BY DOROTHEA F. (CANFIELD) Fisher FORMERLY SECRETARY OF THE HORACE MANN SCHOOLS AND GEORGE R. CARPENTER PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO. LTD. 1906 All rights reserved PREFACE THE authors have endeavored to provide an unusually rich collection of material for work in composition, - material well arranged, well graded, well adapted for use in the seventh and eighth grades, and accompanied by a clear and suggestive statement of the grammatical and rhetorical principles involved. For skilled advice and assistance in connection with Chapters II-VI we are greatly indebted to Miss Jennie F. Owens, of the Jersey City Training School. NEW YORK CITY, July, 1906. D. F. C. G. R. C. |