rapid, in a snatching, quick way; rapture, physical or mental snatching away.

Rego, rectum-I rule. Regal, belonging to rule; reign, a time of rule; rector, a ruler; region, a place of rule; regimen, rule of life; correct, rule together.

Scribo, scriptum-I write. Scribe, a writer; describe, write down; inscribe, write in; subscribe, write under (a name); scrip, written or paper money; nondescript, not to be written; ascribe, write to; prescribe, write beforehand; scribble, scripture, writing.

Seco, sectum-I cut. Bisect, cut twice; trisect, cut thrice; dissect, cut asunder; insect, cut into (halves); intersect, cut between; section, a cutting.

Sequor, secutus-I follow. Consecutive, consequent, consequential— following together; ensue, to follow on; pursue, to follow forward; sequel, that which follows; sequent, following.

Similis-like. Dissemble, make unlike; resemble, to liken back (to type); similar, like; similitude, likeness; simulation, pretence to likeness.

Solvo, solutum-I loosen, melt, pay. Absolve, dissolve-loosen from ; absolute, loosened from (another's will); resolve, loosen again (so free); dissolute, loosened from (virtue); insolvent, not loose (from debt); soluble, easily loosened or melted.

Specio (spicio), spectum-I see. Spectacle, spectre a sight; despise, look down on; aspect, the sight or appearance; circumspect, looking round on all sides; suspect, look underneath.

Spiro I breathe. Spirit, breath (of life); aspire, breathe up to; aspirate, a breathing letter (h); conspire, breathe (vows) together; expire, breathe out (life); inspire, breathe in; respire, breathe back again; spirit and sprite, that which breathes or lives.

Spondeo, sponsum-I answer. Sponsor, spouse- -one who answers; respond, answer back; despond, answer down (in grief); correspond, to answer (letters) back together; responsible, able to give answer.

Sto, statum (compounded into stitum)—I stand, or place. Circumstance, that which stands round or about; constant, standing together; extant, standing out or remaining; instant, standing in or near; interstice, standing between; obstacle, standing against; solstice, the standing of the sun (sol-the sun); station, standing place; statue, standing image.

Stringo, strictum-I bind; as, strict, fast bound; astringent, binding; constriction, binding together.

Struo, structum-I build or set up; as, construe, construct-to set together; destruction, unbuilding or setting down; instruct, build in ; instrument, means of building or setting up; structure, a building.

Surgo, surrectum-I rise up; as, insurgent, one who rises up (in revolt); insurrection, a rising; surge, a rising wave; surging, rising. Tendo, tensum, tentum-I stretch; as, attention, attendance that which stretches to its object; contend, stretch together; intend, stretch (mentally) on or towards; portent, that which stretches forward (to the future); pretend, stretch forward (beyond reality);

tendon, means of stretching a limb; tense, stretched; tentacles, feelers stretched out.

Teneo, tentum-I hold; as, abstinent, holding away from; contain, continue-hold together; retain, hold back; detain, hold down; entertain, hold among; impertinent, not holding on (to subject of debate); pertinacity, holding on thoroughly; tenant, holder of house; tenement, a holding; tenet, doctrine held; tenure, holding of land; tendril, that by which a plant holds.

Terra-the earth, land; as, interment, placing in earth; Mediterranean, sea in the middle of the earth (according to old geographical notions); terrestrial, belonging to the earth; territory, land; terrier, an unearthing dog.

Testor, testatus-bear witness; as, attest, to witness to; contest, to bear witness together (against each other); detest, to bear witness against; intestate, without witness of a will; testament, a witnessed will; testimonial, that which bears witness (of good will).

Torqueo, tortum-to twist; as, contortion, a twisting in pain; distort, twist asunder; retort, twist back; torment, torture-pain that twists; tortuous, twisting.

