" THE BEST TEXT-BOOK ON ENGLISH LITEEATUEE." 



ENGLISH LITERATURE 



AND 



LITERARY CRITICISM. 



A PRACTICAIi GtriDE TO SYSTEMATIC LiTEEART StTJDT. 



With Typical Selections, Illustrative Criticisms, and Exhaustive Anax^ 



YSES OF the Best and most Notable Works in the English 



Language. Showing What to Study, How to Study, 



AND How Best to Apply the Knowledge 



Acquired Thereby. 



By JAMES BALDWIN, A.M., 



Superintendent of Public Schools, Hunthtgion^ Indiana. 



English Frose (5S0Fag:es) S2.00. 



Eng^sli Poetry (608 Pages) 2,00. 



The citations from authors are made with taste and judgment; the critical and 

 explanatory remarks are sound, without being wearisome ; and the quotations from 

 the best critics and essayists are stimulating and suggestive. I shall take pleasure 

 in commending it to students and others. — Melville B. Anderson, Professor of 

 English Literature, Knox College, Galesburg, 111. 



I think there are many points in which Baldwin's English Literature is to be 

 commended above any other work of like kind that 1 have examined. ' Its arrange- 

 ment is unique and sensible. The list of books and studies suggested to the student 

 at the close of each chapter is most excellent. The selections irom the works con- 

 sidered are well made, and calculated to awaken in th'e student a desire to read the 

 whole. The work is a valuable addition to our list of school books, — Matilda C. 

 Barns, Vice- Principal, and Teacher of Literature, Girls' Normal School, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



This is the best text-book on poetry for general use, as well as for students, that 

 we have ever read, for many reasons, which will be apparent to every one upon 

 examination, and we hope that it will be generally introduced. The volume treating 

 of prose, perhaps, better makes its commendable features apparent. Its arrange- 

 ment is excellent. This work is one of the best to meet popular needs, as it adopts 

 several good ways of securing interest, and really gives an excellent general survey, 

 ■which leaves the beginner firmly grounded, and develops accurate literary taste. — 

 The Globe, Boston, Mass. 



The system adopted by the author of this work has two features which distinguish 

 it from other books on the subject, giving it a peculiar and genuine interest of its 

 own. The first is its arrangement. The other is the free use of quotations from 

 the best critics. Still another noticeable feature is that the illustrative selections 

 are never trite. In short. Prof. Baldwin's book has been put together with admir- 

 able skill and judgment, is free from dullness, and an excellent work. — Good 

 Literature, N. Y. 



JOHN E. POTTER & CO., 



PUBLISHERS, PHILADELPHIA. 



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