correlating
names to date-words--or, as the details of the reigns are known to him,
he can at once find analytic date-words. The reader wishes to infallibly
remember that the date of the beheading of Charles I. was 1649. The
formula is "Charles I.--{T}oo {sh}a{r}{p} (1649)." If the reader's
memory-training is imperfect, and he is ignorant of the facts, he had
better correlate. If his memory-education is complete, and the facts are
within his knowledge, he will need no aid, or he will use analytic
date-words as in above case (1) {Th}en (6) {Ch}arles (4) {r}ightly (9)
{b}eheaded. If he feels that he needs some advice to help him remember
the order of succession of the Kings, he can refresh his recollection by
turning back and reading the method already given.

EXERCISE.--CASES IN EVERY-DAY LIFE.

The student must exercise his judgment as to what is the _best known_ to
which he will Correlate an _isolated fact_.

The following anecdote is taken from the ERA ALMANACK, 1882, p. 36. The
actor, whose name was Taylor, could not remember the name assigned to
him in his part of the play. We shall see how Mnemonics helped him.

ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS.--Macready was once victimised in _Virginius_. The
Numitorius could not remember the name given him in the play. "You will
remember it, sir," said the tragedian, carefully pronouncing it for him,
"by the association of ideas. Think of Numbers--the Book of Numbers."
The Numitorius did think of it all day, and at night produced through
"the association of ideas" the following effect:

_Numitorius_--"Where is Virginia? Wherefore do you hold that maiden's
hand?"

_Claudius_--"Who asks the question?"

_Numitorius_--"I, her uncle--DEUTERONOMY!"

The actor should have correlated the word "Numitorius," which he could
_not_ remember, to the word "Uncle" as the BEST KNOWN that preceded it,
which he could remember, or to his "cue" the word "Question" thus:

UNCLE [2] Nephew [1] You [1] You _knew_--NU-mitorius. _Or_,

UNCLE [2] Niece [1] Neat [1] Neat and New [1] _A new mitre o'er
us_ [1] NU-mitorius. _Or_,

QUESTION [1] Wants to know [1] Know [1] Knew [1] _knew my story_
[1] NU-mitorius. _Or_,

QUESTION [1] Quest [1] Guessed [1] Knew [1] _Knew a mighty Tory_
[1] NU-mitorius.

Had the actor memorised either of these Correlations, he would _not_
have forgotten Numitorius in his performance. In all similar cases mere
In. by sound, like the word "Nu