Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10: The Guide
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1909]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (138)
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I Introduction
- 1. The Masterpieces
- 2. Arrangement and Grading
- 3. The Studies and Helps
- 4. The Nursery Rhymes
- 5. Discussion of Each Volume
- CHAPTER III Pictures and Their Use
- I. What Should We Notice in a Picture?
- II. Pictures and Their Value in Literature
- III. On the Use of the Pictures in “Journeys”
- CHAPTER IV Telling Stories
- The Fairies of the Caldon-Low
- Little Giffin of Tennessee
- The Ballad of Agincourt
- Hervé Riel
- CHAPTER V Reading and the Building of Character
- I
- II
- III
- Who Stole the Bird’s Nest?
- Lead, Kindly Light
- Poor Richard’s Almanac
- Analysis
- CHAPTER VI Father and Son
- CHAPTER VII Memorizing
- One Hundred Choice Quotations
- (Volume I)
- (Volume II)
- (Volume III)
- (Volume IV)
- (Volume V)
- (Volume VI)
- (Volume VII)
- (Volume VIII)
- (Volume IX)
- CHAPTER VIII How to Read Fiction
- 1. Different Kinds of Literature
- 2. Reading Stories
- A. The Plot
- B. The Persons
- C. The Scenes
- D and E. The Lesson and the Author’s Purpose
- F. The Method and Style of the Author
- G. Emotional Power
- General Principles and Reflections
- Completed Studies The Hare and the Tortoise
- The Fox and the Crow
- The Drummer
- Tom, the Water Baby
- The Passing of Arthur
- CHAPTER IX Close Reading or Study
- Industry and Sloth
- Why the Sea Is Salt
- Faithless Sally Brown
- The Definition of a Gentleman
- Adventures in Lilliput
- The Heart of Bruce
- Annie Laurie
- The Lost Child
- David Crockett in the Creek War
- The Impeachment of Warren Hastings
- From The Death of Caesar
- CHAPTER X Close Reading—(Concluded)
- The Author—Figures of Speech
- Summary
- CHAPTER XI Reading Poetry
- The Brown Thrush
- The Child’s World
- Seven Times One
- The First Snowfall
- The Potato
- Origin of the Opal
- The Barefoot Boy
- The Bugle Song
- The Petrified Fern
- The Forsaken Merman
- The Cloud
- Ode to a Skylark
- CHAPTER XII Reading Aloud
- CHAPTER XIII Literature and Its Forms
- Prose
- Poetry
- The Structure of Poetry
- Kinds of Poetry
- Literature
- CHAPTER XIV Journeys Through Bookland in Its Relation to the School
- Reading and Language
- A. Reading
- B. Language
- 1. Oral Lessons
- 2. Written Lessons
- A. Introduction.
- B. Literature in Written Lessons.
- CHAPTER XV Journeys Through Bookland in Its Relation to the School—(Continued)
- Nature Study
- I.
- A. Seven Long Selections.
- B. Classified Selections
- II
- CHAPTER XVI Journeys Through Bookland in Its Relation to the School—(Continued)
- Geography and History
- CHAPTER XVII Journeys Through Bookland in Its Relation to the High School
- Introduction
- A
- B
- CHAPTER XVIII Recitations and Special Days in School
- CHAPTER XIX Handy List of Studies in Journeys Through Bookland
- Volume One
- Volume Two
- Volume Three
- Volume Four
- Volume Five
- Volume Six
- Volume Seven
- Volume Eight
- Volume Nine
- CHAPTER XX Supplementary Book Lists
- Volume I
- Volume II
- Volume III
- Volume IV
- Volume V
- Volume VI
- Volume VII
- Classified Lists
- Fiction
- Poetry and Drama
- Essays
- Nature
- Biography
- History
- Travel and Geography
- Miscellaneous
- HANDY TABLE OF ENGLISH WRITERS
- HANDY TABLE OF AMERICAN WRITERS
- GENERAL INDEX
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