Spanish Composition

BY EDITH J. BROOMHALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA
ALLYN and BACON BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY EDITH J. BROOMHALL.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
This book aims to teach Spanish idiom. The greatest hindrance to the use of idiomatic Spanish lies in the failure to realize that common English words have various Spanish meanings.
To meet this difficulty, the notes and exercises of Spanish Composition are focused on the errors beginners most frequently make. For instance, attention is drawn to the fact that words like up , down , out , in , away are usually included in the Spanish verb, which is often entirely different from the English expression. Thus, while to get is obtener , to get up is levantarse .
Of course the treatment cannot be exhaustive, but enough examples are given to show the pupil the necessity of thinking before translating even the commonest words and phrases. The aim has been to give a simple and specific discussion of everyday expressions rather than to try to cover the entire field of Spanish idiom.
About two hundred and fifty quotations from famous Spanish authors illustrate the various idioms and acquaint the learner with the great names of Spanish literature.
I wish to express my hearty thanks to Dr. Harry Kurz of Carleton College, and to my colleagues in the Minneapolis High Schools, Señor Fernando García and Señor Julius Arrieta, who have read the work either in manuscript or in proof.
Edith J. Broomhall.
Central High School, Minneapolis, Minnesota. January, 1921.