The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-24


ton.
4. Shakespeare's The Merchant of
Venice.
Shakespeare's Macbeth
Shakespeare's Hamlet,
Shakespeare's Othello-Any edition.
5. Goethe's Faust, Bayard Taylor
Houghton, Miffiin Company, Bos-
ton.
The translations and editions given
here are thought to be the best suited
for the purpose Of this reading circle.
Charles Alphonso Smith, Edgar
Allen Poe, Professor of English in the
University Of Virginia; Charles Foster
Smith, Professor of Greek in the
University of Wisconsin,; Richard
Burton, professor English Literature,
University of Minnesota, and William
Lyon Phelps, Professor of English
Literature in Yale University, will as
sist the Bureau of Eduation in direct
ing this course Of reading.
State school officers are asked to
cooperate with the Bureau Of Edu-
cation in directing this and other
reading courses arranged by the Bu-
reau. In those States in which this is
done the certificates may bear also
the signature of the chief school Off
GER
In writing about this course refer
to it as United States Bureau of Ed
ucation. Home Education Division.
Reading Course No. I, or as The Lit
erary Bibles Reading Course"
Great Literaturc-Ancicnt Medieval,
and Modern.
Reading Course No. III.
1t is difficult to estimate the value
OF q systematic course of reading in
the greater. literature Of the world. 1t
widens ones horizon, deepens ones
current of thought, quickens ones in
terests, and makes all life richer and
fuller; not only the life of the indi-
vidual but of the Nation as we'll. That
individuals and Nation alike may be
thus enriched, the United States Bu-
reau Of Education is issuing, through
its home education division, these two
courses in reading:
Course No. /, The Worlds Literary
Bibles, including:
The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer,
The Divine Comedy of Dante,
Shakespeares The Merchant of
Venice,
Shakespeare's Macbeth,
Shakespearc's Hamlet
Shakespeare Othello.
Goethe's Faust.
And the present Course II, which
includes these eight books and also
the nine following:
job,
Isaiah,
Deuteronomy,
Prometheus Bound Of Aeschylus,
The Aeneid Of Virgil, q.
The Nibelungenlied,
Cervantes' Don Quixote,
Select Plays of Moliere,
Milton's Paradise Lost.
The Bureau invites all who wish to
undertake this course of reading un-
der it's direction to join it's Second
sion to this circle it is only necessary
to write to the Home Education Di-
vision Of the Bureau of Education.
Washington, d. c." giving your name
postofiice address, your age, and
very brief statement of your educa-
ton and occupation. You should
also write the home education divis-
ion of the Bureau when you have
finished reading any course.
To each person submitting satisfac-
tory evidence of having read all the
books on this list within three years
from the time Of joining circle, there
Will be awarded certificate bearing
the seal Of the United States Bureau
of Education and signed by the
Commissioner of Education. In
States where the State department of
education cooperates with the Bureau
this certificate may bear the sigma
ture Of the chief school officer Of the
State also. All young men and wo-
men who wish to lay a good founda-
tion for a knowledge of the best lit
erature are invited to join this circle.
Charles Alphonso Smith, Edgar
Allen Poe, professor Of English in
the University Of Virginia; Charles
Forster Smith. professor Of Greek in
the University of Wisconsin; Richard
Burton, professor OF English Ltera-
tire in the T'niN,orc;t,,