CAL TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE SECOND BOOK. PAGE. INTRODUCTION to Belles-Lettres. PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON BELLES-LETTRES-Definition ARTICLE III. Of the English Language and Style, of its Peculiarities, and Relative Merit, compared with other Languages; General Rules to be ob- served in an English Composition......... SECTION I. Of the English Language and Style; its ARTICLE II.-Praxis of writing a Historical Narration. 108 ARTICLE III.-Of History in particular: its Definition, Part I. Criterions for the Writer of History....... 116 ARTICLE II. Of the Particular Qualities of the Epic Poem: and of some inferior species called, also CALIFON PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON BELLES-LETTRES. DEFINITION AND DIVISION OF THE SUBJECTS, AND SPECIES OF LITERARY COMPOSITION: THEIR NAMES. 1. Thus far, we have treated of the Elements of Composition, to wit: of Sentences and Periods, of their formation, amplification and punctuation. NOTE. In this and the following book designed for high schools, the short answers at the end of each page have been purposely omitted, and questions only placed, with numbers referring to the paragraphs of the text, where the pupil will find the requisite answer. This system of allowing the student who has reached the high school, to exercise, in part at least, his judgment in answering a question, is eminently useful, as well as necessary. For, as in the natural growth of the body, when a person has attained a certain age and strength, he is no longer led by the hand; so, in the educational course, when a student has acquired a certain maturity and strength of thought, he should no longer be guided by a rigid catechetical method of fixed questions and answers. QUESTIONS. (1.) Of what have we treated so far? |