IN PARSING AND ANALYSIS BY HELEN ARNOLD, A.B. TEACHER OF ENGLISH IN THE AGNES IRWIN SCHOOL "Speech finely framed delighteth the ears.” BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY PREFACE IN preparing these exercises, the aim has been to provide simple, abundant, and worthy material for practice in the intermediate work of English grammar. Besides a few proverbs, the extracts supplying this material have been selected from standard authors alone, with constant avoidance of difficult idioms and other irregular usages. In the presentation of the successive constructions, the strictest grading has been observed; for, in order to secure accuracy and thoroughness, not only the details of sentence-structure are to be learned in progressive order, but also every word in every sentence must be parsed, at least mentally, though not every word is necessarily recited. The exercises should be taken up in the order printed, except VII, VIII, and IX; these three can be taught more readily after the development gained by some practice in analysis of sentences. Especially is this true of Exercises VIII and IX, which, indeed, if deferred sufficiently, may be quickly familiarized in sight-work in class. Nor until the first few very easy sentences of Exercise XI have been studied is the Method of Analysis important; if this, too, is deferred, the pupil will come to feel it a help and not a burden. The detached Parsing Card, which accompanies each book, should be gradually mastered in the closest connection with the exercises. In the pupil's preparation of lessons out of class, the card needs to be always at hand until it has been memorized, but in recitation its use should be at first discouraged and then forbidden. The duplicate directions on page 87 are supplied for reference only, in case of emergency, and should never be used in general work, as by laying the card alongside of the open book, the lesson can be taught and studied more quickly and in a more orderly manner than when pages have to be repeatedly turned. For obtaining the knowledge required to begin the use of this book, Dr. Edwin A. Abbott's "How to Tell the Parts of Speech" cannot be too strongly recommended. Its clear, simple, and convincing style appeals directly to children, often without the guidance of a teacher, and its value to older pupils for review and reference is equally apparent. Among the many other admirable grammars con |