I    A PRACtICE tO ANSER ALL IONS tO t OF MY ABILItY IN A AY INtELLIGIBLE tO    time trut;reat tions differently?" I asked myself. I decided t t my deplorable ignorance of t facts t underlie our pe    because of t I ruso tread. t a living soul in t of to y. to do in a perplexity is to go aakes. But in t take. I took any, "s Gro; up in tree, o read and study, and I told ory of plantlife. I reminded ermelon-seed sed in told    tall    in termelon vines , until ttle leaves are strong enougo pus into t and air    and animal-life, and told    seeds are eggs as truly as    til ttle c. I made and t all life es from an egg. t and keeps til td safe, until it is time for ttle fiso e out. I told    sold    ot lay t nourisy in making it clear to    if plants and animals didnt produce offspring after to exist, and everyt tion of sex I passed over as ligry to give    love is t tinuer of life. t , and my knoe; but I am glad I didnt sy; for, stumbling, ating, and inplete as my explanation    touctle pupil, and t facts of p t o tograpives, until language develops t the memory-images.

        September 4, 1887.

        ter tor Keller. ed o e to see     Springs. t Springs ied ions about it. S cold springs. tuscumbia; one very large one from    its name.

        "tuscumbia" is t;Great Spring." But s    er s of ted to knooves, and if it burs of plants and trees.

        Ster, and after sions sook it to    to    o see    before ences out on    as I ero read it to Belle (ttive. o take tter, s iently. Finally Belle got up, s to ime Mildred    tter and crept a.    on t, but not finding it tly suspected Mildred; for stle sound ; t up and stood very still, as if listening    for Mildreds "t; ed t quickly totle culprit and fouoo muccter and slapped ttle ook t; did you do to baby?" Sroubled, and ated a moment before answering.

        t;rong girl did eat letter. ; I told    Mildred    kno it o put tter in h.

        "I did tell baby, no, no, mucimes," was helens reply.

        I said, "Mildred doesnt uand your fingers, and    be very gentle h her.”

        She shook her head.

        "Baby--not tty letter," and    sairs and brougly folded s of braille, on    to Mildred, saying, "Baby    eat all words.”

        September 18, 1887.

        I do not o    I o e somet. I do not kno I got tired of saying "no," and Captain Keller urged me to do it.    it y to give ot of my experience. Besides, t be a boon to oted children.

        doo e, my ts freeze, and    rait-jacket. Its easy enougo say    a record of everyt    s mean,    sly. Sometimes ences are like C try to express trary language. Srue language-impulse, and s fertility of resour making t her and vey her meaning.

        Lately serested in colour. S;bro; io knos meaning. I told    ;Is broty?" After    o t I told     until anotired. e sat in t t for to kno;more colour." I    retain some of    impressions, tly.

        alks a great deal about t s knoous about t, tains. So ell    I see in pictures.

        But I seem to    t; colour is t; ful questions so and fro in told    ;My te, Vihink is black.”

        You see, s ts matc of our skin. I couldnt    t very moment Viop of ;I long to sit on dem jasper umble and fall!”

        October 3, 1887.

        My at for t is finis off. I    you mustnt s to anybody. Its Mr. Anagnoss property until it is published.

        I suppose ttle girls eer. Se it out of he children say.

        Salks a great deal about on. S;on?" S go t;Baby does cry all days.”

        October 25, 1887.

        e ao ttle girls yesterday, and    it to Mr. Anagnos. Ask o let you see it. So use to say, "airs." S;teacairs." t forep. t alerdays perplexities are strangely simple to-day, and to-days difficulties bee to-morroime.

        t of iful to c if any teacerest. t ar in t my birt beginning to feel its benefit influence.

        I ters from Mr. Anagnos last    ts a picture "of darling rious teaco grace t.”

        October, 1887.

        You ter to ttle girls. I am a ting of tters must seem incredible. Only t er t sly. Ss one in versation. iers and putting s upon paper groense. Sells stories in ant part. So realize t s like ot; do my eyes do?" I told    I could see t ser t s;My eyes are bad!" t into "My eyes are sick!”

        Miss Sullivans first report, itution for t summary of ters.    part, beginning    day, April 5ter.

        In s Miss Sullivan speaks of "lessons" as if t of putting it all in a summary. "Lesson" is too formal for tinuous daily work.

        One day I took o tern. As ter gus;-e-r." Instantly sapped my ition, and t face. Just to tern-tle sister. I put ters "b-a-b-y,”

        of a neelligen her face.

        On our o touco be named for ition ion of letters seems to make any differeo tROPE and ames. At t she knew 625 words.

        tive of place-relations.    IN a trunk, and t, and tions    ime before sences of    ed to stand ON to be put INtO tion ;; "Mildred is in crib," "Box is on table," "Papa is on bed," are spes of sentences structed by ter part of April.

        came a lesson on ive quality. For t lesson I ed, large and soft, t. S oaking t sual sign for SMALL--t is, by pi of took t. I substituted tives LARGE and SMALL for ttention o tness of t and es afterle sisters o ;Mildreds ;    I tried to tead SLO. Sed one day, first rapidly and aftero , "," or "; o do as I wished.

        t day, ;," and began to ;; again suiting tion to the words.

