Concords, with which we shall make short work, first, for fear of
further _Accidence_, and, secondly, because we are no fonder than boys
are of _repetitions_, which, were we to follow the Eton Grammar in the
Concords, we should be obliged to make in the Syntax.

However, there are just one or two points to be mentioned.

_Rule._ (Text-hand copy-books.) "Ask no questions."

_Exception._ When you want to find where the concord should be, ask the
following--

Who? or what?-- to find the nominative case to the verb.

Whom? or what? with the verb, for the accusative after it.

Who? or what? with the adjective, for the substantive to the adjective.

Who? or what? with the verb, for the antecedent to the relative.

But remember, that the use of the interrogatives who? and what? however
justifiable in grammar, is very impertinent in conversation. What, for
example, can be more ill-bred than to say, Who are you? Indeed, most
questions are ill mannered. We do not speak of such expressions as, Has
your mother sold her mangle? and the like, used only by persons who have
never asked themselves where they expect to go to? but of all
unnecessary demands whatever. "Sir," said the great Dr. Johnson, "it is
uncivil to be continually asking, Why is a dog's tail short, or why is a
cow's tail long."

+OF THE GENDERS OF NOUNS,+

Commonly known by the name of

_"Propria Quae Maribus."_

As the "Propria Quae Maribus" is no joke, and the "As in Praesenti" is too
much of a joke, we must do with them as we did with the verbs. Singing a
song is always esteemed a valid substitute for telling a story; and the
indulgence which we would have extended to us in this respect, is that
universally granted to civilized society.

Let the "Propria Quae Maribus" be turned into a series of exercises,
thus, or in like manner--

_Air._-- "Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen."

All names of the male kind you masculine call,
Ut sunt (for example), Divorum,
Mars, Bacchus, Apollo, the deities all,
And Cato, Virgilius, virorum.
Latin 's a bore, and bothers me sore,
Oh how I wish that my lesson was o'er.

Fluviorum, ut Tibris, Orontes likewise,
Fine rivers in ocean that lost are,
And Mensium-- October an instance supplies;
Ventorum, ut Libs, Notus, Auster.
Latin 's a bore, &c.

We do not pretend that the mode of study here recommended, is perfectly
original. The genuine Propria Quae Maribus,