The English Language; Its Grammar, History, and Literature.
By Prof. J. M. D. Meiklejohn, of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. One volume. viii + 388 pages. Introduction price, $1.30. Price by mail, $1.40. Also bound in two parts.
Readable in style. Omits insignificant details. Treats all salient features with a master’s skill, and with the utmost clearness and simplicity. Contains:—
I. A concise and accurate resumé of the principles and rules of English Grammar, with some interesting chapters on Word-Building and Derivation, including an historical dictionary of Roots and Branches, of Words Derived from Names of Persons or of Places, and of Words Disguised in Form, and Words Greatly Changed in Meaning.
II. Thirty pages of practical instruction in Composition, Paraphrasing, Versification, and Punctuation.
III. A History of the English Language, giving the sources of its vocabulary and the story of its grammatical changes, with a table of the Landmarks in the history, from the Beowulf to Tennyson.
IV. An Outline of the History of English Literature, embracing Tabular Views which give in parallel columns, (a) the name of an author; (b) his chief works; (c) notable contemporary events; (d) the century, or decade.
The Index is complete, and is in the most helpful form for the student or the general reader.
The book will prove invaluable to the teacher as a basis for his course of lectures, and to the student as a compact and reliable statement of all the essentials of the subject. [Ready August 15th.
Wordsworth’s Prelude; an Autobiographical Poem.
Annotated by A. J. George, Acting Professor of English Literature in Boston University, and Teacher of English Literature, Newton (Mass.) High School. [Text ready in September. Notes later.
This work is prepared as an introduction to the life and poetry of Wordsworth, and although never before published apart from the author’s complete works, has long been considered as containing the key to that poetic philosophy which was the characteristic of the “New Brotherhood.”