Lockwood Sara Elizabeth H. Lessons in English

Boston: Ginn & Company, 1890. — 404 p.The interest recently awakened in the study of English is, doubtless, due, in a great measure, to the fact that the works of the best English and American authors are now published in convenient and attractive form, and at prices which bring them within the reach of all. It is almost universally conceded that the best teaching of English is that in which precept and example are most happily combined. The testimony of teachers who have long been striving to attain this end is that far better results are reached by the use of supplementary reading than were possible before the days of cheap editions. The pupil has constantly before him specimens of classic English, and is trained to test their excellence by applying the principles which he has learned. This method not only strengthens his mental grasp upon the abstract principles, but unconsciously develops a critical literary taste. Power of thought and facility of expression are acquired with comparative little effort. More than this, the opening of so many lines of thought and investigation does much towards forming the basis of a broad, general culture.