[Illustration: PLATE II CONSTRUCTION OF ALPHABET] [Illustration: PLATE III ALPHABET, with construction: A. DUeRER (A. D. 1525)] [Illustration: PLATE IV ALPHABET, with construction: A. DUeRER (A. D. 1525)] [Illustration: PLATE V ALPHABET, with construction: A. DUeRER (A. D. 1525)] [Illustration: PLATE VI ALPHABET, with construction: A. DUeRER (A. D. 1525)] [Illustration: PLATE VII ALPHABET, with construction: A. DUeRER (A. D. 1525)] [Illustration: PLATE VIII Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest, Learn more than thou trowest, Set less than thou throwest. --SHAKESPEARE. ] [Illustration: PLATE IX ITALIC ALPHABET, BY FRANCISCO LUCAS ROMAN ALPHABET, BY FRANCISCO LUCAS] [Illustration: PLATE X THE BI-FORMED ALPHABET CLASSIFIER For Use with the Lucas Alphabets, 1577 _a_ forms above the shaded parts, _b_ forms below COPYRIGHTED, 1916. GEORGE FABYAN CUT OUT SHADED PART WITH SHARP KNIFE TRANSCRIPTION Havem oreth antho ushow estSp eakle sstha nthou knowe aaaaa A stLen dless thant houow estLe arnmo retha nthou trowe stSet lesst hanth outhr owest Shake spear e] Transcriber's Notes: Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_. Passages in bold are indicated by =bold=. End of Project Gutenberg's Ciphers For the Little Folks, by Dorothy Crain