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JOURNEYS THROUGH BOOKLAND

A New and Original Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children

by

CHARLES H. SYLVESTER

Author of English and American Literature

VOLUME TEN--THE GUIDE

New Edition

For parents, teachers, and all who have children under their charge; for adults who wish to renew their acquaintance with the friends of their youth, or to open for the first time the world's great treasure house of literature; for youthful readers who must study the classics

Chicago Bellows-Reeve Company Publishers

Copyright, 1922 Bellows-Reeve Company

CONTENTS

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I. INTRODUCTION 1

II. JOURNEYS THROUGH BOOKLAND--ITS CONTENTS AND PLAN 7
The Masterpieces 9
Arrangement and Grading 10
The Studies and Helps 13
Studies 15
Notes 15
Introductory Notes 15
Biographies 16
Pronouncing Vocabularies 16
Pictures 17
Tables of Contents 17
Index 17
The Nursery Rhymes 18
Discussion of each Volume 24
Volume One 24
Volume Two 26
Volume Three 28
Volume Four 29
Volume Five 29
Volume Six 30
Volume Seven 31
Volume Eight 33
Volume Nine 34
Volume Ten--The Guide 35

III. PICTURES AND THEIR USE 36
What Should We Notice in a Picture? 36
Line 36
Light and Shade 37
Tone and Color 39
Composition 39
Atmosphere and Perspective 40
Application of Principles 41
_Bob and Tiny Tim_ 41
Pictures and Their Value in Literature 44
On the Use of Pictures in _Journeys_ 48
_Nursery Rhymes_ 51
_Jack and the Beanstalk_ 52
_Nurse Helps Me when I Embark_ 52
_Wynken, Blynken, and Nod_ 53
_Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks_ 54
_Tom and the Dragon Fly_ 55
_The Swallow and the Stork Came_ 55
_Down Tumbled Wheelbarrow_ 58
_Geraint Hears Enid Singing_ 60

IV. TELLING STORIES 63
_The Fairies of the Caldon-Low_ 68
_Little Giffin of Tennessee_ 71
_The Ballad of Agincourt_ 74
_Hervé Riel_ 78

V. READING, AND THE BUILDING OF CHARACTER 85
_Who Stole the Bird's Nest?_ 95
_Lead, Kindly Light_ 98
_Poor Richard's Almanac_ 101

VI. FATHER AND SON 107

VII. MEMORIZING 128
One Hundred Choice Quotations 131

VIII. HOW TO READ FICTION 143
Different Kinds of Literature 143
Reading Stories 145
Plot 149
_Cinderella_ 150
Persons 156
_The Hardy Tin Soldier_ 158
The Scenes 162
_The Dog and His Shadow_ 164
_The Fox and the Stork_ 166
_A Christmas Carol_ 168
The Lesson and the Author's Purpose 170
_The Fir Tree_ 173
The Method and Style of the Author 174
Emotional Power 176
_Rab and His Friends_ 177
General Principles and Reflections 181
Completed Studies 185
_The Hare and the Tortoise_ 185
_The Fox and the Crow_ 187
_The Drummer_ 193
_Tom, the Water Baby_ 198
_The Passing of Arthur_ 214

IX. CLOSE READING OR STUDY 224
_Rab and His Friends_ 225
_Braddock's Defeat_ 227
_Industry and Sloth_ 229
_Why the Sea is Salt_ 231
_Faithless Sally Brown_ 232
_The Definition of a Gentleman_ 234
_Adventures in Lilliput_ 235
_The Heart of Bruce_ 238
_Annie Laurie_ 243
_The Lost Child_ 243
_David Crockett in the Creek War_ 244
_The Impeachment of Warren Hastings_ 248
From _The Death of Cæsar_ 253

X. CLOSE READING (Concluded) 256
The Author 257
Sentences 258
Figures of Speech 259
Allusions 259
Basis of Figures 262
Simile 263
Metaphor 264
Synecdoche and Metonymy 265
Apostrophe and Personification 266
Studies in Figures 268
_Ode to a Skylark_ 268
_A Visit from Saint Nicholas_ 270
_The First Snowfall_ 270

