In this textbook an attempt has been made to bring together as much, and as great a variety, of choice literature as a book of this size could contain. Great care has been taken to secure pieces of positive merit in all respects, and to admit only such. This textbook is intended to furnish the higher classes in schools with a pleasing variety of…

It was not until the turn of the twelfth century that a debate arose in which the relative merits of poetry and prose for the expression of historical truth were weighed. Poetry was found lacking and prose acknowledged as the only proper language of historical truth in the Middle Ages. (RM)

This textbook is a fourth reader for Australian pupils. Selections include poetry and prose, with an appendix of roots and derivations to help introduce new words to pupils.

A personal appreciation of I. A. Richards as a teacher of poetry at Harvard in the 1950s, written by one of his students. (SJL)

This textbook is an advanced poetry and prose reader. Writings by authors such as Hans Christian Andersen, Thomas Carlyle, George Elliot, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Francis Scott Key, Thomas Moore, Sir Walter Scott, Walt Whitman, and Samuel Woodworth are presented. Ballads and parables are also included.

This exhibit guide describes an exhibition of African folk arts produced by seasonal migrant farmworkers in western New York State. Workers come from the American South, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica. The exhibition pieces were collected through the BOCES Geneseo Migrant Center's Folk Arts Program and Creative Artists Migrant Program Services…

This textbook provides course content in elocution with reading exercises. In the selection of articles for Reading Exercises, great care has been taken to present a variety of style and subject, to attract by interest of matter, to elevate by purity and delicacy of sentiment, and especially to furnish the mind with valuable information, and to…

This textbook is sixth in a series of readers. Selections include essays, short stories, and poems related to American history and culture. [This textbook was written with the assistance of May Harris. Note: Page iii is missing from the full text. For Book Five, see ED622332.]

In this chronology of the work of Owen Dodson, former chairman of the Department of Drama at Howard University, a biographical portrait and a listing of his many literary works is provided. (RLV)

Reviews the life and poetry of Anne Spencer, one of the "lost" poets of the Harlem Renaissance. Discusses her varied and effective use of imagery and examines the Black and feminist perspectives of her work. (FMW)

Concludes that Plato's success in arguing that philosophy relieves poetry of the task of education makes it possible for us to see that art should not be judged in terms of its success in imparting morals or that morality should be forsaken for art, but that the two can coexist in the same world without the need for censorship. (JDH)

This textbook is a fourth reader that uses supplementary reading, memory exercises, exercises in oral and written expression, vocal training, and phonic analysis. Poetry, prose, and biographies are included.

This document contains issues of "Teachers Magazine" from September 1914 to June 1915, published monthly except for July and August. Issues typically include sections with music, plays, songs, poems, and games; a calendar for the month; monthly plans; and sections on picture study; current-events classroom talks; grade work; books; and…

This document contains monthly issues of "Teachers Magazine" from September 1906 to June 1907. Issues typically include sections with music, plays, songs, poems, and games; a calendar for the month; monthly plans; and sections on picture study; current-events classroom talks; grade work; books; and miscellaneous topics. [This volume was…

This document contains issues of "Teachers Magazine" from September 1910 to June 1911, published monthly except July and August. Issues typically include sections with music, plays, songs, poems, and games; a calendar for the month; monthly plans; and sections on picture study; current-events classroom talks; grade work; books; and…