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THE ATLANTIC MONTHLYANDITS VALUE TO TEACHERSOF ENGLISHUsed in place of the formal textbookit exerts a powerful influence instimulating and broadeningclassroom progress.Send for circular giving full detailsand special ratesTHE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY8 Arlington StreetBOSTON (17), MASSACHUSETTS
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SOME FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONSFROM THEATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESSSTORY, ESSAY, AND VERSEEdited by Charles Swain Thomas, of the Editorial Department of the Atlantic Monthly Press, and Harry G. Paul, of the University of Illinois.An anthology from theAtlantic Monthly, designed for colleges and senior high schools. Here are exhilarating tales that will hold every student’s interest, essays and poems of vigor and delicacy—the whole a collection that is “literature” in the fine old sense of the word, and “allright” in the vernacular of the wide-awake youth of to-day.YOUTH AND THE NEW WORLDAn anthology of “Atlantic Monthly” articles collected and edited for colleges and senior high schools by Ralph P. Boas of the Central High School, Springfield, Massachusetts.Now, as perhaps seldom before, it is vital to society that young people should face and think through the demands of their day. This collection of personal reactions to economic, social, educational, and religious problems challenges attention, arouses steady interest in definite problems, and starts young minds on their necessary quest of logical and constructive ideas. It will make classroom discussion enthusiastic and incisive and will keenly stimulate the student’s powers in oral and written composition.
SOME FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONSFROM THEATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESSSTORY, ESSAY, AND VERSEEdited by Charles Swain Thomas, of the Editorial Department of the Atlantic Monthly Press, and Harry G. Paul, of the University of Illinois.An anthology from theAtlantic Monthly, designed for colleges and senior high schools. Here are exhilarating tales that will hold every student’s interest, essays and poems of vigor and delicacy—the whole a collection that is “literature” in the fine old sense of the word, and “allright” in the vernacular of the wide-awake youth of to-day.YOUTH AND THE NEW WORLDAn anthology of “Atlantic Monthly” articles collected and edited for colleges and senior high schools by Ralph P. Boas of the Central High School, Springfield, Massachusetts.Now, as perhaps seldom before, it is vital to society that young people should face and think through the demands of their day. This collection of personal reactions to economic, social, educational, and religious problems challenges attention, arouses steady interest in definite problems, and starts young minds on their necessary quest of logical and constructive ideas. It will make classroom discussion enthusiastic and incisive and will keenly stimulate the student’s powers in oral and written composition.
STORY, ESSAY, AND VERSE
Edited by Charles Swain Thomas, of the Editorial Department of the Atlantic Monthly Press, and Harry G. Paul, of the University of Illinois.
An anthology from theAtlantic Monthly, designed for colleges and senior high schools. Here are exhilarating tales that will hold every student’s interest, essays and poems of vigor and delicacy—the whole a collection that is “literature” in the fine old sense of the word, and “allright” in the vernacular of the wide-awake youth of to-day.
YOUTH AND THE NEW WORLD
An anthology of “Atlantic Monthly” articles collected and edited for colleges and senior high schools by Ralph P. Boas of the Central High School, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Now, as perhaps seldom before, it is vital to society that young people should face and think through the demands of their day. This collection of personal reactions to economic, social, educational, and religious problems challenges attention, arouses steady interest in definite problems, and starts young minds on their necessary quest of logical and constructive ideas. It will make classroom discussion enthusiastic and incisive and will keenly stimulate the student’s powers in oral and written composition.
