The San Francisco call., 1899-12-06
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desk STUDIES FOR GIRLS. READING COURSES.
Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton.

should be attempted. Too much time may
be wasted II the ''nicetes'' OF dictiOn,
ngures OF rhetoric, etc. receive attention.
An intelligent understanding OF what ia
read should be the main object. III
play OF Shakespeare Is read let the an
notated editions receive but little favor.
discussions foreign 20 the purposes OF
the club should be discouraged. The
books read should be the works that have
mad their value tested. IL Is not neces-
sary 10 have uniform copies Of the texts
taken up. One good effect OF these circles
should be 10 weaken the everlasting habit
OF some young persons for reading trashy
books: The leader in an organization Of
this kind may have disc0uragements.
The successful teacher or the successftiI
preacher must have stout heart Much
or the success OF the circle will depend on
enthusiasm. personal magnetism, taSt
ana good cOmmOn-sense.
Reading Courses.
To make a list OF books for which pref-
erence should be given is not an easy
task. Much depends upon the tastes. at
talnments and purposes OF the reader.
Guidance Is very desirable. and teachers
who have a good knowledge OF literature
Will generally prove the best advisers.
IL is a common practice, for schools to
prescr1De courses for supplementary read
ing. When convenient young woman
VIII not make a mistake by taking up the
books read by the students OF the gram
mar or nigh school. In this way she may
keep herself In touch with the work Of
those who are more fortunate In not be-
ing Obliged To leave school so soon. II
girl has access to public library a sys-
temauc course OF reading may be pur-
sued. To help girls who may not have
some one 10 guide them series OF read
ing courses Is here recommended. 10 Is
not assumed that better choice cannot
De made IL Is hoped. however the selec-
uons VIII prove seryiceable:
First eourse-Hawthorne's '"ransiewood
Tales; Ms. stoves queer Little People.
Pilgrims Progress" Burns 'C0tter's satur-
day Night" Miss Alcott's Little Women
Of the Lake Miss wetherslrs ''Qaeechy'S
Grays Elegy." Goldsmith's Vicar of Wake
neld; Bryant's Robert OF Lincoln Dickens
second eourse--Mrs Stoves Uncle Toms
cabin. irving .kniekerbocker stories.
Merchant OF Venice Tennyson's "Enoch
Arden" whittlers Maud Muller" Cold
worth" Dickens 'David Copperheld.' Char
lotte Bronte's Jane Eyre"
Third course-Goldsmith' Traveller" Long
Hail." Bryants ''Thanatopsis." Wards Dick
ems" English Men Of Letters. Dickens. oliver
Table, Addison's sir Roger De Coverley.''
ShakespeaIe's Julius Caesar Warmers
Fourth course-Curtis "Prue and T. scott's
Lay OF The Last Minstrel. shakespsare's
OF the Children" Loweirs Ny study WIN
dows" CowpeTs The Task" Tennyson's
George Eliots Adam Bede." Hutton's Scott
English Men Of Letters, ColeridKe's The
Rhine OF the Ancient Mariner" Longfellow's
"COurtship OF Miles Standlsh." Kingsley's
ALTON Locke"
Fifth course-Emerson's "Cornpensation. -
Representative Men" Tennyson's TN Mem
oriam." Shakespeare's Hamlet" Scott's
''Marmlon." Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter"
Thackeray's The Newcomes." Warmers ''Ir-
wing american Men OF Letters. ParlIman's
Wolfe and Montcalm." Byrons "Childs Har-
old" Thoreau's Walden" Morses Lincoln
american Statesmen). Browning's MY Last
Duchess" Victor Hugo's Les Miserablss."
Carlyle's Burns" Garnetts Emerson
Great Writers Series).
Note-Lessons In penmanship for girls will
be commenced next week.