McGuffey's High School Reader
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781150845666
Paperback|9781150845666
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ... The rapid multiplication of public libraries and the wide distribution of cheap editions, have rendered books upon all subjects and of every degree of merit and demerit so readily accessible, that it has become necessary not only to teach children how to read, but also to give them such instruction as will enable them to decide wisely what to read. The revised edition of McGuffey's High School Reader has been prepared with special reference to the formation of a healthy and discriminating literary taste. The plan of the revision has been to present, in chronological succession, specimens of the best literary style of the several generations of British and American authors between Shakespeare's time and our own, thus affording an outline of the development of Modern English Literature. Contemporary authors are arranged in separate groups, which increase in size as our own time is approached. The characteristics of each group as a whole and its effect upon literature are first considered, then each of the authors composing the group is taken up in order, his life briefly sketched, his principal works named and his style described and illustrated by an extract from his writings. Great care has been exercised in selecting extracts that are typical of the respective writers, and that are of sufficient length to afford a fair specimen of his peculiarities. Such notes as will explain historical and mythological allusions, and in many instances brief suggestive or critical remarks on the selection as a whole have been inserted, for the purpose of cultivating the habit of reading carefully and with understanding. (iii) Rhetorical analysis, though forming part of a distinct branch of study, may often be advantageously employed in comparin
| ISBN-13 | 9781150845666 |
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| ISBN-10 | 115084566X |
| Weight | 1.09 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 In |
| List Price | $20.30 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 334 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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