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  • High School Grammar: or, an exposition of the grammatical structure of the English language

    Document thumbnail: High School Grammar: or, an exposition of the grammatical structure of the English language
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    Description/Abstract:
    The printing of the second thousand of the text, dated 1862. The copyright was registered in 1859. William S. Barton is credited as the author of other grammar books and has a Master of Arts degree. Building on the author's previous work Intermediate Grammar, the work is meant for high school students and high school teachers, but also for college work and general reference. It draws specifically on english philology. The preface gives credit to Wallis, Harris, Lowth, Greenwood (as older grammarians) and Murray, Crombie, Latham, Webster, Brown (as modern), and Bopp, Becker, Kuhner and Andrews and Stoddard for contributions to the philosophy and method of language. The Schultz Archive's excerpt only covers roughly the first 59 pages, including preface, basic orthography, and nouns. It does, however, also include two appendixes and the index, which lays out the contents of this 373 page text. The scans are very good quality.
    Creator/Author:
    Barton, William Sumner, 1824-1899
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/04/2016
    Date Modified:
    06/04/2019
    Date Created:
    1862
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • The Art of English Composition

    Document thumbnail: The Art of English Composition
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    Description/Abstract:
    Ninth edition/printing (no year) of the 1867 copyrighted text. Day is credited as the author of Logic, Rhetoric, and Rhetorical Praxis. The book is based on Day's rhetoric that argues thought (and forms of thought) is the starting point for teaching rhetoric, composition, and grammar rather than style and form of language. Emphasis is put on teaching methods of thought and study with accompanying exercises. Definitions and principles are here given in their simplest forms. Introductory exercises cover parts of speech, such as sentences, clauses, and words. The next section, the Art of Composition, is divided into simple objects, principal elements fo the sentence, modifying elements, abnormal forms, construction, analysis, symbolism of thought, and explanation. Oral and written exercises are included throughout, including exercises in correction. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Day, Henry Noble, 1808-1890
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/18/2016
    Date Modified:
    06/11/2019
    Date Created:
    1867
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • English Grammar: a simple, concise, and comprehensive manual of the English Language: Designed for Use of Schools, Academies, and as a book for General Reference in the Language

    Document thumbnail: English Grammar: a simple, concise, and comprehensive manual of the English Language: Designed for Use of Schools, Academies, and as a book for General Reference in the Language
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    Description/Abstract:
    Stated as the tenth edition on the cover page. Reverend R. W. Bailey is stated as having a Master of Arts degree and in the preface it states he taught English youth for over thirty years. Bailey's English Grammar is a fairly standard grammar handbook from the nineteenth century. The author acknowledges the myriad grammar handbooks that precede his own, but explains that his book serves as a kind of aggregate of such manuals. It divides grammar into four parts: orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody. It gives three classes of words: nouns, verbs, and adverbs. The handbook includes fairly detailed sections on many of the parts of speech. It says its method of parsing is analytic rather than synthetic, but philosophic and inductive. The end of each section has a review. The preface states an interest in a pure English. The Schultz Archive only includes a brief excerpt (the cover page, preface, contents and a few snippets of text), but they are good quality.
    Creator/Author:
    Bailey, Rufus William, 1793-1863
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/04/2016
    Date Modified:
    06/03/2019
    Date Created:
    1855
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Murray's English Exercises : consisting of exercises in parsing ; instances of false orthography ; violations of the rules of syntax ; defects in punctuation ; and violations of the rules respecting perspicuous and accurate writing. With which the corresponding notes, rules, and observations in Murray's grammar are incorporated ; also references in promiscuous exercises to the rules by which the errours are to be corrected

    Document thumbnail: Murray's English Exercises : consisting of exercises in parsing ; instances of false orthography ; violations of the rules of syntax ; defects in punctuation ; and violations of the rules respecting perspicuous and accurate writing. With which the corresponding notes, rules, and observations in Murray's grammar are incorporated ; also references in promiscuous exercises to the rules by which the errours are to be corrected
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    No edition or printing information is available on this copy. The author, Israel Alger Jr., was a school teacher in Boston with a Master of Arts degree. This work was approved for use in Boston schools by the School Committee of Boston. This work is an “enlargement” of Lindley Murray’s grammar textbook with exercises. It is sectioned as exercises in parsing, exercises in etymology, exercises in syntax, exercises in punctuation, and exercises to promote perspicuous and accurate writing. This last section includes exercises in writing focusing on rules of purity, propriety, precision, clearness, unity, strength and figures of speech. The exercises are incorrect examples that violate these rules.
    Creator/Author:
    Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826 and Alger, Israel, Jun., 1787-1825
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/04/2016
    Date Modified:
    06/03/2019
    Date Created:
    1838
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0