GEORGE GISSING (Page 271)

George Gissing (1857-1903) was a novelist who is now receiving his just recognition as one of the best modern writers of prose. His work in fiction is perhaps seen at its best in The Nether World (1889), The New Grub Street (1891), and Born in Exile (1892), all three of which depict, with graphic and somewhat depressing realism, the sordid life of the lower classes in England. His masterpiece, however, is. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, his last book, a series of semi-autobiographical reminiscences and observations clothed in a style remarkable for its clearness and beauty. It is from this work that A Contrast is taken.

ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON (Page 274)

Arthur Christopher Benson (1862- ), a living essayist, is distinguished for the smoothness and harmony of his prose style, which has touches both of Pater and of StevenThe selection printed is from From a College Window

son.

(1906).

RUDYARD KIPLING (Page 275)

The reputation of Rudyard Kipling (1865

) to-day is such that no comment is necessary on his work. His famous Recessional has, during his lifetime, taken a rightful place among the immortal English poems.

INDEX OF AUTHORS

Secondary Schools

BY WILLIAM PALMER SMITH

Instructor in Oral English in Stuyvesant High School, New York City

Cloth, 12mo, Ill., 358 pages, $1.00

It is the purpose of this volume to outline
graded lessons in enunciation and pronun-
ciation; to indicate how the speaking voice
may be improved by appropriate exercise
and proper use; to explain and illustrate
the most important principles of expression;
to point out the relation of oral reading to
conversation and public speaking; and to
furnish appropriate selections which are un-
hackneyed, interesting, and of literary merit.

Schools and Academies

BY CRAVEN LAYCOCK

Assistant Professor of Oratory in Dartmouth College

AND

A. KEITH SPOFFORD

Instructor in English in Hartford (Vermont) High School

Cloth, 161 pages, $0.50

This compact little manual was made to meet the needs of It presents in high school students of argument and debate. a clear and simple way the elements, formal and intellectual, of the art.

The Principles of Oral English

BY ERASTUS PALMER

Head of the Department of Public Speaking, The College of the
City of New York

AND

L. WALTER SAMMIS

Cloth, 12mo, 222 pages, $0.60

This book is a stimulating presentation of the principles underlying effective speaking, built on the idea that if a student understands the thought content of a sentence and the emotion which accompanies it, he will give an accurate and just expression of both.