side, will have a tendency to involunt arily
legibility, requires too much time in its exe-  improve the penmanship, even of the person who
cuton;an      the anulr thug railwitn
Sonmakes a casual examinatio                                          of the letters of
is wanting in legibility. The best tehers of  the alphabet thus made in contrast.
penmanship, of late, have obviated the objec-  The illustrations of curves, proportions and
tions attachinig to these different styles, by comi- shades that accompany these directions should
bining the'virtues of both inone, producing a  also be carefully studied, as a knowledge of
sem-anula pemanhip, possessing the legi- these scientific principles in penmanship will
bilit                of the ron  handy along wihherai
bio of the r         an d gula o t       be found of great service to the student in
egiving a correct understanding of the formation
To the Duntons, of Boston, and the late P. of letters.
R. pener,as the founders of the semi-angular
penanhp, axe the people indebted for the              Importance of Practice.
beautiful system of writing now in general. use It is not sufficient, however, that the student
in~ the schools throughout the country. merely study the theory of writing. To be pro-
ficient there must be actual practice. To con-
Copies.duct this exercise to advantage it is necessary
The  opie, acompnie  by  iretion  in to have the facilities for writing well. Essen-
tial copes acopne                     sucssu practicen arioonols       t
this book, will be found ample in number and tiltasucsflpcieargodolswh
sufcetly explicit in detail to give the student  which to write. These comprise the following
a knowledge of writing and flourishing. In-  tng     t
acq1uiring a correct penmanship it is not the                 Pens,
practice of many different copies that makes  Metallic pens have generally superseded the
the proficient penman, but rather a proper  quill. They are of all styles and quality of
understanding of a few select ones, for a few  metal, gold and steel, however, being the best.
c~pio ebrae th whle rt,In consequence of its flexibility and great dur-
As will he seen by an examifiation of the ability, many prefer the gold pen; though in
copy plates, each letter of the alphabet is made  point of fine execution, the bestpemnrfr
ia variety of styles, both large and small, suc-  the steel pen, a much sharper and finer hir line
ceeded by words alphabetically arranged in fine  being cut with it than with the gold pen.