Journeys Through Bookland (Guide)A collection of various pieces of poetry and prose. |
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... never thought of Humpty as an egg . What answer would you give to the question , Who was Taffy ( page 51 ) ? For similar rid- dles , see Nancy Netticoat ( Volume I , page 105 ) , The Andiron ( page 176 ) and St. Ives ( page 210 ) . II ...
... never thought of Humpty as an egg . What answer would you give to the question , Who was Taffy ( page 51 ) ? For similar rid- dles , see Nancy Netticoat ( Volume I , page 105 ) , The Andiron ( page 176 ) and St. Ives ( page 210 ) . II ...
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... never thought could be expressed with a paint - brush ; third , it is well composed , and a landscape requires compo- sition as well as a figure piece ; fourth , ' values ' are well maintained , its qualities good , its poetic feeling ...
... never thought could be expressed with a paint - brush ; third , it is well composed , and a landscape requires compo- sition as well as a figure piece ; fourth , ' values ' are well maintained , its qualities good , its poetic feeling ...
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... never been seen by him . Gradually through such pictures he is led to seek an ideal beauty in the real world . He also becomes able not only to appreciate the poetic rendering of this expression of the ideal but is capable of forming ...
... never been seen by him . Gradually through such pictures he is led to seek an ideal beauty in the real world . He also becomes able not only to appreciate the poetic rendering of this expression of the ideal but is capable of forming ...
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... never really know ; perhaps their little feet were encased in moccasins , or they may have been bare and ornamented with rings : what we do know is that Jack broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after . So we will give the artists all ...
... never really know ; perhaps their little feet were encased in moccasins , or they may have been bare and ornamented with rings : what we do know is that Jack broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after . So we will give the artists all ...
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... never wearies of our oldest poem , Beowulf , while Alice wants only Cinderella , or at most Bluebeard . It is nothing less than cruelty to fill the imaginations of sensi- tive children with deeds of violence and tales of sadness and woe ...
... never wearies of our oldest poem , Beowulf , while Alice wants only Cinderella , or at most Bluebeard . It is nothing less than cruelty to fill the imaginations of sensi- tive children with deeds of violence and tales of sadness and woe ...
Contents
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READING AND THE BUILDING OF CHARACTER | 98 |
GROUP THREE | 100 |
FATHER AND SON | 121 |
GROUP SEVEN | 294 |
CLOSE READING Concluded | 317 |
READING POETRY | 335 |
GROUP EIGHT | 342 |
READING ALOUD | 378 |
JOURNEYS IN ITS RELATION TO THE SCHOOLREADING | 384 |
GROUP NINE | 406 |
JOURNEYS IN ITS RELATION TO THE SCHOOLNATURE | 422 |
MEMORIZING | 144 |
GROUP FOUR | 148 |
LITERATURE AND ITS FORMS | 160 |
HOW TO READ FICTION | 191 |
GROUP FIVE | 198 |
GROUP SIX | 246 |
CLOSE READING OR STUDY | 282 |
JOURNEYS IN ITS RELATION TO THE SCHOOLGEOGRAPHY | 444 |
GROUP TEN | 454 |
JOURNEYS IN ITS RELATION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL | 471 |
RECITATIONS AND SPECIAL DAYS IN SCHOOL | 483 |
SUPPLEMENTARY BOOK Lists | 489 |
HANDY LIST OF THE STUDIES IN JOURNEYS THROUGH | 507 |
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