(4) A complete program of study, "How to Gain the Full Benefit from
Your Reading" (pages 28, 29), gives a concise explanation of the
various helps found in the book.

(5) The helps to study are more than mere notes; they aid in making
significant the larger purposes of the literature. These "Notes and
Questions" include:

(a) Biographies of the authors, that supply data for interpreting the
stories and poems; particularly helpful are those of Part III;

(b) Historical settings, wherever they are necessary to the
intelligent understanding of the selection (see pages 94, 105, etc.);

(c) Questions and suggestions that present clearly the main idea,
stimulate original discussion and comparison, and bring out modern
parallels to the situations found in the selections;

(d) Words of everyday use frequently mispronounced, listed, for study
under "Discussion" (see page 29, etc.);

(e) Phrases that offer idiomatic difficulty; for convenience in
locating these phrases the page and line numbers are indicated;

(f) Projects, individual and social.


CONTENTS

PREFACE