        I no it time to teaco read priers, t, and t ried    many articles, but s immediately pre ted took an alp s and put ter A, at time making A ed cer to anotter on my fingers. Sters, botal and small, in one day.    I turo t page of touc, spelling it on my fingers at time. Instantly s to find DOG and many ot find    tences in raised letters    s for ouc expression ligenance groer and more ear every day. About time I sent a list of to Mr. Anagnos, and ed for    up several ss of printed    so senteed    done; and tice tained prepared ting lessons. ty in making and o e tences    s fine o p could unicate any t t    one of ting boards used by table, and alloters, suake. I to form tence, "Cat does drink milk."    s to    to her.

        Day after day sracks along t expressing t impatience or sense of fatigue.

        As so express    taugem. S gladly en; and till affords ant pleasure. For a    table ing o y in reading en.

        ic ract    rapidity up to tiplication tables as far as tly y, ; Sely, "ty ty.”

        Later I said, "Make fifteen t." I o t to k instantly s;Fifteen ty-five.”

        On being told t se and t one of ts    s;black." ion s know s;blue.”

        Sold anyt deat oering tery for t time in o look at some flo;cry--cry." ually filled ears. t seem to give    here.

        On anotant from edly and started in tion in which he was ing.

        en gives t almost as soon as hem.

        tters take up t again.

        November 13, 1887.

        e took o t;time of our lives"! terested in o make    circus a memorable event. t    o climb up on t, and sit in t;Oriental Princess,"    some young lions. tle as kittens; but I told    hey grew older.

        So t;I ake teaco be mild." tand on     pao us, ricks, and laugily o te little felloole ried to snatc of . I dont kators. One of ted    sall t a Greek d teer ake    s;many s ; to let ttle blind girl feel tumes and folloions ude. Some of t little fa terror. Salked about not to ans deal about animals.

        At present I feel like a jungle on wheels!

        December 12, 1887.

        I find it o realize t Cmas is almost e of t t alks about nothing else.

        Do you remember w a ime we    Cmas?

        o tell time at last, and o give cmas.

        o ories told    tory of little Red Ridi I believe I could say it back make s so o feel sad o be sad about. I am teactle roo. tiful ts in oo, t ties, because timulate tion. Of course I dont try to explaiunity for tOO MU DIRECtS ttENtION tO ORDS AENCES, SO t O GEt t AS A    talk for t matter, until s ences in teical sense.

        January 1, 1888.

        It is a great to feel t you are of some use in t you are necessary to somebody.    everytrong and glad.

        Cmas o all tertais, and I take o as many as I . I    o knotle girls o spell on t. Otle c seven, o learn tters, and ed, and so .

        Saturday tree, and I took     Cmas tree sions. &quroree?" Sed to its miscellaneous fruits and began to remove tly t for     difficult, o make and t t for eaco    deligted to s to ts f all temptation to look at til every cs. Otle girl s t, and ed on ss     to see terest in o give    nine, and it was one oclock before we could leave. My fingers and     as w home.

        After di began to snoing lesson about t    snotle mas season o helens vocabulary.

        For    talk and read and tell eacories about Cmas. Of course I do not try to explain all tand ttle stories I tell    staition fixes ttle by little to ;FAKING" VERSAtION FOR tEACS StUPID AND DEADENING tO PUPIL AND tEACALK SURAL AND S OBJE EXunicate, it o require o e on t and dried sentences about "t," "t; "a dog." I RIED FROM tO tALK NAtURALLY tO O tEACO tELL ME ONLY t I IONS ONLY FOR t    SS tO KNO.    so tell me somet is    kno along finely. terest carry acles t opped to define and explai o measure our intelligence by our ability to defi    to sucest, I so the    feeble-minded.

        It ouciful to see    Cmas. Of course, sog--t Santa Claus s one, and sime and got up times to see if anytold    Santa Claus    e until s ;; S to tog; and a Claus ogs, s for a mi, and came to ask me if I t Santa Claus ake, and t ttle girls, and s    oe of tog, and o Santa Claus for ;I do love Mrs. ; Srunk and clot ;Noo party." e and paper, s;I e maers, and I a Claus very muc; It    t every one, especially Captain and Mrs. Keller,    t of t Cmas and t, mas festivities. As airs, Mrs. Keller said to me ears in ;Miss Annie, I to us; but I never realized until t a blessing you o us." Captain Keller took my    could not speak. But    t, too, itude and solemn joy.

        ttle story and asked ;; meaning ;; "Did fat ; ;I    grandfat; So far, io. S s partridges and deer and ame.

        t;carpenter," and tion fur for ter talking about t carpenters make, s;Did carpenter make me?”

        and before I could answer, s;No, no, pographer made me in Sheffield.”

        One of test iron furnaces arted in S over to see t;run."    t and asked, "Did the sun fall?”

        January 9, 1888.

        t came last     ravagant s rouble to ascribe motives to me t I never dreamed of? You knoive in ing    in any sense p is to say I    of Dr.    I o rescue from darkness and obscurity ttle Alabamian! I came ances made it necessary for me to earn my living, and I seized upon t opportunity t offered itself, alt suspeor did    I ness for the work.

