Punctuation personified
by Stops
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About This Book
This charming and quirky children's grammar book first appeared in 1824 as one of several beautifully hand-coloured instructional texts published by John Harris in his "Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction." There are a series of larger-than-life characters in the book, including Mr. Stops, Counsellor Comma, and the hero, Young Robert, humorously bring its lessons to life with witty and amusing verse such as: 'See, how Semicolon is strutting with pride; Into two or more parts he'll a sentence divide." There are lively and colourful engravings that infuse the book with an entertaining spirit, w...
Chapters (32)
- PUNCTUATION Personified: OR POINTING MADE EASY.
- ROBERT’S first interview with MR. STOPS.
- MR. STOPS READING TO ROBERT AND HIS SISTER.
- COUNSELLOR COMMA, marked thus ,
- ENSIGN SEMICOLON, marked thus ;
- A COLON, marked thus :
- A PERIOD or Full Stop,
- THE INTERROGATIVE POINT ?
- THE EXCLAMATION POINT !
- AN APOSTROPHE ’
- A dash — Circumflex ^ Breve ˘ Diæresis ¨ Hyphen - Acute Accent ´ Grave Accent ` Parenthesis ( )
- A Caret, marked thus ^.
- A Section, marked thus §.
- A PARAGRAPH ¶.
- A QUOTATION “ ”
- BRACKETS OR CROTCHETS [] BRACE } ELLIPSIS __ PARALLELS ∥ OBELISK † DOUBLE DAGGER ‡ ASTERISK *
- [Pg 1]
- [Pg 2]
- [Pg 3]
- [Pg 4]
- [Pg 5]
- [Pg 6]
- [Pg 7]
- [Pg 8]
- [Pg 9]
- [Pg 10]
- [Pg 11]
- [Pg 12]
- [Pg 13]
- [Pg 14]
- [Pg 15]
- [Pg 16]
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