1896 copyrighted text. Practical construction and logical arrangement of lessons designed to lead the pupil from perception to expression, illustration to definition, sentence-building to composition. It uses pictures, poems and unfinished stories for exercises as well as questions at the beginning of lessons. Progressive lessons on word forms and sentences structure are combined with exercises in narration and description. Good models are used to teach good style through imitation. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
1893 printing of 1893 copyrighted text. The author is credited as Formerly Teach of Composition in State Normal School Albany, NY. Part of the Indiana State Series. A grammar and composition textbook. Covers kinds of sentences, study of selection, comparison, the paragraph, study of a description, composition forms of sentences, analysis of kinds of sentences, and many chapters on parts of speech. Includes questions and oral and written exercises. The Schultz Archive copy is roughly the first 52 pages of text.