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…

THIS ADVANCED MODERN PERSIAN READER IS DESIGNED TO FAMILIARIZE ENGLISH-SPEAKING STUDENTS OF PERSIAN WITH CONTEMPORARY PERSIAN WRITING. IT ASSUMES A COMMAND OF THE CONTENTS OF THE ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE VOLUMES IN THE SAME SERIES (OR THE EQUIVALENT), ALTHOUGH NO SYSTEMATIC "GRADING" HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE THREE VOLUMES. THE FIRST…

Presents excerpts from the speeches and writings of Abraham Lincoln (e.g., various speeches that addressed slavery, a speech on democracy as a universal ideal, and the Gettysburg Address) to show how he evoked a vision of a United States that has inspired, shaped, and defined the country ever since. (SM)

Article provided examples of Surrealistic poetry and prose. (RK)

THIS IS THE INTERMEDIATE VOLUME OF THREE PERSIAN READERS. IT ASSUMES A COMMAND OF THE CONTENTS OF THE ELEMENTARY VOLUME OR EQUIVALENT STUDY IN WRITTEN PERSIAN. UNLIKE THE ELEMENTARY READER, THE USE OF A PHONEMIC TRANSCRIPTION IS LIMITED TO THE "NOTES AND GLOSSARY" SECTION WHICH ACCOMPANIES EACH READING, AND THE EXERCISES AND DRILLS 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)

Three papers facetiously dealing with college administration. These papers are part of a book by the above named author, a professor at New York University. (MF)

In this essay, the author asks, "What can the romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley teach us about arts education today?" In Shelley's time, no one was yet worried about improving math, reading, or SAT scores. Nevertheless, there was an implication in the rise of the sciences that educators were even then beginning to confront: What, some…

This is the preliminary draft of a planned "Introduction to Modern Arabic Prose Literature," the completed text of which "would offer basic biographical and bibliographical impressions, rather than extensive treatments, of the major figures in Arabic prose in the 19th and 20th centuries, along with concise assessments of their ranges of interests…

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.