1. The Teaching of English
A bibliography of some thirty pages consisting of all the important books, pamphlets, and magazine articles published before 1903, that treat of the different phases of English work in elementary and secondary schools is appended to Carpenter, Baker, and Scott’s “The Teaching of English”, and will be of great assistance to those who desire material on any part of the work since the references are classified under such heads as, rhetoric and composition, literature, grammar, spelling, college entrance requirements, etc. The volumes of the educational periodicals such as “Education”, “Educational Review”, “School Review”, etc., that have appeared since 1903, also contain many articles on English work. The following are the most important books on the teaching of English in the high school:
Carpenter, G. R., Baker, F. T., and Scott, F. N. The Teaching of English, Longmans, Green and Co., New York, 1903. ($1.50). The best discussion of every phase of English work in elementary and secondary schools, with excellent bibliographies.
Chubb, Percival. The Teaching of English, Macmillan, New York, 1902. ($1.00). A valuable discussion of the aims, ideals, and methods in teaching English in elementary and secondary schools.
Hinsdale, B. A. Teaching the Language-Arts: Speech, Reading, Composition. Appleton, New York, 1896. ($1.00). A comprehensive treatment of all the elements in the study of language.
Laurie, S. S. Lectures on Language and Linguistic Method in the School. 2d edition, revised. Macmillan, New York, 1893. ($1.00). An excellent presentation of the value, the purposes, and the methods of language study.
Report of Committee on Secondary School Studies (The Committee of Ten) U. S. Bureau of Education, Washington, 1893. This report has been the basis of most of the present courses in English for secondary schools.
Other books bearing more or less directly on the teaching of parts of the English work are:
Bates, Arlo. Talks on Teaching Literature. Houghton, Mifflin Co. ($1.50). Practical methods are given for teaching literature in the high school.
Bates, Arlo. Talks on the Study of Literature. Houghton, Mifflin Co. ($1.50).
Bates, Arlo. Talks on Writing English. First and Second Series. Houghton, Mifflin Co. ($1.50 a vol.).
Corson, H. Aims of Literary Study. Macmillan. ($.75).
Corson, H. Voice and Spiritual Education. Macmillan. ($.75).
Copeland and Rideout. Freshman English and Theme Correction at Harvard College. Silver, Burdett & Co. ($1.00). Some of the suggestions for theme writing and theme correcting can be adapted to high school composition.
Palmer, G. H. Self-cultivation in English. Crowell. ($.35).