Aids to the Teaching of General History
A pamphlet of 30 pages, by Mary Sheldon Barnes. Retail price, 10 cents. Also bound with the Teacher's Manual.
English Etymology.
A select glossary, serving as an introduction to the history of the English Language. By Friedrich Kluge, Professor at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and author of Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, and Frederick Lutz, Professor at Albion College, Mich. Cloth. 242 pages. Introduction price, 60 cents.
The purpose of this work is to serve as an introduction to the study of the historical development of the English language. The scope of the book is sufficient to give the student an insight into the main linguistic phenomena. While the method of discussion is concise, care has been taken to include all words the history of which bears on the development of the language at large. The authors have, in the first place, traced back to the older periods loanwords of Scandinavian, French and Latin origin, and such genuine English words as may afford matter for investigation. In this way there has been provided a "basis for every historical grammar of English."
A History of English Critical Terms.
By J. W. Bray. Cloth. 352 pages. Retail price, $1.00.
In literary criticism, and in the discussion of art, there are more than a hundred important terms whose history determines their present use and meaning. There are also several hundred others terms occasionally used in explaining the larger terms or their synonyms. All these terms are here arranged in alphabetical order. The history of the more important terms is presented in full. Under each is given: (1) Its grouping (by synonyms). (2) The historical limits of its use. (3) A brief statement of its meanings. (4) An explanation of its changes of meaning. (5) Representative quotations.
About one hundred and fifty critics are represented in the quotations, the work thus covering the entire field of English criticism.
The vocabulary of criticism is preceded by an Introduction, which gives a philosophical discussion of critical terms under three heads: (1) What is a Critical term? (2) General Historical Movements and Tendencies in Critical Terms. (3) Method of Dealing with the Separate Critical Terms.
The Outlook, New York: The book is not simply a collection of information; it is both a contribution to the history of criticism and a text-book for its study.