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the splendid front which faces the river is 900 feet long. This frontage is divided into five great compartments, which are ornamented with most beautiful tracery, and with rows of statues and shields. On the shields are the arms of the kings of England since the Norman Conquest. There are nearly 500 statues in and about the building. The three great towers are the Victoria Tower, the central tower, and the clock tower.

"The Victoria Tower when complete will be a most stupendous work, but it is said that it will be too high in proportion to the rest of the building. Indeed, much fault has been found with the whole edifice. It is said that it is overlaid with a profusion of minute ornaments, that they spoil its simplicity, that they appear paltry, that they are good for nothing, except to catch the soot and smoke, and to form places for swallows' nests; and a great many more faults of all kinds are found with it, some of which are true. There is, perhaps, more reason to complain of the large sums of money which have been wasted upon it. It is, however, said to be the largest Gothic edifice in the world.

"Are there any more modern buildings in London ?' I asked.

"Yes. There are many which it would take too long to describe to you. THE GENERAL POST OFFICE is a fine building. Of the various mar

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"Some of the Places of Amusement are also fine buildings; the Theatres DRURY LANE and COVENT GARDEN, the ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, &c.

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'At the West-end, the most magnificent buildings are the Club Houses and Royal Palaces; while in the City there are Assurance Ofties, which are almost as grand.

"The prison of NEWGATE and the MODEL PRISON of Pentonville are also modern buildings.'

"Thank you,' I said; and I was going to make a list of the principal modern buildings, but I had not time; so please, dear children, to make one yourselves, and believe me

"Your affectionate friend,
"HENRY YOUNG."

ETYMOLOGY.

CHAPTER III.

ON THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PRONOUNS.

Now

P. BESIDES the personal and W. That is one sort of adrelative pronouns, there are jective pronoun, papa. others called ADJECTIVE PRO-please to tell us another.

NOUNS.

W. I suppose that is because they are something like adjectives.

P. Yes. This and that are one kind of adjective pronoun; you may easily see that they are pronouns. If I hold a book in my hand, and say, "Take this," what does the word "this" stand for?

W. For the book; so it is a pronoun. Or you might say, "Take that," so that is a pro

noun.

P. Now let us see why they are like adjectives. If I say, "Take this book," the word "this" describes the book; it shows that it is not the same as that book. The plural of this is these; of that, those.

You can at any time form the plural from the singular by trying to use the singular pronoun with a plural noun. Alter these sentences, "This books are pretty;" "That cows are coming."

The principal use of the words this and that is to point out anything that is required. The Latin word for to point out is monstrare; therefore this, these, that, and those are called DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.

P. Here are some different pronouns. One pronoun sometimes stands instead of a great many nouns. Suppose that you saw an army of three hundred soldiers on horseback, and you were to look at them. W. Yes.

P. Then, suppose you said, "I know every soldier." How many persons would the word every stand for?

W. It would represent three hundred.

P. And suppose you said, "I know each man and each horse," how much would the words each represent?

W. The first each would represent three hundred men, and the next, three hundred horses.

P. There are other pronouns like each and every; the words either and neither belong to the same class. But either and neither cannot be applied to so many persons. You cannot say, "Here are three hundred soldiers; I do not know either of them." Either and neither do not apply to more than two persons.

L. What are these adjective pronouns called?

P. They are called DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUNS, a name which you can easily remember.

The word each, for instance, only represents one person, yet it may be distributed over a crowd of three hundred.

the pronouns my, thy, his, your,
called POSSESSIVE
&c., are
PRONOUNS; but if you will look
back to a lesson on personal

There are more kinds of ad-pronouns, you will see that such
are
We often words

said to

jective pronouns. be the make such sentences as these-possessive case of those pronouns. In most grammars the Who are you? Whom do you want? Whose son are you? possessive of I is said to be Which is the way to town? What mine; of thou, thine, and so on; is the matter? but I think that both kinds of

W. But, papa, we have had the words who, whom, whose, which, and what, before; they are Relative pronouns.

P. In these sentences they are not relatives, for two reasons. 1st, They have no antecedents; and, 2ndly, They are used in asking questions.

The Latin word for to ask a question is rogare; so these words, as they are used in these sentences, are called "INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS."

words, mine and my, thine and the other personal pronouns. thy, are only the possessive of

Ion. What is the difference between mine and my?

P. The only difference is, that mine may be used alone. If you possess anything you "This is mine";

may say,
you cannot say,

but "This is my."

You require a noun to join

it to.

L. And that is why my is more like an adjective-it is

L. Are there any more ad- dependent, and must be joined to a noun. I will now sum up jective pronouns? the account of those pronouns.

P. Yes. There are some which cannot be called Demonstrative, or Distributive, or Interrogative. Here they are—

All, any, both, certain, few, many, one, none, other, another, several, such, whole.

Some of these are very much like adjectives. They are, however, very different in their nature, so that they are not easy to describe. They are therefore all thrown together, and are called INDEFINITE PRO

NOUNS. Indefinite, you know, means not well explained.

W. I suppose that there are no more adjective pronouns.

P. I think not. In some grammar books we find that

Besides the personal and relative pronouns, there are others called adjective pronouns, because they are generally used like adjec

tives.

1. This, that, these, and those, are used to point out; they are therefore called DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.

2. Each, every, either, and neither, are called DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUNS.

3. Who, whose, whom, which, and what, are sometimes used in asking a question: they are then

called INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

4. The words all, any, both, certain, few, many, one, none, other, another, several, such, and whole, are called INDEFINITE PRONOUNS.

No. 21. PARSING EXERCISE.

This man is either a lawyer or a doctor. I think he is neither. Every man is of my opinion. Who calls? I do. Each boy is to come with me. These collars are not like those. That is a pretty frock. The frock which you have is prettier than any. I do not see many. Both are good ones, but these and the other are prettier than all you now have. Certain frocks of mine have been spoiled by the moth. I have several. I have seen Paris, which is the capital of France. Which is the capital? I who have been abroad and returned. Who has been abroad? Which places have you been to? Both are places which I have not seen.

THE BOY'S FIRST GRIEF.

OH! call my brother back to me,
I cannot play alone;

The summer comes, with flower and bee-
Where is my brother gone?

The butterfly is glancing bright

Across the sunbeam's track;

I care not now to chase its flight-
Oh! call my brother back.

The flowers run wild-the flowers we sowed
Around our garden tree;

Our vine is drooping with its load

Oh! call him back to me.

"He would not hear my voice, fair child!
He may not come to thee;

The face that once like spring-time smiled,
On earth no more thou'lt see!

"A rose's brief bright life of joy,
Such unto him was given;
Go, thou must play alone, my boy-
Thy brother is in heaven!"

And has he left the birds and flowers,

And must I call in vain;

And through the long, long summer hours

Will he not come again?

And by the brook, and in the glade,
Are all our wanderings o'er?
Oh! while my brother with me played
Would I had loved him more!

MRS. HEMANS.

DAILY HYMN.

FARRANT.

Lord, I would own thy ten-der care, And all thy love to

Lord, I would own thy tender care, And all thy love to

me: The food I eat, the clothes I wear, Are all be stow'd by thee.

me: The food I eat, the clothes I wear, Are all be-stow'd by thee.

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"Tis thou preservest me from death
And dangers every hour:

I cannot draw another breath

Unless thou give me power.

My health, and friends, and parents dear,

To me by God are given;

I have not any blessing here,

But what is sent from heaven.

Such goodness, Lord, and constant care,

A child can ne'er repay;

But may it be my daily prayer

To love thee and obey!

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