        January 26, 1888.

        I suppose you got ter. ttle rascal aken it into    to e ed o e to    sed. S;Pencil is very tired in e Uncle Frank braille letter." I said, "But Uncle Frank ot read braille." "I eac; s Uncle Frank    learn braille easily. In a flas;I too) old to read very small letters." Finally I persuaded o e a fe simes before s. I said to ;You are a naug; "No," s;pencil is very ; I tion to pencil-ing is readily ated for by t t so e so many spes for friends and strangers. You knoitutio it. It    is irksome because t read ten or correct takes.

        erested in colour. old    Mildreds eyes ; A little ion t ;Lips are like one pink." I told ulips; but of course s uand t believe t tirely lost. Everyt may be too vague and fused to be reizable, but it is t.

        February 10, 1888.

        e got    nigime in Memp I did muc    excitement from first to last--drives, luns, and all t tireless calked incessantly. I dont knoo talk    even t o myself. It is al;Oell us ;Miss Sullivan,    you please explain to    make and." I believe e population of Mempted and caressed enougo spoil an angel; but I do not t is possible to spoil oo unscious of oo loving.

        tores in Mempo spend all t I ;I must buy Nancy a very pretty ." I said, "Very ; S. Sly, "I es." " ; I asked. "I o take to tuscumbia," was her reply.

        e visited tock Exceamboat. ly ied in t, and insisted on being s from to taff. I ified to read ion o say about    week.

        Captain Keller erestiers siion of t;Report," one from Dr. Alexander Grat tle cousin. Dr. Bell es t    a parallel in tion of t and    eacher.

        March 5, 1888.

        I did not o finister yesterday. Miss Ev. came up to    of o . I .[Most of t. Fortunately, e so maers and exercises t t sort.] I dont knos ratupid business, I t no fun. So like to tell all s e Sunday: "I got up, eace my breakfast. After breakfast I played . Nancy    large, fierimals. Fierce is mug and very    love fierimals. I e letter to Uncle James. springs. or. Doakes sick girl    like sick. te my dinner. I like mucer dinner fat train far aer from Robert.    o get a letter from dear,    s little o see you    is    and I    birds and florees and grass and Jumbo and Pearl eacalie is a good girl and does not cry. Mildred does cry. S dresses for Natalie. Mr. Mayo    to Duck    floeapo see too scs y. Boy must be very careful. After supper I played romp eacree out of ground. Noo bed. hELEN KELLER.”

        April 16, 1888.

        e are just back from    Keller said at breakfast t ake o cery ed ters to see ion rance caused. to see    Sunday-stion to teac rus of ts and surrounded us. So t first t to ting ministers; but soon stle friends among told ers didnt bring ted and said, "Ill send t; One of ters ers do?" S;talk loud to people to be good."    e book.    ime for to begin, sate of excitement t I t it best to take    Captain Keller said, "No, s." So to do but stay.

        It o keep . S-looking divine co play    t didnt keep ill. Sed to s to ttle boy in t be t every one in to our neigo stand up to prevent aking it a out of a place as I o leave t cried to -of-doors, but s ended, and every coat-tail soueeds turn round and give an at of t at o t ics, and you    ratain Keller invited some of ters to dinner.    animated pantomime, supplemented by spelling, er. Finally s up from table and    tion of pig seao sically t some of us t en more expressive than any words, and she is as graceful as a nymph.

        I ermio you as to me. e talk and plan and dream about not Boston, Boston, Boston. I tely decided to go    s stay all summer.

        May 15, 1888.

        Do you realize t t letter I se to you for a long, long time? t    you receive from me    ell you oo o e letters; but I must tell you about our visit to ati.

        e spent a delig;doctors." Dr. Keller met us in Memp every one on train i, ors. t Boston payed at t house.

        Everybody y. t    attracts people. I t is erest ihing and everybody.

        sre of i. Sed ra at tel, and ouch.

        o pity leman said to Dr. Keller, "I    I    face as to-nig; Anot;Damn me! but Id give everyto    little girl al; But I    time to e all t tributed tracts from t t Mr.

        Anagnos sent me, and hem. Do you remember Dr.

        Gar, o drive oernoon, ao give    s;I do not like too many c; e laugil . " ; asked tor. "Some beautiful gloves to talk ; sor alking-gloves"; but I explai s ed, and evidently t t. I told    I amped on them.

        e luncor) and augives and tract ideas like goodness and ions imes by tors. It seems stra people s o teac is clearly formulated in to teac. It o teac already exist in tions    led o ts, SMALL, LARGE, GOOD, BAD, SEEt, SOUR, o attacags to.

        I, little ignorant I, found myself explaining to t and t sud ongue and smacks e sensation; and if, every time , or    spelled into    trary sign for ion. Like a bit of lemon on ongue, ries to spit it out; and after imes, if you offer s ing t    sensation. You label it SOUR, and s your symbol. If you ions respectively BLAd E, ed t E t    and SOUR. In to differentiate LE, ROUG is not t ty to experieion t ts in ion.

        tract from one of Miss Sullivaers is added because it tains iing casual opinions stimulated by    thers.

        e visited a little sg the children.

        tead talked to    an interpreter. tonis    a cy of expression, and some of tru for t first; but after I c rue, and I    surprised. In one room some little tots anding before trug "simple sentences." A little girl ten: "I    is a pretty dress. My mamma made my pretty ne; A curly-tle boy ing: "I o kick my large ball." ered ttention ed on ;Girl is blind." teag on t;the girls name is helen.

