point out, are not discovered by the student, his knowledge will be
quite as profitable. Additional reading in Lowell's works should be
secured, and can be through the sympathetic interest and enthusiasm of
the instructor. The following selections may be used for rapid
examination and discussion: _Under the Willows, The First Snow-Fall,
Under the Old Elm, Auf Wiedersehen, Sunthin' in the Pastoral Line,
Jonathan to John, Mr. Hosea Biglow to the Editor of the Atlantic
Monthly_, and the prose essays _My Garden Acquaintance_ and _A Good
Word for Winter_. The opportunity should not be lost for making the
students forever and interestedly acquainted with Lowell, with the
poet and the man.

The editor naturally does not assume responsibility for the character
of the examination questions given, at the end of this volume. They
are questions that have been used in recent years in college entrance
papers by two eminent examination boards.

J.W.A.

_October_ 1, 1908.




CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION:

Life of Lowell