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Preface
In preparing this little book, I have done the work conscientiously, whether it shall prove to be well or ill done.
In every matter treated, I have given the advice I should give to a son or a brother — drawing my materials from every available source.
The narrow limits of the volume have compelled me to speak ex cathedra in many cases when I should have preferred to reverently cite authority, or to carefully state to the reader the premises from which my conclusions were drawn.
If I have spoken dogmatically, however, I would have the student remember that the whole spirit of my teaching is that he should never accept blindly the authority of any man or of any book, and to this rule my own little volume certainly does not claim to be an exception.
Beooklyn, September, 1872. G. 0. E.
0NTEN1 S.
Introduction
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The Nature and Purpose of the Book 1
CHAPTER L
HOW TO MAKE OUT A COUESE OF STUDY.
What to study — A Common Error . . 6
What then, should be the Student's Course ?........ 8
What are the Purposes of Education ? 8
The Comparative Values of Various Studies. . „ 10
Herbert Spencer's Classification. 10
Chapter II. Common School Studies
The Waste of Time 15
How to study Geography 16
Arithmetic 17
The Study of English 23
The Failure of the Grammars 24
VI CONTENTS.
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How to study Grammar 26
Pronunciation . 27
Spelling. 27
Learning the Meanings of Words 30
The Structure of Sentences 32
Higher English 34
CHAPTER HI.
COLLEGIATE STUDIES.
What to study 42
The Scientists and the Classicists 44
The Question to be decided 47
Chapter IV. The Study Oe Languages
The Comparative Values of Languages 49
The Comparative Difficulty of learning them 50
How to study Languages 51
The Group System 52
M. Marcel's System 53
How to learn to read a Language 54
The Time necessary 63
Learning to understand the spoken Tongue 64
Learning to speak the Language 70
The Eobertsonian System 72
Chapter V. The Higheb Mathematics
The Nature and Value of Mathematical Study 75
The Processes 77
The Order of Studies 77
The Way to study Algebra ...... 79
A Way out of Difficulties 80
Another Way out of Difficulties 81
CONTENTS. Vll
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Rules 82
The other Mathematics ...... ... 83
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