        S see. e are very sorry." I said: "e tences on the board?

        ouldnt tand if you talked to t ; teac getting t stru, and tio stru exercise out of tle girl    ticularly pleased ;No," s;I t; but cter if te about t    t; It seemed all so mec, my    actle c;I ty    t is true, t;Papa kiss baby--pretty," and fills out ing to    ty to uand and use language er.

        ty t tences on tly ten to illustrate some grammatical rule, or for t augion. t of tages of education; but it isnt to acquire language. NOtO tALK NAtURALLY MORE EFFECtUALLY t to teac of all the deaf child.

        be kept as unscious as t t O PRAttLE ON IL SUCIME AS ELLIGENCE DEMANDS tENCE.

        Language s be associated in ions in grammar, or    is ao joy. But I must not get into t of critig otoo severely. I may be as far frhey.

        Miss Sullivans sed report brings t doo October 1st, 1888.

        During t year    s, and it is t s est perception of eit or sound.

        It is impossible to tell exactly to ent taste aid ion respeg pies; but, acc to emi auty, t a great influen tal and moral development. Dugald Ste says, "Some of t signifit ing to ts sensations occupy in tical language of all nations surally tions of tions of t." ainly derives great pleasure from tering a greenenance bees radiant, aions of tions of smell are very vivid. Sicipation t of a rose or a violet; and if s of ts ing t in imagination s it is pleasant to    frequently    t recalls to    in ful birty.

        ouess and delicacy. Indeed,    so use it as a medium fing o closer relations ures. S only to distinguis accuracy t undulations of tions of tions, and tnize aant souc sate of mind of t is impossible for any one o be particularly    from her.

        Sest empion, and sion, and in to tle    pressure of affe, t of approval, tieion of and, and to tions of t infinite language of t in interpreting tions t sen able to divine our very ts.

        In my at of    year, I mentioned several instances al faculty; but it noo me, after carefully sidering tter, t t familiarity ions of to tact, caused by tions. So depend largely upon taining tal dition of t o ect certain movements of till    orpedo, led Mrs. Keller.    ts instantly, and asked, " are ; On one occasion, o tation-ation ly produced a perceptible pedly, " do you see?”

        A striking illustration e poly ss in ati. Several experiments ried, to determine positively    onis only to le, but also an ordinary tone of voice. Surn    as t anding beside    s able, and o te side of ts tried ts e differes. io once s sign t s    my suggestion, one of tlemen took ests ed. time enance co, but t sug up of tures as    ated t s deat oering a cemetery for t time in ion--ually filling ears.

        A circumstance equally remarkable occurred last summer; but, before relating it, I ioer t to tery before referred to, erested in a        by o visit    ty. At last it became necessary to kill    asked to go and see old     time t s    to relieve     into to believe t tentionally s did not make muc I t t life in touto t ion of its meaning.

        at Breer, Massacts, soer anot of t so pluck to tention o a marble slab inscribed uro me rouble, and asked, "ere is poor little Florence?" I evaded tion, but sed.

        turning to my friend, s;Did you cry loud for poor little Florence?" t;I t ; As sio ask tressing questions,    tery. Florence er of my friend, and    time of    old not    my friend er. . On urn to ter    to tery, so t , and carried to my friend, saying, "ttle Florences." true, alt a loss to uand . A letter ten to    of ;I put my little babies to sleep in Florences little bed, and I take to ride in tle Florence is dead. Stle    ty, and save o make    poor Florence did not get well. ossed and moaned in bed. Mrs. o see her soon.”

        Notanding tivity of ural co be ful or irritable, and I ient es because to uand oget uand a single ic to cures aed pantomime tions find expression. Occasionally some little birl ry to learn t. t is beautiful to observe    patience, sness, and perseverance    ttle friend into proper position.

        One day,    of tle girl , saying, "I must give it to a poor little strange girl.”

        Sincts of ure. Senderly as t careful nurse could desire. It is pleasant, too, to note fulness for little co yield to their whims.

        Sion, and deligions of    if left alone s a time ting or sewing.

        S deal. Seerest, and as t    t often ions are so rapid as to be unintelligible even to tomed to reading t and varied movements of her fingers.

        Every sures. ural, and it is cs frankness and evident siy.    is too full of unselfision to allo one    be anyt kind-ed and tender. S scious of any reason wly, s are free and graceful.

        S    reated.    alloo use t;poor horses will cry.”

        One m sly distressed by finding t one of teo    it o keep Pearl from running a every opportunity during to place.

        e to    summer t ting all    first s, and said ttle creatures ;very ;; but so     t kno it    all t. In a letter ten soon after bumblebees and s and birds and large flies and ing all of my fat to eat as    very o eat too many grapes because t know much.”

        Sio make rapid progress in tion of language as ary, ed; but, as s    grer, more active and subtle, and tellectual activity gains in fluend logic.

        raveling s and language. Sitting beside    I see from tton-fields and gardens in els and ing ts inteerest; and, in default of ures and pantomime o learn more of    forces    any apparent effort.

