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IN EXPOSITION

By FRANCES M. PERRY, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, Wellesley College.

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XPOSITION is generally admitted to be the most commonly used form of discourse, and its successful practice develops keen observation, deliberation, sound critical judgment, and clear and concise expression. Unfortunately, however, expository courses often fail to justify the prevailing estimate of the value of exposition, because the subject has been presented in an unsystematized manner without variety or movement.

The aim of this book is to provide a systematized course in the theory and practice of expository writing. The student will acquire from its study a clear understanding of exposition - its nature; its two processes, definition and analysis; its three functions, impersonal presentation or transcript, interpretation, and interpretative presentation; and the special application of exposition in literary criticism. He will also gain, through the practice required by the course, facility in writing in a clear and attractive way the various types of exposition. The volume includes an interesting section on literary criticism. The method used is direct exposition, amply reinforced The illustrative matter is taken from many and varied sources, but much of it is necessarily modern. The book meets the needs of students in the final years of secondary schools, or the first years of college.

by examples and exercises.

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IN ARGUMENTATION

By FRANCES M. PERRY, Instructor in English in Wellesley College. Price, $1.00

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N INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN ARGUMENTATION is intended for those who have not previously studied the subject, but while it makes a firm foundation for students who may wish to continue it, the volume is complete in itself. It is adapted for use in the first years of college or in the upper classes of secondary schools.

The subject has been simplified as much as has been possible without lessening its educative value, yet no difficulties have been slighted. The beginner is set to work to exercise his reasoning power on familiar material and without the added difficulty of research. Persuasion has not been considered until conviction is fully understood. The two methods in use in teaching argumentation-the brief-drawing method and the syllogistic method-have been combined, so that the one will help the student to grasp the other.

The volume is planned and proportioned with the expectation that it will be closely followed as a text-book rather than used to supplement an independent method of presentation. To that end each successive step is given explicit exposition and full illustration, and carefully graded exercises are provided to test the student's understanding of an idea, and fix it in his memory.

The course is presented in three divisions; the first relating to finding and formulating the proposition for argument, the second to proving the proposition, and the last, to finding the material to prove the proposition-research.

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Edited by WILLIAM J. ROLFE, Litt.D.
40 volumes, each, $0.56

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HE popularity of Rolfe's Shakespeare has been extraordinary. Since its first publication in 1870-83 it has been used more widely, both in schools and colleges, and by the general reading public, than any similar edition ever issued. It is to-day the standard annotated edition of Shakespeare for educational purposes.

As teacher and lecturer Dr. Rolfe has been constantly in touch with the recent notable advances made in Shakespearian investigation and criticism; and this revised edition he has carefully adjusted to present conditions.

¶ The introductions and appendices have been entirely rewritten, and now contain the history of the plays and poems; an account of the sources of the plots, with copious extracts from the chronicles and novels from which the poet drew his material; and general comments by the editor, with selections from the best English and foreign criticism.

The notes are very full, and include all the historical, critical, and illustrative material needed by the teacher, as well as by the student, and general reader. Special features in the notes are the extent to which Shakespeare is made to explain himself by parallel passages from his works; the frequent Bible illustrations; the full explanations of allusions to the manners and customs of the period; and descriptions of the localities connected with the poet's life and works.

New notes have also been substituted for those referring to other volumes of the edition, so that each volume is now absolutely complete in itself. The form of the books has been modified, the page being made smaller to adjust them to pocket use.

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SERIES OF ENGLISH TEXTS

General Editor, HENRY VAN DYKE, Princeton University

NCLUDES the English texts required for entrance to college, in a form which makes them clear, interesting and helpful in beginning the study of literature. Addison's Sir Roger de Coverley Papers (Winchester). Burke's Speech on Conciliation (Mac Donald)

Byron, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats and Browning-Selections (Copeland & Rideout)

Carlyle's Essay on Burns (Mims)

Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Woodberry).

Emerson's Essays-Selections (Van Dyke)

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Franklin's Autobiography (Smyth).

Gaskell's Cranford (Rhodes).

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Irving's Sketch Book-Selections (Sampson)

Lamb's Essays of Elia (Sampson)

Macaulay's Essay on Addison (McClumpha)

Essay on Milton (Gulick)

Life of Johnson (Clark)

Addison and Johnson.

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Milton's Minor Poems (Jordan).

Scott's Ivanhoe (Stoddard)

Lady of the Lake (Alden)

Shakespeare's As You Like It (Demmon)

Julius Caesar (Mabie)

Macbeth (Parrott)

Merchant of Venice (Schelling)

Tennyson's Idylls of the King-Selections (Van Dyke)

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Washington's Farewell Address, and Webster's First Bunker

Hill Oration (Kent).

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With notes and biographies.

By AUGUSTUS

WHITE LONG, Preceptor in English, Princeton
University, Joint Editor of Poems from Chaucer to
Kipling

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HIS book is intended to serve as an introduction to the systematic study of American poetry, and, therefore, does not pretend to exhaustiveness. All the poets from 1776 to 1900 who are worthy of recognition are here treated simply, yet suggestively, and in such a manner as to illustrate the growth and spirit of American life, as expressed in its verse. Each writer is represented by an appropriate number of poems, which are preceded by brief biographical sketches, designed to entertain and awaken interest. The explanatory notes and the brief critical comments give much useful and interesting information.

MANUAL OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, $0.60 By JAMES B. SMILEY, A.M., Assistant Principal of Lincoln High School, Cleveland, Ohio

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HE aim of this little manual is simply to open the way

to a study of the masterpieces of American literature. The treatment is biographical rather than critical, as the intention is to interest beginners in the lives of the great writers. Although the greatest space has been devoted to the most celebrated writers, attention is also directed to authors prominent in the early history of our country, and to a few writers whose books are enjoying the popularity of the moment. Suggestions for reading appear at the end of the chapters.

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

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