CONTENTS READING AND THE MIND I. Difficulty of a Choice II II. Influence of Greek Thought 1 5 III. Influence of Writers over Readers 26 IV. False Principles in Reading 31 V. Masters in Prose — Newman and Rusk in 40 VI. The Completeness of Newman 46 VII. Suggestiveness of Ruskin 51 VIII. Poetry as a Literary Study 58 IX. Wordsworth and Nature 63 X. Tennyson and Art 73 XI. Longfellow and the Soul 88 XII. Bryant and American Scenes 95 XII T. Miscellaneous Reading 97 XIV. Lyric Poetry 107 XV. Dramatic Poetry 115 XVI. Dialogue and Soliloquy of Poetry 1 28 XVII. Humor in Tragedy 135 XVIII. How to Write a Tragedy 141 SOMETHING TO READ: Part I.— Literature 151 Reflective and Critical 153 Studies for Prose Style 155 Eloquence 155 Translations 156 Collections of Poems 157 Biography 159 Poetry 163 Didactic 164 History 166 Fiction 166 Miscellaneous 168 Hints to Make Reading Fruitful 170 Digitized by Google., "Courses of English reading for university and college classes, academic and high schools, academies, grammar and preparatory schools": p. [175]-209, Electronic reproduction, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized, Description based on print version record