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times more useful than books of science and history.

-William T. Harris.

The story itself of Sir Launfal's quest of the Holy Grail is one easily appealing to the childish mind, and its life lesson,

"The Holy Supper is kept, indeed,

In whatso we share with another's need;
Not what we give, but what we share,

For the gift without the giver is bare,''

can be taken into life forever.

-The World Beautiful in Books.

He who can think, and loves to think, will become, if he has a few good books, a wise man. He who knows not how to think, or who hates the toil of doing it will remain imbecile though his mind be crowded with the contents of a library.

-The School and the Schoolmaster.

THE BIBLE.

contend that we are not only on the point of impoverishing life and literature by the neglect of the English Bible, but that we have already impoverished life and literature. I am not dealing with a problem that lies in the future, I am speaking of a condition which is at hand. We are impoverishing life and literature by striking out of our life and our reading one great monument of our literature, the source from which much of what is best in later centuries is drawn, the inspiration upon which the best English style has been built.

-Nicholas Murray Butler.

It is apparent that familiarity with the English Bible, as a masterpiece of literature, is rapidly decreasing among the pupils in our schools. This is the direct result of a conception which regards the Bible as a theological book merely, and thereby leads to its exclusion from the schools of some states as a subject of reading and study. We hope for such a change of public sentiment in this regard as will permit and encourage the reading and study of the English Bible as a literary work of the highest and purest type side by side with the poetry and prose which it has inspired and in large part formed.

We do not urge this in the interest of sectarian instruction of any kind, but that this great book may ever be the teacher's aid in the interpretation of history and literature, law and life-an unrivaled agency in the development of true citizenship as well as in the formation of pure literary style.

-Resolution of National Educational Association, 1902.

QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION

1. Rewrite the extract from William Ellery Channing. 2. What does Emerson say of books?

3. How would you meet the evil of dime novels in your school? 4. Write of the influence of books upon the child's mind. 5. How may you possibly lead a pupil to form the reading habit?

6. What can you do if you have no library at your disposal? 7. What suggestions are given for the selections of library books?

8. How should a book be read in order to be of the greatest use to the reader?

9. Mention a small list of the best English authors.

10. How may a library period be conducted to the best advantage?

SUGGESTIONS WORTH THINKING ABOUT

1. Who was Hawthorne?

2. Who is my one favorite author?

3. Can I afford to begin the formation of a private library?

4.

Am I making myself acquainted with good literature?

5. "Current Events"-what attention should be called to them?

INDEX

OF TITLES AND SUBDIVISIONS TREATED OF IN EACH

CHAPTER

CHAPTER 1.

THE NATURE AND CHARACTER OF TEACHING-The Open Door

NOWLEDGE MOST USEFUL TO THe Children — The Making of a

Man
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The Hygiene oF THE SCHOOL- To Keep the World from Grow

ing Old