Modern Essays and Stories / A book to awaken appreciation of modern prose, and to develop ability and originality in writing

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DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING

Throw yourself back into the past. Conjure up the people with whom you used to associate. See once again the places where you played and where you lived. Think how happy it all was, and how good it is to look at it once more. Then put down on paper the things that you remember with the greatest interest. Write in such a way that you will give the reader the very spirit that you have. Remember: you are not to communicate facts; you are to communicate emotion.

FOOTNOTES:

[29] Louis Daguerre (1789-1859). A French painter who perfected one of the earliest methods of photography.