This Youth, so struck with admiration, Is of a wondering generation, With face so long, and thin and pale, He cries, “Oh! what a wonderous tale!” While you count four, he stops, and then, Admiring! he goes on again. [Illustration: People on boat] AN APOSTROPHE ’ The comma, plac’d as here you see, From the word LOV’D has snatch’d a letter; It bears the name APOSTROPHE:— And, perhaps, you can’t contrive a better. In poetry ’tis chiefly found, Where sense should coincide with sound. [Illustration: Figure holding Acute and Grave papers] A DASH — CIRCUMFLEX ^ BREVE ˘ DIÆRESIS ¨ HYPHEN - ACUTE ACCENT ´ GRAVE ACCENT ` PARENTHESIS ( ) A DASH & a CIRCUMFLEX here form a hat; A BREVE serves to mark out the face; DIÆRESIS, too, & the HYPHEN come pat, As a breast & a neck in their place: The arms are the ACCENTS, both GRAVE & ACUTE, And for legs the PARENTHESIS nicely may suit. [Illustration: YOU DON’T SEE The use of me. Don’t ^{you} see a Caret] A CARET, marked thus ^ . If you a letter are inditing And make an error in your writing, By leaving out a word, or two, The CARET may be us’d by you; As “This ^{new} book to Charles I send, And hope to please ^{my} dearest friend.” [Illustration: Section figure] A SECTION, marked thus §. This Gentleman of deep reflections, Divides a subject into Sections; Ideas ranging under heads, As gardens are laid out in beds; That o’er the whole the eye may move, Survey the plan, & then approve. [Illustration Chapter figure] A PARAGRAPH ¶. The PARAGRAPH, which here you view, Always announces something new; Distinct from what was read before, As is the water from the shore. This mark in Scripture oft is found, As thriving best on sacred ground. [Illustration: “Remember me” sign] A QUOTATION “ ” Two commas standing on their heads, Their orders are obeying; Two others, risen from their beds, Their best respects are paying; These four are ushers of much use, As they great authors introduce. [Illustration: Figures of punctuation] BRACKETS OR CROTCHETS [] BRACE } ELLIPSIS __ PARALLELS ∥ OBELISK † DOUBLE DAGGER ‡ ASTERISK * These BRACKETS some words may enclose, without doubt: The BRACE several lines will unite; ELLIPSIS is us’d where we letters leave out. As k—t may be read for a knight. The PARALLELS, OB’LISK, & DAGGERS we find, Like the ASTERISK only for ref’rence design’d. HARRIS’S CABINET OF AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION, _Consisting of the most approved Novelties for the Nursery_; Printed in a superior manner upon good paper, 1_s._ 6_d._ each, and illustrated with SIXTEEN Engravings neatly coloured. 1. MOTHER HUBBARD & her DOG. 2. DAME TROT and her CAT. 3. COCK ROBIN, a Painted Toy.