HIGHER ENGLISH. yi 
A Practical Course in English Composition. 
' By ALPHonsE G. Newcomer, Assistant Professor of English in Leland 
Stanford Junior University. 12mo. Cloth. x-+ 249 pages. Mailing 
price, 90 cents; for introduction, 80 cents. 
HIS is an eminently practical book. It is intended for the 
regular English course of High Schools and Academies — to 
accompany or follow such a book as Lockwood’s Lessons in Eng- 
lish — or for elementary work in colleges. The author has a 
definite, practical aim. We “fires low.” It is believed that this 
historic injunction has nowhere a more salutary application than 
in books on English Composition. 
In Newcomer the art of Composition is given the distinct 
treatment which its importance warrants. While it may not be 
entirely dissociated from the science of Rhetoric, there are no: 
formal rules and no “ rhetorical exercises.”” The writing of com- 
positions — whole compositions — is insisted upon from first to 
last. A systematic course is followed, beginning with simple 
narration and leading up to the more difficult forms of discourse. 
Under each exercise subjects are proposed, followed by suggestions 
and illustrations. 
Henry N. Dickinson, Jnstructor 
in English, Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology: Newcomer’s book is 
the best that I have seen of its 
kind. 
Enoch Perrine, Professor of Rhet- 
oric and English Literature, Buck- 
nell University, Lewisburg, Pa.: 
The aim as well as the execution 
of the plan is certainly to be com- 
mended. 
Bliss Perry, Professor of Oratory, 
Princeton University: I like the 
plan of the English composition 
very much. 
D. E. Bowman, Principal High 
School, Waterville, Me.: I-consider 
this a model work. 
H. A. Hartman, Professor of Lan- 
guages, State Experimental College, 
Athens, Ala,: The method used in 
presenting the subject of English 
composition is very simple, plain 
and concise. 
J. G@ Wight, Principal Girls’ 
High School, Philadelphia: It is 
an admirable and needed supplement 
to grammar and rhetoric. 
H. H. Robinson, Superintendent 
of Schools, Geneva, Jil. : I consider it 
the freest, the most unconventional, 
the most ambition-stirring book on 
English composition that I have ever 
seen. 
Robert F. Pennell, Principal State 
Normal School, Chico, Cal.: I am 
pleased with it. 
B. H. Patterson, Teacher of Eng- 
lish, High School, Pittsburgh, Pa.: 
It is an admirable book, full of good 
suggestions and helpful where help 
is most needed. 
