When we examine in detail the number of dramatic selections in a set of readers, or among the masterpieces sometimes read in the classes below the high school, we shall find a number of purely dramatic works. "The Merchant of Venice" and "Julius Cæsar" are well adapted to seventh and eighth grades, and there are many selections in which the dialogue is an important feature, as in "The Cricket on the Hearth," "King of the Golden River," "Tanglewood Tales," "Lady of the Lake," "Marmion," "Pilgrim's Progress," "Grandfather's Chair," and many others. "The Courtship of Miles Standish" has been published in a form specially adapted for school exhibitions by Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. Longfellow's "Giles Corey of the Salem Farms," in the "Riverside Series," is a drama well suited to sixth grade. The story of "William Tell," derived from Schiller's drama, is adapted to sixth and possibly to fifth grade. Some of the ballads are cast in the form of the dialogue, and can be easily treated so in the school, as "Proud Lady Margaret," "Robin Hood and the Widow's Sons," "King John and the Abbot of Canterbury," and many others. The Robin Hood stories are full of dialogue and could be easily dramatized, and so with "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and others. An examination of our literature from this point of view will discover a strong dramatic element in a large portion of it, and the cultivation of this spirit will qualify the children for a better appreciation of many of the great works. 5. Treatment of the "Odyssey." The "Odyssey" is probably as well known as any masterpiece in the world's literature. For the sake of illustration, therefore, we will enter upon a brief discussion of the mode of handling it as a unit in the school.