ch is the most
desirable--health or wealth?" ought to be, "William is the heavier of
the two," and "Which is the more desirable--health or wealth?"

THESE, THOSE.

The plural demonstratives _these_ and _those_ are often erroneously
used with singular nouns, as: "I don't like these kind of people," and
"Those sort of things are very embarrassing." _Kind_ and _sort_ are
singular and should have _this_ and _that_.

INTO.

_Into_, not _in_, is used to show the relation between verbs
expressing motion, entrance, change of state, etc., and an objective
case, as: "Come into the house," "Step into the carriage," and "Look
into the room."

[Transcriber's Note:

* Text enclosed between equal signs was in bold face in the original
(=bold=).

* Added punctuation as needed to preserve the author's and publisher's
intent.

* Addition to the pronunciation guide:

Small capital "D" indicates a sound similar to "th" (this).
Small capital "G" and "K" indicates the sound of the German "ch".
Small capital "H" resembles a guttural and strongly-aspirated "h".
Small capital "R" resembles the sound of "rr" (terror).
Small capital "U" indicates the sound of the French "eu", and
resembles the sound of the German "oe".
The sound for the small capitals "TH" is unknown.

* Page 17 Corrected spelling of "spellling" to "spelling" in
"Worcestor's spellling is".

* Page 29 Corrected spelling of "lenghten" to "lengthen" in "also, in
lengthy, lenghten".]

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