PRACTICAL ENGLISH SERIES MODELS FOR COMPILED BY For the Exclusive Use of Grenville Kleiser's FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY NEW YORK AND LONDON HARVARD COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY GRENVILLE KLEISER Printed in the United States of America TO THE STUDENT MY PUPILS have often asked me for a volume of convenient size containing models of English style. This book is printed in response to this request, and contains selections from a number of authors who have stood the test of time. Each extract should be studied in turn, special words or phrases underscored, and notes freely made by way of comment or criticism. The book is made to fit the pocket, so that its contents may the more readily be made to fit the head. GRENVILLE KLEISER. CONTENTS ON EXCELLENCE IN STYLE. Aristotle.... OLD CHINA. Charles Lamb..... PAGE ...... 1 9 ... 51 FAMILY GOVERNMENT. Herbert Spencer..... 46 ESSAY ON CRITICISM. Alexander Pope...... 48 SHALL WE LIVE AGAIN? Victor Hugo...... THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE. Washing- RUFUS CHOATE. Richard S. Storrs..... THE TRUE FINE GENTLEMAN. Sir Richard CARE OF OUR TIME. Jeremy Taylor.. |