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- 1894 printing of the 1893 copyrighted text. The author is credited as Professor of Rhetoric in Amherst College and as the author of two other texts on rhetoric. The preface explains that the book is meant to provide the necessary rhetorical theory and to accompany every step with critical and constructive written exercises in a progressive and systematic order. The theory is given as a list of rules, each accompanied by a paragraph of explanation and illustrative examples (the rules are positive expressions of principle rather than a series of don'ts). The exercises are novel according to the author and are based in groups of rules rather than individual ones, and they include compositions (on familiar topics) to be rewritten and sentences to be amended in a creative, problem-solving manner rather than corrective. The appendix has a digest of rules and a glossary of words and forms. The book is organized into two parts. Part One is Mastery of Materials and includes chapters on choice of words, phraseology, and special objects in style. Part Two is Organization of Materials and includes chapters on the sentence, the paragraph, and the whole composition. The Schultz Archive copy is roughly the complete text.
- Creator/Author:
- Genung, John Franklin, 1850-1919
- Submitter:
- Russel Durst
- Date Uploaded:
- 05/18/2016
- Date Modified:
- 07/03/2019
- Date Created:
- 1894
- License:
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
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- Type:
- Document
- Description/Abstract:
- 1915 copyrighted text. Genung is credited as the author of Outlines of Rhetoric, etc. Hanson is credited as the author of Two Years' Course in English Composition. The preface boasts a motto of "a minimum of theory and a maximum of the kind of practice that brings good results." The book is organized into three parts: elementary work, on how to approach any subject; rhetorical effectiveness, on style, figures of speech, and sentence and paragraph structure; kinds of composition, on different kinds of correspondence, and the modes of narration, description, exposition, and with a considerable emphasis on argument. Models of good writing are meant to be approachable ideals, exercises are used throughout and based on the practices of known writers, and oral composition is given attention as a step in the composing process.The Schultz Archive's copy is incomplete: It contains up to page 40, and roughly 192 to 353, and appendix II, pages 360 - 365.
- Creator/Author:
- Hanson, Charles Lane and Genung, John Franklin, 1850-1919
- Submitter:
- Russel Durst
- Date Uploaded:
- 05/18/2016
- Date Modified:
- 07/03/2019
- Date Created:
- 1915
- License:
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
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- Type:
- Document
- Description/Abstract:
- 1890 printing of the 1886 copyrighted text. The author is credited as Professor of Rhetoric in Amherst College. The book's preface emphasizes the practical, being those elements that may be applied to the construction of literature and can be taught. It must be taught as mechanism and through its effects in the concrete. The introduction further explains that rhetoric is adaptation, a science and an art, and that the text will deal with it in two main topics: style, which deals with the expression of discourse, and invention, which deals with the thought. The style section of the book has chapters on diction, figures of speech, and composition. The invention section has chapters on mental aptitudes and habits, general processes in the ordering of material, reproduction of the thought of others, invention deal with observed objects (description), invention dealing with events (narration), invention dealing with generalizations (exposition), invention dealing with truths (argumentation), and invention dealing with practical issues (persuasion). The introduction credits the influence of Campbell. The rules are accompanied with illustrative examples from notable writers. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text. A few pages cut off the edges of the text.
- Creator/Author:
- Genung, John Franklin, 1850-1919
- Submitter:
- Russel Durst
- Date Uploaded:
- 05/18/2016
- Date Modified:
- 07/03/2019
- Date Created:
- 1890
- License:
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
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- Type:
- Document
- Description/Abstract:
- No printing date given. Copyrighted 1871. The author is credited for authoring a number of other books on various subjects. Although the preface argues thought is the seed of composition, the writer must also first conquer/study spelling, grammar, punctuation, style, and clearness of expression before writing an acceptable composition. The two most important points in preparation are the proper formation of ideas and their correct arrangement. The book provides a long list of themes/topics for a composition, with each being broken into several sections for elaboration and discussion. Some themes/topics are given introductions and conclusions. Others contain probing questions, sample quotations for evidence, or claims for further exploration. A few are more complete, brief compositions for study and imitation. Topics/themes include politeness, umbrellas, letter on business, and the cowardice of crime. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text, but many pages are blurred close to spine, making them either difficult or impossible to read in their entirety.
