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unfamiliar, we wish to Mnemonically translate it, that is to make it more familiar, well, we do not ask ourselves "what does it look like," or, what does it sound like" but we instantly convert it into that which it neither looks—or, sounds like, that is, a letter of our already familiar English alphabet, the letter "T." The figure 1 is now represented by "T," and as we shall very soon see it is not so difficult to remember "T" as it would be to remember" 1." Every figure has its representatives taken from the English Alphabet. By translating or converting figures into letters, we obtain what may be termed a "Mnemonical Alphabet." The letters that are to represent the figure are placed directly under the figure, thus 1 is represented both by "T" and "B." 2 by "L" and "W," as is shown below.
MNEMONICAL ALPHABET.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| T | L | H | M | R | N | K | G | P | S |
| B | W | O | D | Y | V | C | F | X | Z |
| J |
Let the student now commit the above alphabet to memory, so that the very instant that he sees, or hears the sound of "1" he knows that is either a "T" or "B," when he sees or hears "2" that it is "L" or "W," when "3" that it is "H" or "O," and so on throughout. If the instant that the reader wishes to learn any figures, he knows by
