John F. Genung, Prof. of Rhetoric | kind with so little of the dry-as-dust in Amherst College, and author of about it. "The Practical Elements of Rhetoric": It is clearly written, concise, with abundant exercises, and taking up the most useful points.

H. Lee Sellers, Prin. High School, Galveston: To my mind it is the very book we have wanted for many years.

George A. Walton, Agent MassaT. Whiting Bancroft, Prof. of Rhet-chusetts Board of Education: It oric, Brown University, Providence, must prove a useful book. The matR.I.: It successfully solves the prob-ter and the method are excellent. lem to give in condensed form an introduction to the study of our American classics. The author's selection of material is wisely made.

Alfred S. Roe, Prin. High School, Worcester, Mass.: I have looked the book through carefully, and I can unqualifiedly approve it. I know of nothing better.

J. A. Graves, Prin. South School, Hartford, Conn.: I know of no book that seems to me so well adapted to the wants of high schools and academies.

E. J. MacEwan, Prof. of English, Michigan Agricultural College: know of nothing that can compare with it for a two years' course in the public schools, say last year of grammar grade and first year of high school. I shall be glad to put in a word as occasion offers to help you in getting it into such grades, and in helping grades to get the best thing for themselves at the same time.

H. F. Estill, Instructor in Language, Sam Houston Normal Institute, Huntsville, Tex.: In my opinion the book is an admirably clear, comthe essentials of English, and canpact, and attractive presentation of not fail to awake in the pupil an appreciation of the strength and beauty of his native tongue, as well as to train him in the art of correct and elegant expression. The chapters on letter-writing and composition are especially good. We have decided to introduce it at once in the Normal School.

The Practical Elements of Rhetoric.

By JOHN F. GENUNG, Ph.D., Professor of Rhetoric in Amherst College 12mo. Cloth. xiv + 483 pages. Mailing Price, $1.40; for introduction, $1.25; allowance for an old book in exchange 40 cents.

THE
HE treatment is characterized by:

1. Good Sense. The author, while suitably magnifying his art, recognizes that expression is not a substitute for ideas, that the how of speech is secondary to the what, that Rhetoric is only means to an end, and that its rules and principles and devices must be employed with caution and good sense.

2. Simplicity. Great care has been taken to free the treatment from artificialities. The subjects are most logically ordered, but not too minutely subdivided. So far as possible, terms are used in their popular and usual sense.

3. Originality. In a subject so old and so thoroughly studied each new treatment must take large account of what has been done before. This the author has not failed to do. But principally he has made his book from the study of literature at first hand. Traditional principles and rules have been discarded unless found to rest on a basis of truth and practical value.

4. Availability. The treatment is throughout constructive. The student is regarded at every step as endeavoring to make literature, and is given just what is indispensable to this end. On every point the main problems of construction are stated and solved. Again, the work has been prepared not more in the study than in the class room, and the adaptation kept constantly in mind of every usage and principle to the actual needs of the actual student.

5. Completeness. All of the literary forms have been given something of the fulness hitherto accorded only to argument and oratory. This method is clearly in line with modern requirements. Part I. deals with style; Part II. with invention. All questions arising under both these divisions are fully considered.

6. Ample Illustration. Mere precept cannot help seeming arbitrary. In the concrete it bears a different, a more intelligible, and a more convincing look. Accordingly the author has presented no important principle without illustrations drawn from actual usage. It is usage, too, of the best, the most standard writers.

Genung's Rhetoric, though a work on a trite subject, has aroused genuine enthusiasm by its freshness and practical value. Among the many leading institutions that have introduced it are Yale, Wellesley, and Smith Colleges; Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, and Northwestern Universities; and the Universities of Virginia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Kansas, and Oregon.

C. F. Richardson, Prof. of English Literature, Dartmouth College, and author of a History of American Literature: I find it excellent both in plan and execution.

Miss Margaret E. Stratton, Prof. of Rhetoric, Wellesley College: The author's treatment of the subject is simple, clear, and sufficiently complete to make his work valuable, whether in the hands of teachers or scholars. There is also a freshness in dealing with rules and precepts which will interest even those stu

dents who think rhetoric a dry study. and will help to enliven the task of composition, the end toward which all teaching of rules should tend.

T. W. Hunt, Prof. of English Literature, Princeton College, Princeton, N.J.: It impresses me as a philosophic and useful manual. like especially its literary spirit.

