Their Terms, Administrations, or Reigns are, however, used by historians as landmarks, and to follow the historians to the best advantage, it may be desirable to know the series as such, as a useful preparation for the study of the Times and age. But whatever the advantages of knowing the order of the American Presidents, I deal with it here _solely_ for the _training_ effect in Analysis and as an example of a method of dealing with any list of _mere_ names. The mode of dealing with this Presidential series will show how all similar Series may be handled during the period of the pupil's training. I divide the series or list of the twenty-four American Presidents into three Groups: the first Group containing _seven_ names, the second having _eight_ names, and the third having _nine_ names. The number of names in each Group is easily remembered: 7, 8 and 9. The first Group contains the names of GEORGE WASHINGTON, JOHN ADAMS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JAMES MADISON, JAMES MONROE, JOHN Q. ADAMS, ANDREW JACKSON. If the student has mastered the previous exercises, he ought to be able to analyse this Group of names with the greatest ease. Let him try, and if he fail, then let him study my Analysis as given below. Points of Analysis that appear weak to me may be strong for him, or _vice versa_. At all events, let him if possible learn each of the three Groups by his own Analysis, looking at my work afterwards. FIRST GROUP. _Period of Organisation and Consolidation._ =George WashingTON.= } In. =JOHN Adams.= } "Ton" and "John" make a fairly good In. by sound. =JOHN Adams.= } In. =THOMas Jefferson.= } "John" and "Thom" (the "h" is silent in both names) make an In. by sound, imperfect but adequate if _noticed_. =Thomas JefferSON.= } In. =James MadiSON.= } Both names terminating with the same syllable, "son", makes a clear case of In. by sound and spelling. =JAMES Madison.= } In. =JAMES Monroe.= } This pair of names furnishes an example of perfect In. by sound and spelling in the Christian names. =James MONroe.= } In. =JOHN Q. Adams.= } "Mon" and "John" give us a good In. by sound. =JOHN Q. Adams.= } In. =Andrew JACKson.= } "Jack" is a nickname for John--a case of Synonymous In. Now let the pupil repeat from memory the series from George Washington to Andrew Jackson at least five times, each time recalling and realizing how each pair of names was linked together. After this let the list be recalled several times forward and backward, and more rapidly each time, without recalling the analysis. REMARKS. 1. This group may well be termed the "Long-Term Group," since all of the seven Presidents except John Adams and his son, John Q. Adams, served two terms.