hyme,
4. To the _throbbing_ of the bells, of the bells, bells, bells,
1. To the _sobbing_ of the bells; keeping time, time, time,
As he knells, knells, knells, in a happy Runic rhyme,
4. To the _rolling_ of the bells, of the bells, bells, bells,
8. To the _tolling_ of the bells, of the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells;
1. To the _moaning_ and the _groaning_ of the bells.

Carrying these suggestions to the text, they help fix the exact number
of times the word "bells" occurs in each line. There are other
legitimate ways to assist a poor memory to master these lines, but
whatever is done let no one ever think of resorting to the unthoughtive,
brainless process of endless repetition.

Poe's "Bells," being a difficult selection to learn, furnishes, as all
difficult selections do, numerous opportunities for applying Analysis to
fix the lines in memory. Hence it should be _mastered_ and often recited
by all who would learn to memorise poetry or prose, in, at the very
least, _one-fifth_ of the time required by the old mind-wandering
process of _rote_ learning.

ANALYTIC SUBSTITUTIONS.

ANOTHER METHOD FOR REMEMBERING DATES AND FIGURES.

This lesson in figures is given for the benefit of those who have not
yet mastered NUMERIC THINKING. The pupil will appreciate its practical
value the moment he masters the key to it.

This is given in the next few pages, and it will be found to be easy of
comprehension and interesting to a surprising degree.

The whole thing is in a nutshell. Numbers, as such, are abstractions and
hard to be remembered. To make them hard to forget, we translate them
into words or phrases. These are easily remembered and they always
instantly _give back_ the figures they stand for.

We represent the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0, by certain
_consonants_; and then, as the vowels [a, e, i, o, u, and y, together
with w] have _no numerical_ value assigned to them, we turn dates or any
numbers into translating _words_, which will always tell us precisely
the figures the words stand for.

As this simple process enables us to remember any dates or numbers with
_absolute certainty_, the pupil will be pleased to know that he can
learn _how it is done_ by only _one thoughtful_ perusal.

The questions at the bottom of each page constitute an invaluable aid to
test the accuracy of his knowledge and the correctness of his
inferences.

1. Is