Jas. M. Garnett, Prof. of English, University of Virginia: I have carefully read the whole of it, and am determined to introduce it at once into my class. It suits me better than any other text-book of rhetoric that I have examined.

Charles H. Payne, Pres. of Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, O.: I have no hesitation in pronouncing it a work of rare excellence. It certainly combines, in a most felicitous way, those qualities claimed for it by the publishers,-good sense, simplicity, originality, availability, completeness, and ample illustra

tion.

Miss M. A. Jordan, Prof. of Rhetoric, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.: The critic is conscious of a feeling of surprise as he misses the orthodox dulness. The analysis of topics is clear, the illustrations are W. M. Baskervill, Prof. of Engpertinent and of value in themselves, lish, Vanderbilt University: I found the rules are concise and portable. it, according to my opinion, the best O. L. Elliott, Instructor in Eng-offered for use in America. I shall practical work on the subject now lish, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y.: I am greatly pleased with the book, adopt it next year. It is new and it is fresh, -a good deal to say about and am using it in my classes with a work on so hackneyed a subevery promise of good results. The ject. author seems to have broken completely away from the bad traditions which have filled our rhetorics with absurd rules and absurder examples. There is a freshness, vigor, and quiet good sense in both spirit and method that must, I think, commend the book to all teachers of English.

W.H. Magruder, Prof. of English, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi: For clearness of thought, lucidity of expression, aptness of illustration, — in short, for real teaching power, - I have never seen this work equalled.

Hudson's Expurgated Shakespeare.

For Schools, Clubs, and Families. Revised and enlarged Editions of twenty-three Plays. Carefully expurgated, with Explanatory Notes at the bottom of the page, and Critical Notes at the end of each volume. By H. N. HUDSON, LI.D., Editor of The Harvard Shakespeare. One play in each volume Square 16mo. Varying in size from 128-253 pages. Mailing Price of each: Cloth, 50 cents; Paper, 35 cents. Introduction Price: Cloth, 45 cents; Paper, 30 cents. Per set (in box), $12.00. (To Teachers, $10.00.)

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OME of the special features of this edition are the convenient size and shape of the volumes; the clear type, superior presswork, and attractive binding; the ample introductions: the explanatory notes, easily found at the foot of the page; the critical notes for special study; the judicious expurgation, never mangling either style or story; the acute and sympathetic criticism that has come to be associated with Dr. HUDSON's name; and, finally, the reasonableness of the price.

Oliver Wendell Holmes: An edition of any play of Shakespeare's to which Mr. Hudson's name is affixed does not need a line from anybody to commend it.

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very mind and heart of "the thou sand-souled Shakespeare."

Byron Groce, Master in Public Latin School, Boston: The amended text is satisfactory; the typography is excellent; the notes are brief, always helpful, not too numerous, and put where they will do the most good; the introductions are vigorous, inspiriting, keenly and soundly critical, and very attractive to boys, especially on account of their directness and warmth, for all boys like enthusi asm. (Jan. 22, 1887.)

C. T. Winchester, Prof. of English, Wesleyan University: The notes and comments in the school edition are admirably fitted to the need of the student, removing his difficulties by

Hiram Corson, Prof. of Rhet. and Eng. Lit., Cornell University: I consider them altogether excellent. The notes give all the aid needed for an understanding of the text, without waste and distraction of the student's mind. The introductory matter to the several plays is especially worthy of approbation. (Jan. 28, 1887.) C. F. P. Bancroft, Prin. of Phil-stimulating his interest and quickenlips Academy, Andover, Mass.: Mr. ing his perception. (Feb. 10, 1887.) Hudson's appreciation of Shakespeare amounted to genius. His editing accordingly exhibits more than learning and industry, it reveals insight, sympathy, and conviction. He leads the pupil into the

A. C. Perkins, Prin. of Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn: In the preparation of the School Shakespeare, Mr. Hudson met fuily the capacities and needs of students in our schools and colleges. (Feb. 4, 1887.)

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Twelfth Night.1

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The Winter's Tale.2

King John.

Richard Second.

Richard Third.2

*Henry Fourth, Part First.1 Henry Fourth, Part Second.1

*Henry the Fifth.2

*Henry the Eighth.

*Romeo and Juliet.3

*Julius Cæsar.1
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*King Lear.2
*Macbeth.2

Antony and Cleopatra.
*Othello.3
Cymbeline.3
*Coriolanus.8

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