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  • A Complete Graded Course in English Grammar and Composition

    Document thumbnail: A Complete Graded Course in English Grammar and Composition
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    1889 printing of 1888 copyrighted text. Author is credited as Principal of Grammar School No. 3, Brooklyn, NY. Begins with gradual development of the sentence and the nature and office of the different parts of speech. The relations of words to each other precedes learning the words' proper forms. Includes exercises involving filling out sentences with the correct forms of words rather than correcting false syntax (although the appendix contains such exercises). Aims to make grammar more interesting and student progress more rapid. Preface claims it covers as much material as a two-book course on grammar. Examples of chapters include the following: Objects—Ideas; Analysis and Synthesis; Models for Written Analysis; Diagramming; Oral Parsing Models; Words Misused; Compound Sentences—Classification; Elliptical Sentences—Analysis; Bad Construction Improved; Composition—Subjects. Questions are used at the end of lessons. The book is structured to be progressive and its method inductive. The Schultz Archive copy includes the TOC, the index, a part of the appendix, and roughly forty to fifty pages from various chapters. Some of the pages are difficult to read due to the quality of the copies.
    Creator/Author:
    Conklin, Benjamin Y.
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/22/2020
    Date Created:
    1889
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • The North American Spelling-Book; or The Youth's Instructer in the Art of Spelling and Reading: Methodically Arranged, and Calculated to Lead to a Correct Pronunciation of the English Language

    Document thumbnail: The North American Spelling-Book; or The Youth's Instructer in the Art of Spelling and Reading: Methodically Arranged, and Calculated to Lead to a Correct Pronunciation of the English Language
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    1830 printing. Author is credited as the author of A New and Improved System of Practical Arithmetic. Letter to elementary school teachers states: every elementary book should consist principally of spelling columns, as spelling is the foundation of reading, and that reading lessons should be adapted to children's understanding and progressive improvement. It leaves analysis to grammar texts. The Schultz Archive copy is a selection of roughly sixty pages from the 148 page text.
    Creator/Author:
    Cooper, J. G. (Joab Goldsmith), -1832
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/22/2020
    Date Created:
    1830
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • An Abridgment of Elements of Criticism

    Document thumbnail: An Abridgment of Elements of Criticism
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    Description/Abstract:
    The original was published in 1762. This American edition was based on the 1823 abridgment published in London. An American 19th century abridgment of 18th century textbook on literary criticism by the Scottish Enlightenment scholar Henry Home, Lord Kames. Explores the role of human nature in literary composition and criticism, particularly the emotions and passions. It also covers aesthetic concerns and forms such as beauty, sublimity, risible objects, congruity and propriety, dignity and grace, ridicule, wit, comparisons, narration and description, epic and dramatic composition, and standard of taste. Includes review questions. The Schultz Archive copy includes the TOC, the introduction, and the chapter on narration and description.
    Creator/Author:
    Kames, Henry Home, Lord, 1696-1782
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/29/2020
    Date Created:
    1855
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Outlines of the Art of Expression

    Document thumbnail: Outlines of the Art of Expression
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    Preface dated 1878. Author is credited with a Master of Arts degree and as Professor of Logic, Rhetoric, and English at the University of Rochester. Based on the author's teaching experience, this work supplements students' education in general grammar with teaching of grammar more specific to the English language. It also covers style and figurative language. It is intended for high schools and academies (the author wants students to possess this knowledge before entering college). It also offers advice on how to teach and structure lessons and assignments. The Schultz Archive copy contains the preface and pages 100 – 112, which are from a chapter titled Praxis in Composition.
    Creator/Author:
    Gilmore, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1834-1918
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/23/2020
    Date Created:
    1887
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Principles of English Composition Through Analysis and Synthesis: A Text-Book for the senior Classes of Elementary Schools and for Pupil-Teachers

    Document thumbnail: Principles of English Composition Through Analysis and Synthesis: A Text-Book for the senior Classes of Elementary Schools and for Pupil-Teachers
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    Description/Abstract:
    Printing date obscured. The author is credited as Inspector of Schools. Preface states practice of analyzing/parsing sentences teaches students to decompose sentences, but not to compose, which involves arranging words, phrases, and clauses in their most effective setting. This work teaches analysis for the purpose of synthesis. It also covers equivalent modes of expression, synthesizing examples by well known writers, and the correcting of errors. The parts of the book are: the simple sentences, the complex sentence of two clauses, the compound sentence, and the complex sentence of more than two clauses. The author credits Bain, A. F. Murison, and Dr. Hodgson as influences. The Schultz Archive copy contains only the preface and TOC.
    Creator/Author:
    Goyen, Peter
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/23/2020
    Date Created:
    1894
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • First Lessons in Grammar, Based Upon the Construction and Analysis of Sentences; Designed as an Introduction to the Analysis of Sentences

