Material for Summary, Abstract, Abridgment
Narration
1. Personal Contests:—Spartacus and Hermann, A. J. Church: Two Thousand Years Ago, p. 31 ff. Christian and Apollyon, Bunyan: Pilgrim’s Progress, Fourth Stage. Archery, Scott: Ivanhoe, xiii. David and Goliath, I Samuel xvii. Nickleby and Squeers, Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby, xiii. The Boat Race, Hughes: Tom Brown at Oxford. Siege of the Round House, Stevenson: Kidnapped, x. The Three-Handed Duel, Marryat: Midshipman Easy. The Tournament, Scott: Ivanhoe, xii.
2. Narrative chapters from: Aldrich: Story of a Bad Boy. Burnett: The One I Knew the Best of All. Hale: A New England Boyhood. Larcom: A New England Girlhood. Howells: My Year in a Log Cabin. Warner: Being a Boy.
3. Stories.—Hawthorne: The Snow Image; The Great Stone Face; Ethan Brand; Legends of the Province House; The Great Carbuncle; David Swan; The Vision of the Fountain; Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment; The Artist of the Beautiful.
Wilkins: A Humble Romance; The Bar Lighthouse; A Lover of Flowers; Gentian; A Conflict Ended; A Village Singer; Sister Liddy; A Gala Dress; A Village Lear; The Revolt of Mother.
Sir Roger de Coverley Papers: Spectators No. 110, 112, 113, 116, 118, 122, 123, 132, 269, 329, 335, 359, 383, 517.
4. History.—Green: History of the English People. Bæda, vol. i., ch. 2, pp. 64-67. Hastings, vol. i., ch. 4, pp. 113-114. Rising of baronage, B. iii., ch. 1, pp. 240-244. Calais, B. iv., ch. 2, pp. 422-425. Armada, B. vi., ch. 6, pp. 444-446. Return of Napoleon; Waterloo, B. ix., ch. 5, pp. 385-389.
McMasters: History of the People of the United States. Marietta, vol. i., 513-515. Death of Hamilton, vol. iii., 52-53. Leopard and Chesapeake, vol. iii., 258-259. Monroe’s journey, vol. iv., 377-380.
Fiske: Critical Period of American History. The Continental Congress, vol. i., ch. 3. Valley Forge, vol. ii., ch. 9.
Rolfe, W. J.: Tales from English History in Prose and Verse.
Yonge: Book of Golden Deeds.
Description
1. Schools.—See The Schoolmaster in Literature. (American Book Co.)
2. Towns.—Hale: Seven Spanish Cities. Howells: Three Villages; A Boy’s Town. Stedman: New York City (St. Nicholas, 20:403, ’93). Stockton: St. Augustine (Ibid., 21:206, ’94).
Exposition.—1. Nordhoff: Politics for Young Americans. 2. Van Dyke: How to judge a picture. 3. Krehbiel: How to understand music. 4. Wagner: Courage. 5. Camp: American Football. 6. Stagg and Williams: American Football. 7. Bassett: Machinist’s trade (Harper’s Young People, 64:682, ’91). The Printing Trade (Ibid., 64:624, ’91). The following articles from The Youth’s Companion: 8. Journalism for girls (64:657, ’91). 9. Civil Service (64:245, ’91). 10. Why men must die (67:426, ’94). 11. Medicine as a profession (64:258, ’91). 12. Success in railway life (65:505, ’92). 13. Wholesome lunches (67:83, ’94). 14-18. Advice to young musicians (64:310, 418, 321, 362). 19. Separate functions of the Senate and House of Representatives (63:633, ’90). 20. Self-Education (65:494, ’92). 21-23. The girl who thinks she can write (64:447; 65:458, 734). 24. Trusts (67:538,’94). 25. Uses of the census (63:89, ’90). 26. Monroe Doctrine (67:388, ’94). 27. Arbitration (67:48, ’94). 28. Good government clubs (67:448, ’94).
Argument[52]
1. A property qualification for municipal suffrage is desirable.
Affirmative. White: Forum, x. 357 (Dec. 1890). Eliot: Forum, xii. 153 (Oct. 1891).
Negative. Bryce: American Commonwealth, i., chaps, i., iii.
2. An eight-hour working day should be adopted by law.
Affirmative. Webb and Cox: The Eight Hours Day.
Negative. Walker: Atlantic Monthly, lxv. 800 (June, 1890).
3. Municipalities should sometimes give work to the unemployed.
Affirmative. Forum, xvi. 655 (Feb. 1894). Coit Forum, xvii. 276 (May, 1894).
Negative. Nation, lvii. 481 (Dec. 28, 1893).
4. The housing of the poor should be improved by municipalities.
Affirmative. Riis: How the Other Half Lives.
Negative. White: Improved Dwellings for the Laboring Classes.
5. Burke: On Conciliation with the American Colonies.
6. Chatham: On Removing Troops from Boston.[53]
7. Beecher: Liverpool Speech.[53]
CHAPTER XIV
NARRATION AND DESCRIPTION
Narration, or narrative, relates a series of events. Description gives an account of the look of persons or things. Character description gives both physical and mental traits. Recall to memory various stories you have read, and say whether narratives of considerable length do or do not have to give description as they proceed.