        From t grasped t all objects    ted by certain movements of talked to ly as I so ion, t I o ead of to urally, t first a strong tenden    to use only tant ence.

        S;; I got to s s    I did not let    until sance, made a plete sentence, as "Give o drink.”

        In t forms of expression for veying ting some dy, I said: "ill eac; or, "teaco eat some of ; emp t many er I began to teac;s to go to bed," or, "o bed.”

        I am stantly asked tion, "eacellectual and moral qualities?" I believe it ion aition tion of mirue of    as to make explanation impossible.

        I al a practice to use tive of emotions, of intellectual or moral qualities and as, in e ance o ;teacher is SORRY.”

        After a feitions so associate the feeling.

        t, RONG, GOOD, BAD, and otives. ts association h caresses.

        One day I asked ion in a bination of numbers, ill, t srying to touc;t-; ted , seemed to impress itself on    and ts name. Siime shINK.

        At a later period I began to use suc, FEt, REMEMBER. If ;; I replied: "I do not know. PERh Leila.”

        So learn t in to knoions of t:    is little boys name?

        tEAole stranger; but PERhAPS his name is Jack.

        hELEN. here is he going?

        tEACo to her boys.

        will he play?

        tEAChER. I SUPPOSE he will play ball.

        are boys doing now?

        tEAg Jack, and are ing for him.

        After to ion.

        September 26, [1888].

        "teac by ttle boy    he rain-drops.

        "I do not kno krange boy. But PER o a store to buy someto take it to her.”

        In teafined myself to any particular tem. I aneous movements of my pupils mind, and ried to folloions to me.

        Oo temperament, every precautioo avoid unduly exg ive brain. ter part of t in travel and in visits to different places, and ed by tio mao learn as at first. It is never necessary te o study. Indeed, I am often obliged to coax o leave an example or a position.

        fining myself to any special system of instru, I ried to add to ion and intelligeo enlarge ance    o easy and natural relations o keep a diary, from wion ;March 22nd, 1888.

        "Mr. Anagnos came to see me to akes care of sixty little blind    girls ay little blind boys. I do love ttle blind girls sent me a pretty . I found scissors and t, and cros, and pin-cuse little blind girls a letter to tty cloto ati in May and buy another child.

        tco see us Sunday. Mr. Anagnos    to Louisville Monday to see little blind c to sville. I slept    eac calm. It does mean quiet and    me pretty stories. I read about birds. teen or ty eggs and te. S on t in a ree and    spring. March, April, May are spring.

        Nos ters floo s Spring is here.

        "James killed snipes for breakfast. Little c very cold and die. I am sorry. teac to ride on tennessee River, in a boat. I sa did glide sly and I put er a it flowing.

        "I caugeac e very small fis coo eat grass as ter and milk. Little calf does run and leap in field. So skip and play, for s and tle boy did love tle calf, and    ongue. Calf must not open mouto kiss. I am tired, and teac    me to e more.”

        In tumn s to a circus. anding before    tion of tinctly t so reproduce te accurately.

        I tried to describe to , as    alloo touc s get a correct idea of its ser in and found rapped upon o leave a cime as s, trying to take long strides in order to carry out t.    s;I am a very funny camel.”

        During t te anyt ion. In 1892 appeared titutio for 1891, taining a full at of ters, exercises, and positions. As some of tters and tory of t;Frost King" are publising any more samples of ing during tion. It    t ted. From Miss Sullivans part of t I give    important ents and sucter as does not appear elsew volume.

        tracts Mr. Anagnos took from Miss Sullivans notes and memoranda.

        One day, o t last s;Yes, dear Neddy, it is true t you are not as beautiful as Black Beauty. Your body is not so    arctle funny. Of course, you ot , and I love you just as    beautiful creature in the world.”

        ly ied in tory of "Black Beauty." to ses ideas, I ance e. I o ;t ut,    coat, and bo s; teady. I ing some tle lock of it t ure put out    up, and turned round and looked about for more. t I could not ig, and t    me and said, Black Beauty, is t you?“

        At t o stop me. S;It ; . Later, alk about it, s;Piinct picture in my mind. I could see ty gone, iful are out of    of errible it    ts of suns; After a moment s;I fear some peoples lives are just like Gingers.”

        t time Bryants poem, "Oy race!" I said to ;tell me, ;t tes, a," s;It means America! te, I suppose, is Ney, and Freedom is t statue of Liberty." After s;ttlefield," by t    beautiful. S;I like t: truto earternal years of God are    Error, h pain, And dies among his worshipers.“

        S oransported into t of ts of a story. Sice o t of battle; s;I t is rigo fig yrants.”

        ed at in t of 1891: During t tio make rapid progress in tion of language. Sage over ordinary ot distracts tention from udies.

        But tage involves a corresponding disadvaal application.

        ituted t sate of feveris    s preo be o leave a lesson    t and. If I suggest itil t day, s;I t roo do it now.”

        A feariff. ed me to tell    it. I said: "No. You ot uand it yet." S for a moment, and t: " I ot uand? I    remember, dear teac Greek parents icular o let ten to ood some of t; I    best not to tell    s uand, because s certain to bee excited.

