This textbook is an eighth-year reader. The book stresses cultivating literary judgement to pave the way for supplementary reading. Writings by authors such as Thomas De Quincey, William Wordsworth, Charlotte Bronte, John Greenleaf Whittier, Ben Jonson, Charles and Mary Lamb, William Shakespeare, Alfred Tennyson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry…

This textbook is an eighth-grade course in arithmetic. This book completes the ordinary grammar school course in arithmetic, and covers all the work not included in the preceding books of this series. It is suggested, however, that, in places where there are nine grades, some topics should be omitted from the eighth grade and presented in the…

This textbook is for use in an eighth-grade English course. It serves as a brief course in live, practical grammar, intended primarily for use in the grammar grades or junior high school. The subject is divided into three main parts as follows: (1) studies in Sentence Structure, applied through exercises in sentence building; (2) the Parts of…

The purpose of this book is to set forth the elements of English grammar in their relation to thought and the expression of thought. This object has been the guiding principle in the selection of material, in the treatment of forms and constructions, and in the fashioning of the very numerous illustrative exercises. The Introduction explains in…

This textbook aims to set forth the elements of English grammar in their relation to thought and the expression of thought. This object has been the guiding principle in the selection and arrangement of material, in the treatment of forms and constructions, and in the fashioning of the very numerous illustrative exercises. The Introduction…

Intended to increase reading motivation in students, this book features tales of ghosts and poltergeists. The tales range from the legendary to the contemporary. These accounts of ghost stories in the book provide subject matter for thoughtful interpretation and discussion, while challenging students in four critical reading categories: main idea,…

This workbook is one of a series that provides students with examples of location skills, organizational skills, interpretation skills, retention skills, test-taking skills, rate skills, and study strategies. Location skills include locating general reference sources and reviewing the card catalog system and the Dewey decimal system.…