Make all the small letters, except f, i, j, k, t, x and y, without
lifting pen from paper.

Make g and Q in one stroke, moving from left to right like the hands
of a watch. Begin on the line.

Take special pains with the letter r, as carelessly made it is easily
mistaken for v or y.

Make the upper part of B, R, and S a trifle smaller than the lower
part.

_Figures_. Make all figures without lifting the pen. Begin 4 with the
horizontal line. Make the upper part of 3 and 8 smaller than the lower
part; 8 is best made by beginning in the center.




CHAPTER XVIII

The care of books


Books of moderate size should stand up on the shelves. Large books
keep better if they are laid on their sides; when they stand, the
weight of the leaves is a pull on the binding which tends to draw the
books out of shape, and sometimes breaks them. Books which stand up
should never be permitted to lean over, but should be kept always
perfectly erect; the leaning wrenches them out of shape, and soon