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two which preceded it, the lessons dealing 

 with plants, insects, birds, and fishes. 



It inspires confidence in Mr. Benjamin Y. 

 ConldMs text-book of English Grammar and 

 Composition (Appleton, 75 cents) to find 

 the author saying in his " hints to teachers " : 

 "In teaching grammar, it should never be 

 forgotten that the real object is to teach 

 pupils how to speak and to write the English 

 language correctly, and how to read it in- 

 telligently. Analysis and parsing are only 

 means to this end." The theory of the book 

 is the gradual development of the sentence, 

 beginning with its simplest form and adding 

 new elements one after another. The learn- 

 ing of the proper forms which are required 

 by the relations of words in sentences is de- 

 ferred until the pupils have become familiar 

 with the nature and office of the different 

 parts of speech. The author states that he 

 " has endeavored to avoid an excess of lan- 

 guage-work on the one hand, and too much 

 formal parsing and analysis on the other." 

 The questions on the lessons are designed to 

 cause the pupil to construct his own answers. 

 Instead of the usual examples of false syn- 

 tax, exercises are given for filling blanks in 

 sentences by supplying the correct forms of 

 the needed words. But, for teachers who 

 desire to use the former, a collection is given 

 in an appendix. The book is intended to 

 compass the entire range of a two - book 

 course. 



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