naigle distributed a syllabus, in which the nature of the pupil's examination was stated; and the six following notes, or explanations, of the objects of his 'New System of Mnemonics and Methodics,' were subjoined.
"1 Systematic Tables. A method that is at once speedy and effectual for acquiring the perfect knowledge of systematical tables, is an object of higher value and greater importance than at first it might appear. How often are we attending courses of lectures upon particular sciences, without being able to form a clear idea of the whole, or to give ourselves an account of what we are learning! When, by the means here recommended, we are enabled to know previously the great divisions and subdivisions of a system, it is not difficult to refer to those fixed points all our ideas, and at once to secure our knowledge already attained, and to accelerate our progress in the science. A system acquired by this method is not a dry and sterile series of words; it is a well-arranged classification of real knowledge. We learn in like manner all the systems of any science, whatever; however complicated they may appear.
"2. Languages. The learning and teaching of languages are not only facilitated by the system of Mnemonics, but acquire more light and more solidity than ever they were thought sus-
