BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1906
COPYRIGHT 1906 BY ARLO BATES
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published October 1906
These Talks are founded upon lectures delivered before the SummerSchool of the University of Illinois in June, 1905. The interest whichwas shown in the subject and in the views expressed encouraged me tostate rather more elaborately and in book form what I felt in regard toa matter which is certainly of great importance, and concerning whichso many teachers are in doubt. I wish here to express my obligation toAssistant-Professor Henry G. Pearson, who has very kindly gone over themanuscript, and to whom I am indebted for suggestions of great value.
I. | THE PROBLEM | 1 |
II. | THE CONDITIONS | 11 |
III. | SOME DIFFICULTIES | 28 |
IV. | OTHER OBSTACLES | 39 |
V. | FOUNDATIONS OF WORK | 61 |
VI. | PRELIMINARY WORK | 74 |
VII. | THE INSPIRATIONAL USE OF LITERATURE | 88 |
VIII. | AN ILLUSTRATION | 96 |
IX. | EDUCATIONAL | 109 |
X. | EXAMINATIONAL | 121 |
XI. | THE STUDY OF PROSE | 136 |