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Ellwanger, George H. — Idyllists of the Countryside (Especially 

 the chapters on Thoreau, Jefferies, Walton, White, Hardy, and 

 Burroughs.) 



Howells — Literary Friends and Acquaintances (Very valuable 

 as an infoimal, friendly introduction to American authors of the 

 nineteenth century.) 



Mitchell, D. G. — ^Am. Lands and Letters (2 vols.) Conversa- 

 tional and interesting. Covers men from the time of John Smith 

 to the Concord group. 



Mills, Enos — Story of a Thousand Year Pine (For short story 

 type.) 



Morton, — Song — (Introduce the convivial lyric. Bring in 

 Richard Hovey and the Stein song.) 



Muir — Steep Trails — Use chapter on "Wild Wool." Compare 

 with Thoreau in his discourse about nature's ways and wildness. 



Traubel — ^With Walt Whitman in Camden (Excellent for a 

 hiimanizing of Whitman. To be used by teacher in preparation.) 



Warner — Study of countries as given in "Saunterings" and of 

 literature and its relation to life in work called, "Relations of Lit- 

 erature to Life." 



Third Year High School 



The keynote of the second year's work would be localization 

 of literature. That is, the students have a rather definite idea of 

 the pageant which has come along from the eariiest time up to the 

 present. They know the great literature of this country. Now 

 let them work with the literature which their own especial section 

 of the country offers. LocaHze the work for the year. If the 

 school is in Indiana, use the works of Mrs. Porter, of Riley, and 

 others. If in Iowa, use Hamlin Garland and William Quayle. 

 Introduce less artistic material for the sake of relating literature 

 to life. Let it be represented as something which is in the making 

 to-day. Use the Braithwaite Anthologies as backgrounds for 

 the study of poetry. O'Brien for the short story and collections 

 and criticisms of present day writers should be introduced. Then 

 specialize upon the authors of whatever district the scliool is 

 located in. Study the representation of the myths of tlic region, 

 the legends, the folk-lore, as represented by the authors of that 