        Not long ago I tried to so build a to plicated, test jar made tructure fall. After a time I became disced, and told    make it stand, but t I    for    s approve of termio build toly gatil at last oood plete in every part.

        Until October, 1889, I    deemed it best to fine o any regular and systematic course of study.

        For t tual life srange try,    possible to give e course of instru.

        Moreover, iveness    during t it ion of language, if a sideration of tions ly    to il tion of a lesson. In all probability sten tion, and a good opportunity to explain someterest to . t    to me to teao, , en led us far a under immediate sideration.

        Siober, 1889, ic, geograpany and reading.

        Sudy of aritic. Siplication, addition, subtra, and division, and seems to uand tions. Sal aritic,    ions. Sten aritic.    it often    o e out tion. Stle attention to tating a problem, and seldom stops to ask til so explain ion puzzled ed t ake a and it. S;My enemies    stay and quer t; and she did.

        tellectual improvement nize nicer sion.

        Not a day passes t s learn many neangible and sensible objects. For instance, so knoIORAORDINARY, PERPEtUAL and MYStERY. Some of teps of meaning, beginning    is simple and leading on to ract. It o make ruse meanings of tERY, but sood readily t it signified someter progress ss more abstruse meaning as easily as sion. In iigating any subject t occur at t be adequately uood until t; yet I    it best to go on giving my pupil simple definitions, t, alt vague and provisional, to one anotance, and t o-day o-morrow.

        I regard my pupil as a free and active being,    be my surest guide. I alked to ly as I alk to a seeing a otand t ;Never mind ence or not. Sion elligible to her.”

        Iing books for o read, I o her deafness and blindness.

        S    teresting, and tinctly tempted to read a little story. Sed letters, and for some time ences, using slips on ters; but tences ion to one anot a mouse, and it occurred to me,    to stimulate erest, t I migences in su a little story, and tion of t tences in t to ;t is on t    see t o eat t let t get t    ; t kno t stage of    it s use, and so I did not try, but moved o t    ting on ttle exclamation of surprise, and t of tence became perfectly clear to ence, I s to t li. "t    see t;    look at t . ttle girls tenance s stention to t, EAt and MOUSE, s t a    time c t;Do not let t get t; sion in tence, and seemed to kno t must not get t a ence, and    t. By signs sand t sory, and I gave aining very s stories, ten in t elementary style. S t    servative of educators t a little deaf ity, o read as easily and naturally as ordinary children.

        I am vi o y en reads for tantly. One day as    ticed t s;I am t; was her reply.

        ;Because tell me so muc is iing about t see, and tired or troubled like people. tell me over and over    to know.”

        ;Cory of England," o tence, "Still t of tons    broken." I asked    meant. S;I t means t tons    disced because ttles, and to drive t; It    o defience; a s to give it in    lines are still more idiomatic, "onius left try, troops aook the island of Anglesea.”

        erpretation of tence: "It means t o figo tell t to do, tons and lost tured.”

        Sellectual to manual occupations, and is not so fond of fancy    so join tever to use typeer, and es very correctly, but not rapidly as yet, ice.

        More taugelegrap by making ts and dass any one o use it in versation. I    a ve medium of unig    some distance from me, for it enables me to talk apping upon t. Sions and uands o her.

        It ure as    eo    upon sus as    exively iigated by Dr.    t to be realized. In t of Laura Bridgman, disappoi able. It is impossible to isolate a c of society, so t    be influenced by tes. In    tained    depriving    intercourse ial to ure.

        It must    to tcies t it    be possible to keep ive spirit for aime from reac toeries of life. But great care aken not to lead s prematurely to tion of subjects    ten receive so speak more correctly, ted by suswers.

        "ere did I e from?" and "; ions    years old. But tions and at t time did not satisfy, alto remain silent, until o put forts reamed in upon it from books and from    for things.

        As ion of pensive and le, enabling o express ions and ideas clearly, and also to pres and experiences of oted    of ive po some po    ed tural objects ly familiar.

        Finally sence of which she had already ceived in her own mind.

        t;Greek ; siful stories of t     many similar expressions in books.

        S    time, a dear relative ried to tell    God but, as t use ed to ttle impression upon ly talked ;I o tell you. A. says God made me and every o of sand; but it must be a joke. I am made of fles?"    satisfa, laugily to er a moment s on: "A. says God is every t of love. Love is only somets. t made me lauge hur Keller.”

        I explaio    s yet able to uand    it ter not to talk about sucil she was wiser.

        S ure in time s of ascribing to Moture o be beyond to aplis, "Moture sends to make trees and t; tract from my notes ime: tle serious after supper, and Mrs.    s;I am ture is in time," s;Because so take care of. Srees and winds.”

        "ure take care of t; I asked.

        "So make t; er a moment s;I tures ears.”

        Later s;I do not knoure made me. I t me from    I do not kno daisies and pansies e from seeds    c gro of t-c I agine iful spring, because trees and tender green leaves fill my     go noo see my garden. tten them.”

        After May, 1890, it    to me t s o keep from act. S rowtelligence.

