Excerpt from Principles and Method in the Study of English Literature These chapters are written primarily from a teacher's point of view. I have here attempted to state the logical and psychological principles that underlie the study of English Literature, and to illustrate methods of teaching that follow naturally from them. The essay is written with special reference to the mental growth and requirements of pupils in secondary schools; but in so far as the methods indicated are logically based upon the fundamental nature of the subject-matter taught, they are capable of being applied, in their essence, to the teaching of English Literature at all stages: I therefore venture to hope that the essay may be of interest to teachers of every grade. No attempt has been made to deal with the study of English as a whole: principles and method are described in their application only to the reading of authors. From an immediately practical standpoint, my chief aim has been to show how English Literature, as it appears in the works of our best writers, may be effectively studied and rightly appreciated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.