¶ The appendix contains twenty examinations in English, for admission to college, recently set by different colleges in both the East and the West.
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A HISTORY OF ENGLISH
LITERATURE
By REUBEN POST HALLECK, M.A. (Yale), Louisville Male High School. Price, $1.25
HALLECK'S HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE traces the development of that literature from the earliest times to the present in a concise, interesting, and stimulating manner. Although the subject is presented so clearly that it can be readily comprehended by high school pupils, the treatment is sufficiently philosophic and suggestive for any student beginning the study.
¶ The book is a history of literature, and not a mere collection of biographical sketches. Only enough of the facts of an author's life are given to make students interested in him as a personality, and to show how his environment affected his work. Each author's productions, their relations to the age, and the reasons why they hold a position in literature, receive adequate treatment.