The Careless child's alphabet. Designed to fix the learner's attention to the shape of the letters. Containing, I. The Roman small letters twelve times repeated, and placed promiscuously. II. A large collection of those pairs of letters that are nearly alike in form. III. The Roman capitals repeated twelve times, and placed promiscuously. IV. To which is added, the joined letters, repeated as often as the capitals, and placed promiscuously.

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