        Early in May se on ablet t of questions: "I e about t uand.    makes t? o mot plants gro gro tle birds and c of eggs. I        is so very large and ell me somet Fature does. May I read the Bible?

        Please tell your little pupil many time.”

        any one doubt after reading tions t tanding at least tary ansions as a plete anso ions    ones he meaning and scope of such ideas.

        t ion I    sand    is desirable for o knoellectual process as tions indicate, any explanation of telligible to    t degree of mental development and activity ion of natural phenomena is possible.

        After sing to absorb all s, and sient to    time after sten tions, sopped before it and asked, "; I replied, "No one knoo be; but I ell you ried to at for to interpret t and mysterious forces of nature.”

        S to ning, and a ural forces,    and super after a great deal of t and study, I told o believe t all forces ations of one poo t pohe name GOD.

        Sill for a fees, evidently tly. S;; I o evade ion, for I could not explain to ery of a self-existent being. Indeed, many of ions    of?" " ter, and t animals?" "; "Did you ever see God?" I told    God    t as terrupted me: "Everyt    life, and t t; It is often necessary to remind    tely many t t people in t explain.

        No creed ma augo    been made to force religious beliefs upoion. Being fully aeo give e explanations of teries y, I    obliged, by a sense of duty to my pupil, to say as little as possible about spiritual matters. t. Rev. Po iful herhood of God.

        S as yet been alloo read t see    present    getting a very erroneous ception of ttributes of God. I old iful and ive affected ly o it.

        o our versation again, it o ask, " Jesus go a    find ; S trange. old t Jesus o meet ;It does not mean ALKED, it means SAM." old of tan    knoo the dead body!”

        One day s;I am blind and deaf. t is ; I taugold    see God ; but t leness, then we were more like him.

        At anotime s; is a soul?" "No one kno; I replied; "but    it is not t is t part of us er t; I t; you te from your body?" "O; s;because last ;--t;my soul    my body ; At t anot seemed to flas;But Mr. Anagnos did not speak to my soul." I explaio    too, is invisible, or in ot it is    apparent form.

        "But if I e ; s;t s body.”

        A long time ago o me, "I o live sixteen ;    like to live ALAYS in a beautiful try called    question ;; I o fess t I did not kno suggested t it migars. A moment after s;ill you please go first and tell me all about it?" and t;tuscumbia is a very beautiful little to; It o t again, and o it, io. S; is it like?    ries?" I told    t t essentially it ion--t of ts desire, tisfa of its s; and t ed w was aowledged, believed in, and loved.

        S of deat dismay. Retly, on being sly distressed, and asked sorro; everyt-footed deer?" At anotime s;Do you not t o die?" I said, "No; because, if tures t it o live fortably." "But," said ;I this one.”

        old    s antly asked: " been dead?”

        teral sense in akes on    ly t ;Do t;    some of t unes in t;I t be very noisy." Sead of being seriously troubled by metapen amused at oo literal ception of its meaning.

        old t t form, s Davids ;; " feet?    it    blind?" sed h blindness.

        Of all ts s from it. For a long time it o keep t ively easy to prevent act    t sis, and t great misery results from it, day of laies o be explaio    very o recile ted to her mind.

        One day s;Does God take care of us all time?" Sive. "t little sister fall t ; Anotime s told of a terrible storm at sea, in hings?”

        Surrounded by loving friends and tlest influences, as    stage of ellectual enlig,     as    inteo her pure soul all evil is equally unlovely.

        ting at Cauqua, in July, 1894, of tion to Promote teaco taien at of hods.

        You must not imagi as soon as    everyt once became mistress of treasury of t "al faculties emerged, full armed, from tomb, as Pallas At; as one of ic admirers , tences ions of ained. And irue of tless repetition of tion of daily life ain alk ted people is the language of books.

        Language gro of life, out of its needs and experiences. At first my little pupils mind    vat.

        S realize. LANGUAGE and KNOLEDGE are indissolubly ected; terdepe. Good    everyt by means of t transmitted from oo anoto a in tS    joy. I AUGEAC; but invariably used language as a medium for tion of t; t ion of knoo use language intelligently, one must o talk ABOUt, and o talk about is t of    of language training tle co use language o unicate, or unless o knohers.

        At first I did not attempt to fine my pupil to any system. I alried to find out erested , and made t tarting-point for t o teac. During t tual life, I required o e very little.

        In order to e one must o e about, and o e about requires some mental preparation. t be stored    be enrig bees a natural and pleasurable effort. too often, I to e before to say. teaco talk    self-repression, and te because t .

        id    ratudy of rules and definitions. Grammar s puzzling array of classifications, nomenclatures, and paradigms, act self; so deal    in everyday versation, and in o turn it over in a variety of il so use it correctly. No doubt I talked mutly t and    on me for eai and instru.

        I believe every cies    in t    tle ones o fill ts. Matics e knoo appreciate its beauties. Let us lead t years to fi pleasure in Nature. Let t animals, and observe real te t ditions.

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        I to t t nearly every impression er due alloitude for acquiring language, and fe resulting from , I t    tant panionsan ion. It may be true, as some maintain, t language ot express to us muc est deligy, poetiguage o their prehension.

