+ Bookm. 22: 534. Ja. ’06. 30w. + Ind. 59: 1387. D. 14, ’05. 60w.
“Suggestive to mothers and teachers.”
+ Outlook. 80: 344. Je. 3, ’05. 10w.
Buck, Gertrude, and Morris, Elizabeth Woodbridge. Course in narrative writing. *80c. Holt.
A course is here provided with an aim to definite practical results for the student of composition. The author discusses the structure of the story, finding the story, the point of view, the beginning and the end of the story, scenes and transitions, character drawing, and the setting, names and titles.
“It appears to us, that granting the propriety of the fundamental conceptions, as we do not, the development of the subject is in the right order, and the exercises, as is usual in the text-books of these authors, ingenious and good.” E. E. Hale, jr.
+ – Bookm. 23: 453. Je. ’06. 450w.
“Contains some interesting comment on the construction of the novel and might be useful in connection with the study of literature.”
+ Ind. 61: 252. Ag. 2, ’06. 50w.