Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 303
The runeb> remained in Irish and Anglo-Saxon for the soundTH, and in English it was preserved longest in theword THE, because that word occurs very often,and it was easier to write one letter than two. But 7/2 WONDERS OF THE ALPHABET. [August, in the course of time it came to be mistaken for Y… … from these by the singers. The Ojibway Indians,though they had not an alphabet like the runes,until recently had similar staves which theybrought out when they chanted their songs : cer-tain marks on the wood served to remind them ofwhat they were to sing. You may remember my telling you how hard…
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