A Public School Reciter

Author : Bertha M. Skeat
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484384261
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book A Public School Reciter (Classic Reprint) written by Bertha M. Skeat and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Public School Reciter IT is a well-known fact that the modern Public School Curriculum makes short work of any subject that does not directly or indirectly tend towards examinations. Under these circumstances, the teaching of English Literature in the Upper School usually resolves itself into the getting up of Set Books or the supplementing of the Literature Primer with choicely culled notes. But in the Lower School - the II., III., and even occasionally Lower IV. Forms - there is yet h0pe. For there are still two ways left unguarded by which a taste for Literature may be cunningly insinuated by the wary teacher; one is the Recitation lesson, the other, the Composition lesson. We are now considering the question of Recitation. The chief advantage of Recitation as a class subject is, that it is so eminently suited for the purpose. In a class of fifty boys or girls you can arouse a sense of enthusiasm, of public spirit, Of passion held in a leash, that you cannot arouse in a class of five. And as Literature has been defined, by one who understood it, as the expression of the highest thought in the most perfect form, it is evident that the first training in it must be on the emotional, rather than on the intellectual side. It is here that Recitation comes in; for in trying to express aloud the best thoughts of others in the best way, we enter almost unconsciously into their spirit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.