, 1879-08-09
Tho Early English Period, by
Brother Azarias--English
Composition.
Autumn Holidays on French Rivers.!r'le
Orators Manual, by prof.
Raymond.
"snmmer savory," by 3. F. Taylor
4 New Book by DR.. Lowell
Literary Notes.
Ihe Valus Of Dry Air--P1ain Principles
Of Hygrometry-soientiGo
Items,



,rrTEnATJ1RR.
rryr-uOoKS AND AIDS.
Thrce hoo.s rclntlu. to the study uf English
literature yono from the press abont the satuc
t,mc. The fret is Mor'cy's "Aanunl Of En-
cli,h Itteratrre,' revised BY Moscs Colt Tyler,
thr SECOND volume on "Tle Old English Pc
rio1.n by Brother AxarIas, alMl the third II
nli.craturc Primer" edited by j. Il. Green.
Morley's Epglsi, Literature has hccn for
so,uo years standard Textbook ln England,
mud for shorter t!mc In this country. fros.
TyIer has used 1t III the rjass-1onfn6 OF tue
, Michigan University. His experience led hin,
10 believe that como changes could 10 mHs'e tn
IL to advantage. lie fonnd 1t Hacking In per
tapcctive: in sharp au,l obvious divisions OF tho
rrrcat departments Of tho subject; In such
an adjustment OF matcrola under theso
departments ns TO separate tho. essentials
from. tho noo-esscutass. Furthermore, tic
narrative Of English authors which It
presents Is tol1 systematically and IN irag-
t,cnts, zach Of The authors bolng dealt with for
u single stago OF hls career. then EiSl',E wny to
some contemporary autllor, aud 10 Anotler, ttia
f]rst Quo then returning, and again EiVinE way,
and ogalu returning, and SO on, until tho end at
LIS career Is reached" Prpf. Tyler believes
that this arrangement is q serious objection 10
The uso Of tho book In tcuchiug. lis has uuacs-
tsaon to remedy Its defects by ncw constre-
ton, using most of tho oil material, but recast
t,g it. Tile work has been wcli done. This
was to bc expected from 80 good writer
md teacher AZ Prof. Tyler. The surprising
th,no .I" oaor,t ,hc ncw bool,-for II +, s,,ch IN
tl"4 "oou. .., - ~" 49, - ,.tI .s'' 49,. -.
taect-ls not usat u snoulo nave oeea ~e'l PIT
together. but that 1t should hare been done ut
oil With tic sanction Of prof. Morley. lis con-
esa' s.,,.nd ~. !, !. mt c,,rot;r,ht, ,na, ,o
ana ootanca' nut IL ~ not sonec''aue wa. ho
should have locked 1oF aue'i complete trans
nIished by Prof, Tyler. Nothing Of thu tor,npr
i,o,,, ra,,o,ra INT ihc 1nnruaor, Sn,.1, ,f th,
p1oM ',', .1s.s, - at.sr,s.. a,,.,,.rs ,,,s hsa,
otelna, r1's ~ ooss'ta s, a"."s s' ls m pst ose"
Tysr il the shape Of what ho calls " conacct!ug
j,nl..,n Tbe theory and plou OF Prof. Morley ara
",,,.tauo.oa .n@.,
ool'tesa'eu. ,-,., a..
While tic changes may "ouna or '!rhate Inc
sci1esteeIn oi iso1' mntlcs, 10, ueY WI. os P ap'
proVca by teachers Ihey nave fn,pfoVet lug
book, It now has al! tho advantages Of Prof.
Morlev,a eunt1 1tcrarr INDIGNANT nrl tcllolar.
shtr I'D ~ prnf T-fsr;e cvnrr.er.c Nc ,cach,
sr, ' How dow Impor,ant m tl,:se ndyantaro. aro may
bs loarhed from glance at the articles on Chall-
cor, Shakespeare, aid Milton, IN which tho re-
suits Of the Iatcat research hive been embodied
III the text, or from a study OF the arrangement,
,vbtrh 4, atmn1e clear, mn, iopicot. Thc manual
would bo improved By fullor view Of modern
writer's. It 10 true, as froi. Tyler
says, that recent literature Is easily ac-
ccssibc. anu that tho student should
70 for It to the library. But the question ID,
VIII the student do what he ought IN tlits r.
spect1 The study Of modern writer's Is: out Of
oil comparison morc profitable Ia the 'arcrags
collegostudcnt than that Of old.English nu-
thora. In order Tint this study atlotslI be intel
strablc that tue textbook should gre full direc.
tlof6+ hhu cxc1to INC curiosity OF ths IcAncE. II
the meae1enes' OF the nadlal tos IN tl,a !ast TWO
a Msae shond !. h. w u. ~ ~ III,
r. nrcsnns iIe,Icencies. IL IL probably suncrior
10 any other. ul,!cas it bo Sllnw's, in tic MARKET
"a Manual Of English Literature. hy Henry
Morley. Professor Of EMgilsh Literature y
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