    Document thumbnail: First Lessons in Grammar, Based Upon the Construction and Analysis of Sentences; Designed as an Introduction to the Analysis of Sentences
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    1848 printing of 1848 copyrighted text. The author is credited with a Master of Arts degree and as Principal of the Phillips Grammar School, Boston. Designed as an introduction to a larger work on the analysis of sentences. Emphasizes simplicity in the presentation and performance over memorization. The work is divided into two parts: formation of words (orthography and etymology) and formation of sentences (rules for construction, models for analyzing and parsing). The author states that sentences have a meaning and a form, a thought and a mode of expression. This leads to exercises on equivalents (equivalent words, phrases, or clauses). Part one is broken into introduction, derivation and composition of words, and parts of speech—inflection. Part two has an unnamed section followed by simple sentences, complex sentences, compound sentences, and prosody. The Schultz Archive copy contains the preface, the TOC, the introduction to part one, and the first section of part two.
    Creator/Author:
    Greene, Samuel Stillman, 1810-1883
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/23/2020
    Date Created:
    1848
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • A Book for New-Hampshire Children, in Familiar Letters From a Father

    Document thumbnail: A Book for New-Hampshire Children, in Familiar Letters From a Father
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    1823 printing of 1823 copyrighted text. A series of at leat thirty letters addressed to children on the subject of the state of New Hampshire. Letters cover geography, history, objects and other concerns of the state. The Schultz Archive copy contains just the preface the full text of one letter.
    Creator/Author:
    Hildreth, Hosea, 1782-1835
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/27/2020
    Date Created:
    1823
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • A Book for Massachusetts Children, In Familiar Letters From a Father, For the Use of Families and Schools

    Document thumbnail: A Book for Massachusetts Children, In Familiar Letters From a Father, For the Use of Families and Schools
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    Description/Abstract:
    1829 printing. A series of fifty letters addressed to children on the subject of the state of Massachusetts. Letters cover counties, wildlife, topography, the principal towns of each county, and Indians. The Schultz Archive copy contains just a few of the letters and some of the pages are difficult to read due to the quality of the copies.
    Creator/Author:
    Hildreth, Hosea, 1782-1835
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/27/2020
    Date Created:
    1829
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • The Foundations of Rhetoric

    Document thumbnail: The Foundations of Rhetoric
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    1893 printing of 1892 copyrighted text. The author is credited as the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory in Harvard University. Preface begins with Swift's definition of good style: proper words in proper places. The author adds a third aim of style: to use no more words than necessary. He calls these three objectives the foundations of rhetoric. Part one is about words and contains two books: words and not words (covering grammar); and words to choose. Part two is about sentences. Book one, sentences good and bad, covers clearness, force, ease, and unity. Book two, sentences to choose, covers long of short sentences, periodic or loose sentences, and principals of choice. Part three is about paragraphs covers characteristics of a good paragraph, sentences in a paragraph, and paragraphs by themselves and in succession. Each lesson begins with an example or examples for the students to use to try and discover the rule. The Schultz Archive copy contain the preface, TOC, and a few pages from part three.
    Creator/Author:
    Hill, Adams Sherman, 1833-1910
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/27/2020
    Date Created:
    1893
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • The Science of Rhetoric: An Introduction to the Laws of Effective Discourse

    Document thumbnail: The Science of Rhetoric: An Introduction to the Laws of Effective Discourse
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    Copyrighted 1877. The author is credited as Professor in the University of Lewisburg. Preface states the book is not an introduction but rather is for advanced class, and it provides a systematic presentation of the laws of discourse. Contrasts itself with one-sided textbooks by Whately, Blair, and Theremin. Author's rhetoric takes logic, aesthetics, and ethics and establishes them in the mind of another. Author regards invention as subject/discipline specific; thus, it cannot be reduced to rule. Disposition/arrangement are also topic specific or form specific or genre specific. Focuses on the laws of mind, the laws of idea, and the law of mental economy (from Spencer). Introduction compares language with other modes of expressions. Laws of mind deals with both the intellect and the feelings, as well as experience and affiliation. The laws of idea deal with objects, notions, time, character, and the modes of discourse. Laws of form deal with plain language, word choice, figurative language, and economy of the feelings. The Schultz Archive copy includes the preface, TOC and pages 74 – 139 of the text.
    Creator/Author:
    Hill, David Jayne, 1850-1932
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/28/2020
    Date Created:
    1877
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0