In Part I of this book the author introduces the student to more than twenty standard English classics, giving in connection with each a brief explanatory introduction, suggestions for study and topics for oral and written discussion. These classics are grouped with respect to the different types of literature which they represent,——epic, drama, essay, novel, etc., and there is a brief exposition of the type. The result is that in the mind of the reader the individual masterpiece and the type with its characteristics are inseparably connected. Part II consists of a brief but masterly survey of English literature. The book as a whole serves to systematize and unify the study of secondary school literature,——a most desirable end. Professor E. A. Cross, State Teachers College, Greeley, Colo. “It meets with my heartiest approval. It is brief, considers all the writers high school students need to know, touches the interesting features in the lives and works of these men,——about all you could want it to do.” Mr. John B. Opdycke, English Department of the High School of Commerce, New York City. “I like it very much indeed. It has just enough in its review of the history of English literature, and its treatment of the classics is restrained and dignified. So far as I have seen, this is the only book that combines the two in one volume. I am all against the use of an abstract History of English Literature in the high school and I am all in favor of putting into the hands of the students some book that analyzes classics fully and yet with restraint. This book seems to have combined the two in just the right proportions and treated them in just the right manner.” THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Publishers 64-66 Fifth Ave. New York City Boston Chicago Atlanta Dallas San Francisco * * * * * FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: TEACHER’S NOTE.——The term “foodstuff” is used in place of “food principle,” as being the later and better term.] [Footnote 2: This is the “greater calorie” or “kilogram calorie,” and is written Calorie to distinguish it from the “lesser calorie” or “gram calorie,” largely used in physics and chemistry.] [Footnote 3: TEACHER’S NOTE.——The machines operating with a crank are examples of the “wheel and axle,” or the windlass, or both. The mechanical advantage can be worked out mathematically,——a good problem for the physics or mathematics class. See “Household Physics,” C. J. Lynde.] [Footnote 4: TEACHER’S NOTE.——A good way to study utensils is to begin with the school kitchen equipment. Utensils for the home kitchen can be listed in the notebook, as these are used in the school kitchen, having the list grow by degrees throughout the year. For reference, have a price list and illustrated catalogue from some good firm.]