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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10, by Charles Herbert Sylvester
E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Julia Miller, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net)
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I Introduction
CHAPTER II Journeys Through Bookland—Its Contents And Plan
- 1. The Masterpieces
- 2. Arrangement and Grading
- 3. The Studies and Helps
- 4. The Nursery Rhymes
- 5. Discussion of Each Volume
CHAPTER III Pictures and Their Use
- I. What Should We Notice in a Picture?
- II. Pictures and Their Value in Literature
- III. On the Use of the Pictures in “Journeys”
CHAPTER IV Telling Stories
- The Fairies of the Caldon-Low
- Little Giffin of Tennessee
- The Ballad of Agincourt
- Hervé Riel
CHAPTER V Reading and the Building of Character
- I
- II
- III
- Who Stole the Bird’s Nest?
- Lead, Kindly Light
- Poor Richard’s Almanac
- Analysis
CHAPTER VI Father and Son
CHAPTER VII Memorizing
- One Hundred Choice Quotations
  - (Volume I)
  - (Volume II)
  - (Volume III)
  - (Volume IV)
  - (Volume V)
  - (Volume VI)
  - (Volume VII)
  - (Volume VIII)
  - (Volume IX)
- (Volume I)
- (Volume II)
- (Volume III)
- (Volume IV)
- (Volume V)
- (Volume VI)
- (Volume VII)
- (Volume VIII)
- (Volume IX)
CHAPTER VIII How to Read Fiction
- 1. Different Kinds of Literature
- 2. Reading Stories
- A. The Plot
- B. The Persons
- C. The Scenes
- D and E. The Lesson and the Author’s Purpose
- F. The Method and Style of the Author
- G. Emotional Power
- General Principles and Reflections
- Completed Studies
- The Hare and the Tortoise
- The Fox and the Crow
- The Drummer
- Tom, the Water Baby
- The Passing of Arthur
CHAPTER IX Close Reading or Study
- Industry and Sloth
- Why the Sea Is Salt
- Faithless Sally Brown
- The Definition of a Gentleman
- Adventures in Lilliput
- The Heart of Bruce
- Annie Laurie
- The Lost Child
- David Crockett in the Creek War
- The Impeachment of Warren Hastings
- From The Death of Caesar
CHAPTER X Close Reading—(Concluded)
- The Author—Figures of Speech
- Summary
CHAPTER XI Reading Poetry
- The Brown Thrush
- The Child’s World
- Seven Times One
- The First Snowfall
- The Potato
- Origin of the Opal
- The Barefoot Boy
- The Bugle Song
- The Petrified Fern
- The Forsaken Merman
- The Cloud
- Ode to a Skylark
CHAPTER XII Reading Aloud
CHAPTER XIII Literature and Its Forms
- Prose
- Poetry
- The Structure of Poetry
- Kinds of Poetry
- Literature
CHAPTER XIV Journeys Through Bookland in Its Relation to the School
- Reading and Language
- A. Reading
- B. Language
- 1. Oral Lessons
- 2. Written Lessons
  - A. Introduction.
  - B. Literature in Written Lessons.
- A. Introduction.
- B. Literature in Written Lessons.
CHAPTER XV Journeys Through Bookland in Its Relation to the School—(Continued)
- Nature Study
- I.
  - A. Seven Long Selections.
  - B. Classified Selections
- A. Seven Long Selections.
- B. Classified Selections
- II
CHAPTER XVI Journeys Through Bookland in Its Relation to the School—(Continued)
- Geography and History
CHAPTER XVII Journeys Through Bookland in Its Relation to the High School
- Introduction
- A
- B
CHAPTER XVIII Recitations and Special Days in School
CHAPTER XIX Handy List of Studies in Journeys Through Bookland
- Volume One
- Volume Two
- Volume Three
- Volume Four
- Volume Five
- Volume Six
- Volume Seven
- Volume Eight
- Volume Nine
CHAPTER XX Supplementary Book Lists
- Volume I
- Volume II
- Volume III
- Volume IV
- Volume V
- Volume VI
- Volume VII
- Classified Lists
  - Fiction
  - Poetry and Drama
  - Essays
  - Nature
  - Biography
  - History
  - Travel and Geography
  - Miscellaneous
- Fiction
- Poetry and Drama
- Essays
- Nature
- Biography
- History
- Travel and Geography
- Miscellaneous
HANDY TABLE OF ENGLISH WRITERS
HANDY TABLE OF AMERICAN WRITERS
GENERAL INDEX