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|+ Order of the Alphabet, Ancient and Modern |- | !Cadmean Formello. !Phœnician "Semitic." !Greek. !Roman. |- |1.||A||A||A Alpha||A |- |2.||B||B||B Beta||B |- |3.||G||G||G Gamma||C |- |4.||D||D||D Delta||D |- |5.||E||E||E E-psilon||E |- |6.||F||U, Y, V, F||(F)||F |- |7.||Z||Z||ZZeta||G |- |8.||H|||H, Kh.||H (E) Eta||H |- |9.||Th||Th||Th Theta||— |- |10.||I||I||I I-ota||I |- |11.||K||K||K Kappa||K |- |12.||L||L||L Lambda||L |- |13.||M||M||M Mu||M |- |14.||N||N||N Nu||N |- |15.||Xi or S||S||Xi Xi||— |- |16.||O||O||O O-micron||O |- |17.||P||P||P Pi||P |- |18.||Sh||Ṣ||—||— |- |19.||Q||Q||—||Q |- |20.||R||R||R Rho||R |- |21.||S||Sh||S Sigma||S |- |22.||T||T||T Tau||T |- |23.||U||—||U Upsilon||U, V, W |- |24.||X(+)||—||X Chi||X |- |25.||Ph(W)||—||Ph Phi||Y |- |26.||Ps (A, I, X)||—||Ps Psi O-mega||Z |} or Roman alphabets there is a repeated sequence of the letters as vowels, labials, gutturals and dentals. This sequence is well displayed by Professor Petrie, in arranging the letters on a square table like the old "Horn-book" board for teaching children their ABC. This arrangement is