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| English as She is Taught, | [xi] | |
| I. | Etymological, | [1] |
| II. | Grammatical, | [14] |
| III. | Mathematical, | [18] |
| IV. | Geographical, | [21] |
| V. | Original, | [30] |
| VI. | Analytical, | [43] |
| VII. | Historical, | [53] |
| VIII. | Intellectual, | [67] |
| IX. | Philosophical, | [89] |
| X. | Physiological, | [93] |
| XI. | Astronomical, | [100] |
| XII. | Political, | [103] |
| XIII. | Musical, | [105] |
| XIV. | Oratorical, | [106] |
| XV. | Metaphysical, | [108] |
English as She is Taught.
BY
MARK TWAIN.
[Reprinted, with the Author’s permission, from The Century Magazine.]
In the appendix to Croker’s Boswell’s Johnson, one finds this anecdote:
Cato’s Soliloquy.—One day Mrs. Gastrel set a little girl to repeat to him [Doctor Samuel Johnson] Cato’s Soliloquy, which she went through very correctly. The Doctor, after a pause, asked the child—
“What was to bring Cato to an end?”