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How to Read and What to Read

How to Read and What to Read

by Sherwin Cody

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Author
Cody, Sherwin, 1868-1959
Title
The art of writing & speaking the English language : How to read and what to read
Original Publication
Chicago: The Old Greek Press, 1905.
Credits
Aaron Adrignola, Laura Natal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
Z: Bibliography, Library science
Subject
Literature -- History and criticism
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 76097
Release Date
May 15, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Sherwin Cody’s Works — HOW TO READ AND WHAT TO READ
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.PREFACE
  6. 6.HOW TO READ AND WHAT TO READ
  7. 7.GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LITERATURE. — CHAPTER I. WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD POEM? — CHAPTER II. WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD ESSAY? — CHAPTER III. WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD NOVEL? — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER IV. LANDMARKS IN MODERN LITERATURE. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER V. THE BEST POETRY AND HOW TO READ IT. — CHAPTER VI. HOW TO STUDY SHAKSPERE. — CHAPTER VII. THE BEST ENGLISH ESSAYS. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER VIII. OLD NOVELS THAT ARE GOOD. — CHAPTER IX. THE ROMANTIC NOVELISTS—SCOTT, HUGO, DUMAS. — CHAPTER X. THE REALISTIC NOVELISTS—DICKENS, THACKERAY, BALZAC. — CHAPTER XI. THE SHORT STORY—POE, HAWTHORNE, MAUPASSANT. — CHAPTER XII. CLASSIC STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. — INDEX OF RECOMMENDED BOOKS (With Dates)
  8. 8.SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
  9. 9.Untitled

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