gained these Ends?

SENTENCES, WORDS, ARGUMENT.

Composition.

_Sentences_ (pp. 200-234).

I. Definition and Classification.
II. Principles of Structure.
a. Unity.
b. Mass.
1. Prominent Positions in a Sentence.
2. Periodic Sentences.
3. Loose Sentences.
c. Coherence.
1. Parallel Constructions.
2. Connectives.

_Words_ (pp. 235-256).

Reputable Words.
Latin or Saxon Words.
General or Specific.
Figures of Speech.
The One Rule for the Use of Words.

_Narration and Description Reviewed._

_Exposition Reviewed._

Literature.

_Argument_ (pp. 128-150).

I. Kinds of Argument.
II. Order of Arguments.
III. Refutation.

Sir Roger de Coverley Papers. _Addison._

The Vicar of Wakefield. _Goldsmith._

Silas Marner. _Eliot._

Ivanhoe. _Scott._

Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
_Shakespeare._

Conciliation with the Colonies. _Burke._

COMPOSITION.

In the last year of the course, the compositions should be such as
will test the maturer powers of the pupil. They should be written
under the careful supervision of the teacher. They should be of all
forms of discourse, and the subjects should be drawn from the subjects
of study in the high school, especially from the literature.

LITERATURE.

_Difficult Selections._

L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas. _Milton._

Paradise Lost. Two Books. _Milton._

Essay on Burns. _Carlyle._

In Memoriam, The Princess, and other Poems. _Tennyson._

Selections. _Browning._

Selections. _Emerson._

A History of English Literature

* * * * *

ENGLISH:

COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE

CHAPTER I

FORMS OF DISCOURSE

Composition.

Composition, from the Latin words _con,_ meaning together, and
_ponere,_ meaning to place, signifies a placing together, a grouping
or arrangement of objects or of ideas. This arrangement is generally
made so that it will produce a desired result. Speaking accurately,
the puttin