but neither in style nor in material are they so far beyond the student's reach as to be discouraging. Believing that English Composition should not be based exclusively upon subject-matter of a literary nature, but that, particularly for elementary students, it should be based upon familiar and interesting material, the editors have chosen extracts from books on widely varied subjects. For example, in Exposition the selections deal with government, history, biography, science, war, literature, pioneer life, farming, economics, etc.; in Narration they deal with such simple topics as fishing and hunting, as well as with more complicated subjects. Nor are the models chosen entirely from masters of style: students' themes have been added which will be not only interesting but encouraging to young writers. The editors take pleasure in returning thanks to the following authors and publishers, who have kindly permitted the reproduction of portions of their books to Professor G. L. Kittredge, Professor G. H. Palmer, Captain A. T. Mahan, President Roosevelt, the Right Honorable James Bryce, President C. W. Eliot, Mr. C. T. Copeland, President Á. T. Hadley, the Reverend Lyman Abbott, Mr. Joseph Conrad, Professor Brander Matthews, Mr. G. W. Cable, Mr. John Burroughs, Mr. W. D. Howells, Mr. Rudyard Kipling, Mr. H. M. Rideout, Miss S. O. Jewett, Mr. W. A. White, and Mr. Thomas Hardy; and to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Little, Brown & Co., T. Y. Crowell & Co., G. P. Putnam's Sons, D. Appleton & Co., Charles Scribner's Sons, the American Unitarian Association, the Century Co., Dodd, Mead & Co., The Outlook, Henry Holt & Co., Harper & Bros., Doubleday, Page & Co., and McClure, Phillips & Co.; to Mr. E. R. Lewis for the use of his brief and argument on the question “Should the United States Collect the Debts of San Domingo?", and to Mr. W. H. Bishop for the use of his brief and argument on the question "Should a National Forest Reserve be Established in the White Mountains?", as well as to the other students who, in permitting the reproduction of their themes, have furnished an indispensable part of these specimens of composition. Particular thanks are due to Mr. C. T. Copeland, of Harvard College, for suggestions, and to Mr. W. S. Booth, of Houghton, Mifflin & Co., for invaluable counsel. THE EDITORS JOHN FISKE: Taxation and Government. G. L. KITTREDGE: The Popular Ballad. FRANCIS PARKMAN: An Indian House. G. H. PALMER: Self-Cultivation in English A. T. MAHAN: Preparation for War. THEODORE ROOSEVELT: Life in the Wilderness R. L. STEVENSON: Es Triplex |