Part Two
. In each part is presented a series of themes covering these subjects, the purpose being to give the pupil inspiration, and that confidence in himself which comes from the frequent repetition of an act. A single new principle is introduced into each theme, and this is developed in the text, and illustrated by carefully selected examples.
¶ The pupils are taught how to correct their own errors, and also how to get the main thought in preparing their lessons. Careful coördination with the study of literature and with other school studies is made throughout the book.
¶ The modern character of the illustrative extracts can not fail to interest every boy and girl. Concise summaries are given following the treatment of the various forms of discourse, and toward the end of the book there is a very comprehensive and compact summary of grammatical principles. More than usual attention is devoted to the treatment of argument.
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HISTORY OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
By CHARLES F. JOHNSON, L.H.D., Professor of English Literature, Trinity College, Hartford. Price, $1.25
A text-book for a year's course in schools and colleges, in which English literary history is regarded as composed of periods, each marked by a definite tone of thought and manner of expression. The treatment follows the divisions logically and systematically, without any of the perplexing cross divisions so frequently made. It is based on the historic method of study, and refers briefly to events in each period bearing on social development, to changes in religious and political theory, and even to advances in the industrial arts. In addition, the
## book contains critiques, general surveys, summaries, biographical
sketches, bibliographies, and suggestive questions. The examples have been chosen from poems which are generally familiar, and of an illustrative character.
JOHNSON'S FORMS OF ENGLISH POETRY
$1.00
This book contains nothing more than every young person should know about the construction of English verse, and its main divisions, both by forms and by subject-matter. The historical development of the main divisions is sketched, and briefly illustrated by representative examples; but the true character of poetry as an art and as a social force has always been in the writer's mind. Only the elements of prosody are given. The aim has been not to make the study too technical, but to interest the student in poetry, and to aid him in acquiring a well-rooted taste for good literature.
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+------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's notes: | | | | Fixed various punctuation. | | P.73. 'thorough the ear' is in another volume, keeping. | | P.143. 'Some villanous shame' is in another volume, keeping. | | P.191. 'iustly' means 'justly' but not changed as other words | | in this poem are the same, 'i' for 'j'. | | P.199. 'Gf.' changed to 'Cf.'. | | P.255. v. 'i.' 12, changed to v. '1.' 12,. | | P.236. 'ii. i. 102:' changed to 'ii. 1. 102:'. | | P.288. 'happpy' changed to 'happy'. | | Both words 'loggerhead' and 'logger-head' are present, leaving. | | Both words 'a-bed' and 'abed' are present, leaving. | | Note: underscores to surround _italic text_. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+