(Steps in English Series)
By THOMAS C. BLAISDELL, Ph.D., recently Professor of English in the
Normal High School, Pittsburg, Pa.
$1.00
This book, which aims to teach young people to write effectively,
is suited for use in any secondary school. Its ingenious method of
treatment, its fresh and interesting character, its great simplicity
and suggestiveness, will prove stimulating and inspiring to every
student. The work lays a foundation for the appreciation of literature.
¶ Models from the master writers are furnished and pupils are asked to
use their own experiences as working material. They are taught to write
accurately by being trained to recognize, and thus to avoid, their
errors. Principles are studied only when they are encountered, each
pupil being obliged to learn merely those of which he is ignorant.
¶ The most important qualities which characterize literature are
each taken up in turn and considered. Selections from the works of
famous writers are inserted at frequent intervals for purposes of
illustration, and it is shown by analysis how they appeal to the
feelings, and why they attain the various results necessary to an
interesting expression of their thoughts.
¶ When their methods have been discovered and sufficiently illustrated,
the learner is asked to use them in writing about familiar experiences.
At first compositions of only a few paragraphs in length are required,
but later the character sketch, the short story, and the essay are
taken up. Letter-writing is emphasized throughout the book.
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
(S.85)