Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Study Clubs 6: Annual Report on Study Clubs, 1900
The English home reading union referred to, is in its 12th year of activity under the name of National home reading union. The London educational times for Oct. 1900 gives the following state ment of the society' s aims and work. Its aim Is to render reading attractive and profitable by issuing lists drawn up by authorities, of the best books in various subjects, and by publishing magazines which contain introductions to the subjects under study, suggestions as to the best methods of read ing the prescribed books, answers to questions, and criticism of os says, as well as news of other readers' doings. The subjects in cluded in the young peoples course are: 1) History and biogra phy, with special reference to King Alfred and his times; 2) Literature (shakspere, prose, and poetry); 3) Travel; 4) R0 mance and humor; and 5) Nature study (for this, special editions of Richard Jeffries' The open air and Nature near London have been obtained). 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.
