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HIS is a practice book to train the language boys and girls. Composition is an art; and through repeated practice, well motivated, that skill is attained. We learn by "doing."

The author has kept constantly in mind the actua needs of everyday life, the nature of the boy and t really used matters of theory, and the most adva gogical thought as expressed in progressive course and investigations.

The three main objects of the book are: (1) to rect language habits automatic; (2) to develop thinking power and to give him richer backgroun and (3) to make him enjoy his work by weaving around the doing of real things projects.

The book contains work for two years of the mentary grades, developed in twenty projects. T features are:

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1. Forty projects adapted for class work- each opportunity for "purposeful activity" on the part and exercise of individual initiative.

2. The socialized recitation - club organization audience, coöperative team work, discussion group periods, committee work, and voting.

3. Individual differences in pupils-recognized quently provided for in the assignments.

4. Training in thought-getting and organizationfailure by systematic getting and organizing of ideas. 5. Much supervised class work and teaching of how giving the concrete demonstration that the poor pupi