sents a vivid picture of Cecil Rhodes in
spite of the fact that it is not well organized. Try the
experiment of rewriting it according to this plan:
Par. I--Introduction, or Bridge; Par. II--Rhodes's Services to
Mankind; Par. III--Rhodes's Faults; Par. IV--Rhodes's Private
Life.

9. Find in the model an example of alliteration and an example of
antithesis.

10. Explain the allusions in "Clive," "Julius Caesar," "buccaneer,"
"Jameson Raid," "Kruger," "Boer War," and "Oxford."

11. Define "financier," "nefarious," "politician," "notorious,"
"ambition," and "omnivorous." From what language do these words
come?

12. Analyze Model III as I and II have already been analyzed for
you.

13. Find in III an antithesis and an alliteration.

14. Which of the books do you wish most to read? Why?

15. Do these models observe the law of presenting concrete rather
than abstract statements?

16. Make a list of the books you have read, putting in one column
the books of travel, into another the biographies, and into a
third the novels.

17. Choose one of these as the subject of a review which you are to
write.

IV. Oral Composition

In preparing for this observe the following points:

(a) Remember that your main purpose is to persuade others to read
the book.

(b) In your first paragraph make a bridge from the minds of your
audience to the book.

(c) In the body of your review describe concretely the one most
interesting feature of the work.

(d) In your last paragraph restate the idea of the first but do
it in some other form.

V. Written Composition

Concentrate your attention on perfection of sentence structure.

VI. Suggested Time Schedule

_Week I_ _Week II_

_Monday_ --Dictation Oral Composition.
_Tuesday_ --Dictation. Oral Composition.
_Wednesday_--Notes, Queries, Exercises. Written Composition.
_Thursday_ --Notes, Queries, Exercises. Revision.
_Friday_ --Speaking. Program.

VII. Suggested Reading

1. Macaulay's _Frederic the Great_, _Clive_, and _Hastings_.
2. Mark Twain's _Roughing It_.
3. Scott's _Ivanhoe_.

VIII. Memorize

GUILIELMUS REX

The folk who lived in Shakespeare's day
And saw that gentle figure pass
By London Bridge, his frequent way--
They little knew wh