[Gutenberg 24857] • Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10: The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

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)

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.

CHAPTER XV Journeys Through Bookland in Its Relation to the School—(Continued)

Nature Study I.

A. Seven Long Selections. B. Classified Selections

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

HANDY TABLE OF ENGLISH WRITERS HANDY TABLE OF AMERICAN WRITERS GENERAL INDEX