- Creator/Author:
- Frost, S. Annie (Sarah Annie)
- Submitter:
- Russel Durst
- Date Uploaded:
- 05/18/2016
- Date Modified:
- 06/12/2019
- Date Created:
- 1871
- License:
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
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- Type:
- Document
- Description/Abstract:
- 1842 printing of the 1842 copyrighted text. The author is credited with a Master of Arts degree and as Professor of Belles Lettres in the High School of Philadelphia. Seeks to address the insufficiency in teaching grammar through parsing alone. It maintains the common forms of classification, but treats orthography more fully than usual, shortens the section on construction, expands the rules of arrangement, and uses oral and written exercises. Derivation has been moved to the appendix. Although it maintains much of Lowth and Murray, the work credits the heavy influence of M'Culloch. The work includes pictorial illustrations, especially in the sections of writing exercises. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
- Creator/Author:
- Frost, John, 1800-1859
- Submitter:
- Russel Durst
- Date Uploaded:
- 05/18/2016
- Date Modified:
- 07/02/2019
- Date Created:
- 1842
- License:
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
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- Type:
- Document
- Description/Abstract:
- The printing is indeterminable from the copy. The text was copyrighted in 1828. The author is credited as the Principal of the Mayhew Grammar School in Boston. The text simplifies the principles of grammar for younger pupils and asks them apply those principals in series of progressive exercises in parsing. Organized by the four divisions: orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody. It also includes a series of exercises in false grammar at the end. The Schultz Archive copy is roughly the complete text, but the original was apparently water damaged, such that throughout the text the bottom corners are dark and may be difficult or impossible to read.
- Creator/Author:
- Frost, John, 1800-1859
- Submitter:
- Russel Durst
- Date Uploaded:
- 05/18/2016
- Date Modified:
- 07/02/2019
- Date Created:
- 1828
- License:
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
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- Type:
- Document
- Description/Abstract:
- 1839 printing, the second edition - stereotyped, copyrighted 1839. The author has a Master of Arts degree and is credited at Professor of Belles Lettres in the High School of Philadelphia. Conceived as an alternative to texts which teach composition through an emphasis on words and phrases and neglect things, which form the substratum of thought. The text is a course of composition exercises on pictures and real objects. The first edition of 3,000 copies sold out, prompting a second edition which included additions of pictures and a section on dialogue writing. The work has three sections: Introductory Course of Easy Exercises, Structure of Sentences, and Figurative Language. The first section covers description of objects and scenes, subjects for description and narration, and narration of real and imaginary incidents. The second section covers parts of speech and exercises in composition focusing on qualities of style such as clearness, precision, strength, unity, and harmony. The book features many heavily detailed pictorial illustrations. The Schultz Archive copy is roughly the complete text.
- Creator/Author:
- Frost, John, 1800-1859
- Submitter:
- Russel Durst
- Date Uploaded:
- 05/18/2016
- Date Modified:
- 06/12/2019
- Date Created:
- 1839
- License:
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
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- Type:
- Document
- Description/Abstract:
- 1828 printing, the second edition, copyrighted 1827. Short book focusing on exercises etymological and syntactical parsing that grow in difficulty over each chapter. The work attempts to make the study of English grammar easier through classification of the forms of English construction. It is to be used after students have committed the rules of grammar to memory. There are forty lessons in all. Some use quotations by distinguished authors. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
- Creator/Author:
- Frost, John, 1800-1859
- Submitter:
- Russel Durst
- Date Uploaded:
- 05/18/2016
- Date Modified:
- 06/12/2019
- Date Created:
- 1828
- License:
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
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- Type:
- Document
- Description/Abstract:
- 1839 printing, copyrighted 1839. The author has a Master of Arts degree and is credited at Professor of Belles Lettres in the High School of Philadelphia. Conceived as an alternative to texts which teach composition through an emphasis on words and phrases and neglect things, which form the substratum of thought. The text is a course of composition exercises on pictures and real objects. The work has three sections: Introductory Course of Easy Exercises, Structure of Sentences, and Figurative Language. The first section covers description of objects and scenes, subjects for description and narration, and narration of real and imaginary incidents. The second section covers parts of speech and exercises in composition focusing on qualities of style such as clearness, precision, strength, unity, and harmony. The book features many heavily detailed pictorial illustrations. The Schultz Archive copy is roughly the complete text.
- Creator/Author:
- Frost, John, 1800-1859
- Submitter:
- Russel Durst
- Date Uploaded:
- 05/18/2016
- Date Modified:
- 06/12/2019
- Date Created:
- 1839
- License:
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
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- Type:
- Document
- Description/Abstract:
- 1835 printing (third edition) of the 1835 copyrighted text. Frost is credited as the editor. This is an American edition of the English book Lessons on Objects, published by teachers of the Pestalozzian school. In this edition hard and Latinized words have been replaced with common ones. Objects are broken down into parts and qualities. Certain lessons are written as dialogues between children and the teacher. The investigation of the objects at the center of these lessons increases in complexity as the lessons progress. Later lessons are written in full paragraphs or as a series of questions. Some of the objects or scenes are illustrated by the wood cut engravings. The book is sectioned into five series, the last two are further separated into subsections such as "on the senses" or "on the metals." The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text. Some of the pages are dark and may be difficult to read.
- Creator/Author:
- Frost, John, 1800-1859
- Submitter:
- Russel Durst
- Date Uploaded:
- 05/18/2016
- Date Modified:
- 06/12/2019
- Date Created:
- 1835
- License:
- Public Domain Mark 1.0