THE ATLANTIC BOOK OF MODERN PLAYSEdited by Sterling A. Leonard of the University of Wisconsin.For colleges, senior high schools, and the general reader; with notes for school use and an introduction helpful to anyone interested in the study of dramatic technique.The best of modern drama is represented in this carefully selected volume. The names of Dunsany, Yeats, Synge, Lady Gregory, Galsworthy indicate somewhat the consistent merit of the collection and the certain stimulus of the chosen plays.ATLANTIC USAGEByGeorgeB. IvesA practical guide to the best usage in matters of punctuation, spelling, syllabification, and other technical points in the preparation of manuscripts and of magazines and books. It is based upon the traditions of theAtlantic Monthlyand the experience of the author, through whose hands the copy and proof of the magazine have passed for the last seventeen years.SHACKLED YOUTHBy Edward YeomansReaders of theAtlanticwill recall the stimulating articles onHistory,Geography, andThe School Shop, by Edward Yeomans, a Chicago manufacturer. To these he has added other papers, dealing in a liberal spirit with various aspects of American education. They are certain to arouse wide and fruitful discussion.(Prices to be announced later)
THE ATLANTIC BOOK OF MODERN PLAYSEdited by Sterling A. Leonard of the University of Wisconsin.For colleges, senior high schools, and the general reader; with notes for school use and an introduction helpful to anyone interested in the study of dramatic technique.The best of modern drama is represented in this carefully selected volume. The names of Dunsany, Yeats, Synge, Lady Gregory, Galsworthy indicate somewhat the consistent merit of the collection and the certain stimulus of the chosen plays.ATLANTIC USAGEByGeorgeB. IvesA practical guide to the best usage in matters of punctuation, spelling, syllabification, and other technical points in the preparation of manuscripts and of magazines and books. It is based upon the traditions of theAtlantic Monthlyand the experience of the author, through whose hands the copy and proof of the magazine have passed for the last seventeen years.SHACKLED YOUTHBy Edward YeomansReaders of theAtlanticwill recall the stimulating articles onHistory,Geography, andThe School Shop, by Edward Yeomans, a Chicago manufacturer. To these he has added other papers, dealing in a liberal spirit with various aspects of American education. They are certain to arouse wide and fruitful discussion.(Prices to be announced later)
THE ATLANTIC BOOK OF MODERN PLAYS
Edited by Sterling A. Leonard of the University of Wisconsin.
For colleges, senior high schools, and the general reader; with notes for school use and an introduction helpful to anyone interested in the study of dramatic technique.
The best of modern drama is represented in this carefully selected volume. The names of Dunsany, Yeats, Synge, Lady Gregory, Galsworthy indicate somewhat the consistent merit of the collection and the certain stimulus of the chosen plays.
ATLANTIC USAGE
ByGeorgeB. Ives
A practical guide to the best usage in matters of punctuation, spelling, syllabification, and other technical points in the preparation of manuscripts and of magazines and books. It is based upon the traditions of theAtlantic Monthlyand the experience of the author, through whose hands the copy and proof of the magazine have passed for the last seventeen years.
SHACKLED YOUTH
By Edward Yeomans
Readers of theAtlanticwill recall the stimulating articles onHistory,Geography, andThe School Shop, by Edward Yeomans, a Chicago manufacturer. To these he has added other papers, dealing in a liberal spirit with various aspects of American education. They are certain to arouse wide and fruitful discussion.