Traho, tractum-I draw. Abstract, drawn from; contract, draw together; detract, draw down; retract, draw back; subtract, draw from under; portrait, drawing; retreat, withdrawal; tractable, easily drawn; trace, a drawing; train, that which is drawn; treaty, a drawn up agreement; subtrahend, that which is drawn from.

Venio, ventum-I come; as, advent, adventure-coming to; circumvent, come round; convent, convention, conventicle―place to come together; event, that which comes out; invent, to come on (a thing); prevent, come before ("Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings, with Thy continual favour"); revenue, that which comes back (to the state); supervene, to come between.

Verto, versum-I turn. Advert, turn to; avert, turn from; convert, turn together; revert, turn back; divert, turn asunder; controvert, turn against; invert, turn in; evert, turn out; pervert, thoroughly turn; obvert, turn against; transverse-turned across; inadvertent, not turned towards; versatile, easily turned.

Video, visum-I see or look. Provide, foresee; revise, look back on; supervise, look over; visage, the sight (and thence the whole face); vision, sight.

Voco, vocatum-I call. Provoke, call forth; vocal, calling (ad. jective); vocation, calling (noun); advocate, one who calls to.

Volvo, volutum-I roll. Convolve, roll together; devolve, roll down; evolve, roll out; involve, roll in; revolve, roll back; voluble, easily rolled; volume, roll of writing.

Voveo, votum-I vow; as, devoted, devout-vowed to; vote, a vow or suffrage; votive, belonging to a vow; votary, one vowed to.

Of these twelve furnish on an average 200 English words each.

AFFIXES.-The following affixes have similar meanings and uses in words derived from Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek respectively :

A, at, to, or on; as, afoot, aboard, afield, abed, afloat, a-fishing ("I go a-fishing"), asleep (i.e. on sleep-see, "He fell on sleep"). A, making an intransitive verb transitive, as wake, awake.

Be =

cause).

by; as, beside (by the side of), because (by or from the

Be, has an intensive meaning; as, besprinkle, bespeak, bedaub, bedew, bepraise, bespatter, etc.

En, compounded into em before b and p, as embark, embitter, embroil, empower, means in or into; or to make, as enrich, enlarge, envenom, enable.

"Enable with perpetual light

The dulness of our blinded sight."

For, has negative or prohibitive sense; as forswear, forbid, forget, forbear.

Fore, before, in time; as foretell, foresee, forewarn, foredoom, forestate.

Fore, before, in place; as for(e)ward, further (the comparative of fore).

In, compounded into im before b and p, another form of en and em, to make; as imbitter (also embitter), innovate, imperil.

Mis, not or error; as mistake, misbehave, mislead, misshapen.
N, a negative particle; as never, nought, neither.

Out, beyond; as outreach, outvie, outgoing, outcome, outgrowth.
Over, beyond; as overreach, overload, overbear, overrule.

To, in the direction of; as towards, together.

Un, not; as unseemly; generally used with adjectives.

Un, used with verbs, gives the opposite meaning to the verb without it; as untie, unlock, unbind, undo. In unloose, the un would seem a form of en-to make.

Under, beneath or under; as underrate, underground, underneath.
Up, implies ascent; as uprise, upspring, upland, upshot.
With, from or against; as withdraw, withstand, withhold,

THE POWER OF SELF-INTERPRETATION OF WORDS. Words have a power of SELF-SUGGESTION or SELF-INTERPRETATION, and the cultivation in the child of the power of reading the inscriptions of these lingual coins should be attended to. For example, a common sentence is "James III. was a student and a recluse." If we merely told a child that a recluse meant one who separated himself from others, we gave the meaning, but no way of remembering; we did not make him look at the inscription borne by the word itself, viz. that recluse meant one who closed or kept himself apart from others. If we did so, every time he saw the word in future it would itself tell its own tale, and the inscription would be read, and the meaning permanently retained by simple sight. In the same way many other examples point out the power of self-interpretation in words-as council, a number of persons called together; to aver, to tell the very thing;