These outlines have been prepared for the use of teachers in grades four to seven inclusive, and cover as much of the subject of dictionary study as can profitably be taught to pupils of these grades. It has been demonstrated that fourth-grade pupils can do the work here outlined not only with an intelligent understanding of the subject, but with keen enjoy ment of it. In this grade, therefore, it seems wise to lay the necessary foundation for more advanced work, and begin the actual study of the dictionary.