(Prices to be announced later)
ATLANTIC READINGSTeachers everywhere are cordially welcoming our series ofAtlantic Readings; for material not otherwise available is here published for classroom use in convenient and inexpensive form. In most cases the selections reprinted have been suggested by teachers in schools and colleges where a need for a particular essay or story has been urgently felt. Supplied for one institution, the reprint has created an immediate market elsewhere.The Atlantic Monthly Press most warmly invites conference and correspondence that will suggest additions to this growing list. It is of course apparent from the titles below that the material is chosen only in part from the files of theAtlantic Monthly.The titles already published follow:—1. THE LIEBy Mary Antin15c2. RUGGS—R.O.T.C.By William Addleman Ganoe15c3. JUNGLE NIGHTBy William Beebe15c4. AN ENGLISHWOMAN’S MESSAGEBy Mrs. A. Burnett-Smith15c5. A FATHER TO HIS FRESHMAN SONBy Edward Sanford Martin15c6. A PORT SAID MISCELLANYBy William McFee15c7. EDUCATION:The Mastery of the Arts of LifeBy Arthur E. Morgan15c8. INTENSIVE LIVINGBy Cornelia A. P. Comer15c9. THE PRELIMINARIESBy Cornelia A. P. Comer15c10. THE MORAL EQUIVALENT OF WARBy William James15c11. THE STUDY OF POETRYBy Matthew Arnold15c12. BOOKSBy Arthur C. Benson15c13. ON COMPOSITIONBy Lafcadio Hearn15c14. THE BASIC PROBLEM OF DEMOCRACYBy Walter Lippmann15c15. THE PILGRIMS OF PLYMOUTHBy Henry Cabot Lodge25c
ATLANTIC READINGSTeachers everywhere are cordially welcoming our series ofAtlantic Readings; for material not otherwise available is here published for classroom use in convenient and inexpensive form. In most cases the selections reprinted have been suggested by teachers in schools and colleges where a need for a particular essay or story has been urgently felt. Supplied for one institution, the reprint has created an immediate market elsewhere.The Atlantic Monthly Press most warmly invites conference and correspondence that will suggest additions to this growing list. It is of course apparent from the titles below that the material is chosen only in part from the files of theAtlantic Monthly.The titles already published follow:—1. THE LIEBy Mary Antin15c2. RUGGS—R.O.T.C.By William Addleman Ganoe15c3. JUNGLE NIGHTBy William Beebe15c4. AN ENGLISHWOMAN’S MESSAGEBy Mrs. A. Burnett-Smith15c5. A FATHER TO HIS FRESHMAN SONBy Edward Sanford Martin15c6. A PORT SAID MISCELLANYBy William McFee15c7. EDUCATION:The Mastery of the Arts of LifeBy Arthur E. Morgan15c8. INTENSIVE LIVINGBy Cornelia A. P. Comer15c9. THE PRELIMINARIESBy Cornelia A. P. Comer15c10. THE MORAL EQUIVALENT OF WARBy William James15c11. THE STUDY OF POETRYBy Matthew Arnold15c12. BOOKSBy Arthur C. Benson15c13. ON COMPOSITIONBy Lafcadio Hearn15c14. THE BASIC PROBLEM OF DEMOCRACYBy Walter Lippmann15c15. THE PILGRIMS OF PLYMOUTHBy Henry Cabot Lodge25c
Teachers everywhere are cordially welcoming our series ofAtlantic Readings; for material not otherwise available is here published for classroom use in convenient and inexpensive form. In most cases the selections reprinted have been suggested by teachers in schools and colleges where a need for a particular essay or story has been urgently felt. Supplied for one institution, the reprint has created an immediate market elsewhere.
The Atlantic Monthly Press most warmly invites conference and correspondence that will suggest additions to this growing list. It is of course apparent from the titles below that the material is chosen only in part from the files of theAtlantic Monthly.
The titles already published follow:—
Footnotes:
[1]Reprinted by permission of the Macmillan Company.
[2]Abridged from the President’s address at the Dover meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1899.
[3]Some may already know that there is at least a third thing, argon.
[4]Without phosphorus, no thought.
[5]FromThe Idea of a University.
[6]From Macaulay’s essay on Von Ranke’sHistory of the Popes.
[7]Reprinted by permission of Charles Scribner’s Sons.
[8]The third lecture inSesame and Lilies.
[9]That no reference should be made to religious questions.
[10]I have sometimes been asked what this means. I intended it to set forth the wisdom of men in war contending for kingdoms, and what follows to set forth their wisdom in peace, contending for wealth.
[11]The translator of Marcus Aurelius whom Arnold quotes.
[12]From thePoetical Worksof George Meredith; copyright 1897, 1898, by George Meredith; published by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Reprinted by permission of the publishers.
[13]Published by the Macmillan Company, and here reprinted through their courtesy.
[14]FromSociety and Solitude.
[15]FromThe Conduct of Life.
[16]FromThe Conduct of Life.
[17]“Everything which pertains to the human species, considered as a whole, belongs to the order of physical facts. The greater the number of individuals, the more does the influence of the individual will disappear, leaving predominance to a series of general facts dependent on causes by which society exists, and is preserved.”—Quetelet.