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1896 printing of 1896 copyrighted text. Author is credited as Teacher of English in Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. The book is a collection of speeches presented at the Brooklyn Teachers' Association on the subject of elementary composition. Chapter 1, A Word to the Reader, states the author believes composition may include speaking as well as writing and work by a community as well as work by individuals. It also voices concern about composition teaching that invents a barrier of formulas and conventionality. Chapters cover letter-writing, story-telling, word-collecting, descriptions, the simile and personification, elaboration of sentences into paragraphs, outlining compositions, criticism and other various topics. The Schultz Archive copy is roughly the complete 114 page text.

Creator

• Spalding, Elizabeth H.

License

• Public Domain Mark 1.0

Subject

• The Lucille M. Schultz 19th Century Composition Archive
• Studies in Education

Time Period

• 1890 – 1899

Submitter

Russel Durst

College

• Arts and Sciences

Department

• English & Comparative Literature

Date Created

• 1896

Publisher

• D.C. Heath and Company

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• The Lucille M. Schultz 19th Century Composition Archive

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