By MARTIN W. SAMPSON, Chairman of the Committee in charge of the Department of English, Cornell University; and ERNEST O. HOLLAND, Associate Professor of Education, Indiana University, formerly Head of English Department, Male High School, Louisville, Kentucky.

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THE Sampson-Holland Written and Oral Composition is the first book to provide a complete course in composition, both written and oral, with due stress on each part of the work. It is not a mere theoretical experiment, as many pioneer books are likely to be; it has been tried repeatedly, lesson by lesson, in actual secondary class-work, until the authors have felt ready to come before the educational public with a well-arranged, well-tried scheme. Both in theory and in practice, the present volume tends to strengthen English instruction at its weakest point, the pupil's use of spoken language. Besides the unique feature of combining written and oral work, the book contains many original devices for stimulating the pupil's interest in his own composition. Perhaps, too, no text-book on composition has ever been put together with a more scrupulous regard for the teacher's own needs. The lessons are so planned as to distribute the written work evenly throughout the year, so that the task of theme-correcting is lightened as much as possible. The experienced teacher will find in the complete series of alternative lessons abundant opportunities to emphasize special points, and the inexperienced teacher will find in the specific directions for each lesson as definite a guide to successful teaching as a text-book alone can furnish. Every lesson in the book has been made to stand a four-fold test; its ability to meet the needs of the intelligent student, the dull student, the expert teacher, and the novice.

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