DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING, HOLDING THE PEN, The pupil, when beginning to write, should sit perfectly easy, neither awkwardly upright nor stooping ungracefully. The paper should lie parallel to the edge of the desk or table, and the pupil sit a little to the left side of it in order to slope his writing properly. The pen should be held between the thumb and the fore and middle fingers, nearly an inch from the point. The thumb should be placed about three quarters of an inch higher than the end of the fore finger, and bent outwards, so that in making a long full stroke, the nail ought to-touch the barrel of the pen. The hand should rest entirely on the end of the little finger, and the top of the pen point directly to the shoulder. The third finger may be laid upon the little one, and drawn in towards the palm of the hand.
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