        "tand," said a teaco a class of little co t;O, even if    uand it," ted y    . It is not necessary t a d every word in a book before .

        Indeed, only sus sial.    first could not uand, and it remained in il ed itself naturally and easily into ion and positions. Indeed, it is maintained by some t soo muc a great deal inative force is dissipated in t of books; t    I am vi inal position    tion of mucy.    and purest models in language stantly preseo ion and ing are unscious reprodus of    of to read for t of it. ttitude of toivity. t ion ougo bee a part of ance of te t is true, tive and imaginative t receives t-pictures and images of literature, t lines are reproduced. ality of feeling, terest, and tual insigistic temperament, and naturally sive and intense joy in life, simply as life, and in nature, books, and people ted mortals. iful ts and ideals of t poets t noto ion colours all life s own rich hues.

        tatements and explanations as oo mu by people    first    care to add muco it. Miss Kellers education, ally a question of language teac it rats itself to teacy of readers,    of viehods.

        Miss Sullivan    off. ed trument, t teaotaug, by studying otical eacural met ;natural met; t Dr.     to t a deaf c be taugely by definition, but sition of language    uand. And t discovery. All day long in time and ime Miss Sulliva spelling into     as ting ttera ions and feelings. No is t principle in Miss Sulliva ical results, and one i tion of a deaf c to say a deaf-blind cil Miss Sullivan tried it ed clearly until Miss Sullivaers.

        trary) is o talk to t tasteful or o    deaf sced, teac telling tten     to knoy, s to kno of erested in?

        Akin to talking to t erests o silence a s, but to ansions as truly as possible; for, says Miss Sullivan, tion is to ttled o suit tate of telligence. So speak to urally, to give ences and    intelligent ideas, never minding . t so many people do not uand, t after t rudimentary definitions of , CUP, GO, SIt, t of language, as t, is tence,    experience. e do not take in a sentence    as a ion, someted about somet veys arue, single    and express ideas; t;mamma"     relate to mamma--e sentences. And t frammatical pleteness upon t finger-lispings of    ;mamma milk," s tru, pleted t;Mamma will bring helen some milk.”

        t a natural metificial system, t o be a destru of met is doubtful if reat her pupil as nearly as possible like an ordinary child.

        t    ting o ed, pera, as a means of teac p over t at first for tory, but to find , in tion o o ore, if tention attracted in any o printed pages, must learn.    by reading    by reading and remembering and. A in books as did    tural curiosity of every uro printed pages, especially if teaco itude for languages. It is true rat situde for too t t language to    life. It    a special subject, like geograpic, but o outhings.

        teen s a fe; and mao get tory. Of grammar s. S tself, and t to o get a fn tongue, more vital and, in tin, learning not only from t Latin tea going over and over text, a game she played by herself.

        Mr. Jo, one of eac t-ter to me: "Often I found tle leisure, sitting in e er, in a ced to    tuations and    t time ual    toget a sliced object. t    in a fe    to me tory, d gusto on its . It    a lesson, but only one of ions.”

        So itude for language is al aptitude, turo language because of its extraordinary value to her.

        tion o ural ability or to taught.

        It is true t a tea times Miss Sullivans genius could not    of a cally defit. But it is also true t, en times ive genius,    o ly taugart, and especially at tart. And t remains t saugeaco tial principles of ten    successfully into practice. And it    be applied by any teay    interpretation of to teaco all children.

        In tion ers seem to to anot meteacrue at once, and trut. Miss Sullivan is a person of extraordinary po succeed so pletely in t mucs vitality to    ied especially in matics, it is not surprising to find Miss Sullivans is very similar.

        And t mean t Miss Keller is unduly depe on eac is told of , as a c, o interfere    sober a fes, and, rouble, ans;I am preparing to assert my independence." Sucy ot gro Miss Sullivan by ;natural aptitude"    is not capable of analysis aion to principle; sion ;marvel of sness and goodness," if s;of all tiful," t tea years.

        t Miss Sullivao    be anoto ed deaf and blind ceas, among plenty of external is, unseparated from o rouble of finding out for    necessary; and t be a pupil in good ive poo augo do it is t or teac t ted by t sco be sure, ted by tate. But it is evident t precisely o be taug oto sc all.

        out in ttle calked to    it, srupossible inside four    a time.

        Surely Dr. ;A teac be a c; t is just eac be, a co play and romp, and ied in all gs.

        temptation to discuss, solely in t of ter of edug t taken particular care to avoid, because my opinions are of no auty and I ried to suggest problems and reinfore of ty. It is a question eaco expeuceacs of glos, rue, because one sees bes ugged at t ted t are said about them.

        Let me sum up a fes t made    s place seen    mont and sound. t some mental development. Sed vigour of body and mind. Ses me t before    t to speak. After t on signs, endency to gesture developed. ions is o determine, but s ;sa;    doion o turn into trained and anized power.

        It o a good subject t Miss Sullivan brougion and intelligence, and fearless o experiment. Miss Sulliva even    tical result, any oea a vigorous personality. And finally all tions    first nature sceacogetogeting teacher inseparable.

        Miss Kellers later education is easy to uand and needs no furtioed may get on application to ta Bureau, ason, D. C., ts of tea S.Keith.
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