Thisunusual faculty in one so young en^^couraged Dr. Howe to begin the work of^instructing her. It was a task which de^^manded infinite patience. Her sight had^been lost at so early a period that she had^no recollection of the appearance of any^^thing! all avenues of approach to her mind^by speech were barred. What the doctor^did was to place in her hand a common^article, such as a knife or spoon, and with^it its name in the usual raised letters for^the blind. Repetition of this process with^many articles was made until the girl be^^came familiar with the names and grasped^the connection between the articles and^their names. Then it was necessary to^teach hi r the letters composing the words^This was done by first showing her the^word and then placing each letter in her^hand and thus building the word. After a^few lessons she could spell out the word^correctly without aid.
