CONTENTS

PART I
GRAMMAR
Translator's Note[vii]
CHAPTERPAGE
I. The Transition from the Mechanical to the Intellectual Development of Language[3]
II. Word Study[12]
Suffixes and Prefixes[13]
Suffixes[13]
Prefixes[17]
Compound Words[18]
Word-Families[20]
III. Article and Noun[22]
Singular and Plural[25]
Masculine and Feminine[27]
Singular and Plural in English[33]
IV. Lessons—Commands[39]
Nouns[40]
Commands on Nouns[48]
V. Adjectives[51]
Analyses[51]
Descriptive Adjectives[51]
Permutations[55]
Inflection of Adjectives[56]
Logical and Grammatical Agreement of Nouns and Adjectives[59]
Descriptive Adjectives[61]
Adjectives of Quantity[63]
Ordinals[64]
Demonstrative Adjectives[64]
Possessive Adjectives[65]
Comparison of Adjectives[65]
VI. Verbs[66]
Analyses[66]
Permutations[68]
Lessons and Commands on the Verb[69]
Lessons with Experiments[74]
VII. Prepositions[77]
Analyses[77]
Permutations[80]
Lessons and Commands on Prepositions[81]
VIII. Adverbs[85]
Analyses[85]
Permutations[87]
Lessons and Commands on Adverbs[90]
A Burst of Activity: the Future of the Written Language in Popular Education[93]
Commands Improvised by the Children[96]
IX. Pronouns[98]
Analyses[98]
Personals[98]
Demonstratives[99]
Relatives and Interrogatives[99]
Possessives[101]
Permutations[101]
Lessons and Commands on the Pronoun[102]
Paradyms[106]
Agreement of Pronoun and Verb[108]
Conjugation of Verbs[110]
X. Conjunctions[113]
Analyses[113]
Coordinates[113]
Subordinates[114]
Permutations[115]
Lessons and Commands on the Conjunction[115]
Comparison of Adjectives[117]
XI. Interjections[120]
Analyses[120]
Classification[122]
XII. Sentence Analysis[124]
Simple Sentences[124]
The Order of Elements in the Sentence: Permutations[132]
Compound and Complex Sentences[136]
Test Cards[140]
The Order of Clauses in the Sentence: Sentence Forms in Prose and Verse[144]
Permutations[147]
Test Cards[151]
Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions[155]
Sequence of Tenses[157]
Punctuation[160]
XIII. Word Classification[164]
Kinds of Words[164]
Classified According to Formation[164]
Classified According to Inflection[165]
Classified According to Their Use[165]

PART II
READING
I. Expression and Interpretation[171]
Mechanical Processes[171]
Analysis[173]
Experimental Section: Reading Aloud[179]
Interpretations[182]
Audition[196]
The Most Popular Books[198]

PART III
ARITHMETIC
I. Arithmetical Operations[205]
Numbers 1-10[205]
Tens, Hundreds and Thousands[208]
Counting-frames[210]
II.The Multiplication Table[217]
III. Division[223]
IV. Operations in Several Figures[225]
Addition[225]
Subtraction[227]
Multiplication[228]
Multiplying on Ruled Paper[235]
Long Division[237]
V. Exercises with Numbers[241]
Multiples, Prime Numbers and Factoring[241]
VI. Square and Cube of Numbers[251]

PART IV
GEOMETRY
I. Plane Geometry[259]
II. Didactic Material Used for Geometry[265]
Squares and Divided Figures[265]
Fractions[267]
Reduction of Common Fractions to Decimal Fractions[273]
Equivalent Figures[277]
Some Theorems Based on Equivalent Figures[282]
Division of a Triangle[289]
Inscribed and Concentric Figures[290]
III. Solid Geometry[292]
The Powers of Numbers[294]
The Cube of a Binomial[295]
Weights and Measures[295]

PART V
DRAWING
I. Linear Geometric Design Decoration[301]
Artistic Composition with the Insets[305]
II.Free-Hand Drawing: Studies from Life[307]

PART VI
MUSIC
I. The Scale[319]
II. The Reading and Writing of Music[326]
Treble and Bass Clefs[328]
III. The Major Scales[333]
IV. Exercises in Rhythm[341]
Singing[365]
Musical Phrases for Rhythmic Exercises[367]
V. Musical Auditions[376]

PART VII
METRICS
I. The Study of Metrics in Elementary Schools[383]
Stanza and line[384]
Rhyme[384]
Tonic accents (stresses)[385]
Parisyllabic lines[386]
Imparisyllabic lines[388]
The cæsura[391]
Metrical analyses[392]
Translator's note on English metrics[395]
Material for nomenclature[404]
Appendix I[409]
Appendix II[423]