XI. READING POETRY 272
_The Reaper and the Flowers_ 272
_The Brown Thrush_ 276
_The Child's World_ 277
_Seven Times One_ 278
_The First Snowfall_ 281
_The Potato_ 285
_Origin of the Opal_ 285
_The Barefoot Boy_ 286
_The Bugle Song_ 287
_The Petrified Fern_ 291
_The Forsaken Merman_ 295
_The Cloud_ 301
_Ode to a Skylark_ 306

XII. READING ALOUD 311
Articulation and Enunciation 311
Emphasis and Inflection 312
Emotional States 312
Pitch 312
Rate or Time 313
Quality 315
Force 315

XIII. LITERATURE AND ITS FORMS 317
Prose 318
Methods of Expression 318
Narration 318
Description 321
Exposition 321
Argumentation 322
Forms of Prose 322
Fiction 322
Essays 322
Orations 324
Drama 325
Poetry 327
Structure of Poetry 328
Rhythm 328
Rhyme 329
Alliteration 330
Kinds of Poetry 331
Epic 331
Lyric 333
Songs 333
Ode 335
Elegy 335
Sonnet 337
_Victor and Vanquished_ 338
Dramatic 339
Miracle Plays 340
Morality Plays 340
Masques 341
Tragedies and Comedies 341

XIV. JOURNEYS IN ITS RELATION TO THE SCHOOL--READING AND
LANGUAGE 345
Reading 348
Language 349
Oral Lessons 352
_The Wind and the Sun_ 357
Written Lessons 360
Introduction 360
Literature in Written Lessons 363
Narration 363
_Robin Hood and the Stranger_ 363
Description 365
_The King of the Golden River_ 366
Exposition 368
_Cid Campeador_ 368
Argument 370
_The Boston Massacre_ 370
Conclusion 376
_An Exciting Canoe Race_ 376

XV. JOURNEYS IN ITS RELATION TO THE SCHOOL--NATURE STUDY 380
Seven Long Selections 381
_Tom, the Water Baby_ 381
_Robinson Crusoe_ 382
_The Swiss Family Robinson_ 382
_Brute Neighbors_ 383
_The Pond in Winter_ 384
_Winter Animals_ 384
_Trees and Ants that Help Each Other_ 385
Classified Selections 386
Flowers and Plant Life 386
Birds 387
Four-footed Animals 389
Reptiles 391
Insects 391
Denizens of the Water 391
Natural Phenomena 392
Geography in Nature 392
Complete Study 393
_The King of the Golden River_ 393

XVI. JOURNEYS IN ITS RELATION TO THE SCHOOL--GEOGRAPHY AND
HISTORY 400
Classified References 402
Model Geography Lesson 411
The Wind 411
Model History Lessons 413
Alfred the Great 413
Burgoyne's Campaign 419

XVII. JOURNEYS IN ITS RELATION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL 425
Classification of Studies 427
Type Studies 431

XVIII. RECITATIONS AND SPECIAL DAYS IN SCHOOL 436
Bird Day 437
Memorial Day 438
Christmas 438
Birthdays 438
Dramatization 439
An Old-Fashioned Afternoon 440

XIX. HANDY LIST OF THE STUDIES IN JOURNEYS THROUGH BOOKLAND 441
Volume One 442
Volume Two 443
Volume Three 445
Volume Four 446
Volume Five 446
Volume Six 447
Volume Seven 448
Volume Eight 449
Volume Nine 449

XX. SUPPLEMENTARY BOOK LISTS 451
For the Separate Volumes 454
Volume One 454
Volume Two 455
Volume Three 457
Volume Four 458
Volume Five 459
Volume Six 460
Volume Seven 461
Classified Lists 462
Fiction 463
Poetry and Drama 464
Essays 464
Nature 465
Biography 465
History 465
Travel and Geography 466
Miscellaneous 466