research is obvious the student has been left to his own resources. The custom of translating foreign quotations has, however, been uniformly adhered to. In view of the catholicity evident in the range of material here offered, it is hoped that this volume will serve to alle Syracuse, New York July, 1923 viate the congestion of an over-worked reserve shelf and may suggest some solutions of the diverse problems to which the teaching of English everywhere gives rise. RUDOLPH W. CHAMBERLAIN CONTENTS A. INFORMATIVE PROSE (Introduction). CHARLES DARWIN: Struggle for Existence LAFCADIO HEARN: The Bible in English Literature GIFFORD PINCHOT: The Relation of Forests to Stream Control JOHN MILTON: For the Liberty of the Press JONATHAN SWIFT: An Argument to Prove that the Abolishing of Christianity in England may, as Things now Stand, be Attended with Some Incon- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: An Apology for Idlers II. ARGUMENTATION-Continued PAGI Edmund Burke: On the Conduct of Representatives in Parliament |