Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10: The Guide
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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
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