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Some Oxford Books
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ENGLISH
¶ General.
THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH, by W. S. Tomkinson. Pp. 230. 5s. 6d. net.
‘It is full of good things.’
Educational Times
THE RUDIMENTS OF CRITICISM, by E. A. G. Lamborn. Pp. 192. 3s. 6d. net.
‘A valuable book for teachers, showing how children may be taught to appreciate poetry and verbal melody.’
Athenaeum.
EXPRESSION IN SPEECH AND WRITING, by E. A. G. Lamborn. Pp. 120. 4s. 6d. net.
‘It is hard to over praise this inspiring little book, written with all the author’s raciness, humour, and enthusiasm. It deals in five chapters with oral and written composition, verse making, original music, and the rendering of poetry.’
AMA.
¶ Phonetics.
THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH, by Henry Sweet. Pp. 140. 3s 6d. n.
An elementary introduction to Phonetics with particular reference to Standard English.
A PRIMER OF SPOKEN ENGLISH. Introduction, Analysis, Synthesis, by Henry Sweet. 4th edition revised. 1911. Pp. 110. 3s. 6d. net.
PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTIONS OF ENGLISH PROSE, by Daniel Jones. Pp. 60. 2s. 6d. net.
EXAMINATION PAPERS IN PHONETICS, by Daniel Jones. Pp. 52. 2s. 6d. net.
Designed to furnish practice for Oxford, Cambridge, and London Certificates.
¶ English Grammar, Descriptive.
ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR AND EXERCISE BOOK, by O. W. Tancock. Third edition. Pp. 92. 2s.
AN ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND READING BOOK. For lower forms in Classical Schools, by O. W. Tancock. Pp. 332. 3s. 6d.
ELEMENTARY LESSONS IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR, by H. C. Wyld. Pp. 224. 2s. 6d. net.
A NEW ENGLISH GRAMMAR based on the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Grammatical Terminology by E. A. Sonnenschein, with exercises by E. Archibald. Part I, 1s. 6d. net; Part II, 2s. net; Part III, 2s. 6d. net. Also in one volume. Pp. 426. 5s. net.
SENTENCE ANALYSIS for the Lower Forms of Public Schools, by H. W. Fowler. Pp. 68. 2s. net.
‘A clear, simple, and exact practical exposition of the subject, produced in typographical form which leaves nothing to be desired.’
Pitman’s Journal.
For books marked with a dagger, thus †, teachers’ Keys are available. Prices and conditions may be had on application to the publisher.
¶ English Historical Grammar.
A PRIMER OF HISTORICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR, by Henry Sweet. Second edition. Pp. 120. 3s. net.
A SHORT HISTORICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR, by Henry Sweet. Corrected impression. 1924. Pp. 276. 4s. 6d. net.
NEW ENGLISH GRAMMAR: Logical and Historical, in two parts, by Henry Sweet.
Part I: Introduction, Phonology, and Accidence. Pp. 524. 10s. 6d. n. Part II: Syntax. Pp. 148. 5s. net.
A PRIMER OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY, by W. W. Skeat. Sixth edition, revised. 1923. Pp. 120. 2s. 6d. net.
Chapters on the Sources of the Language; the History, Symbols and Sounds; Modern English Spelling; Words of Native Origin; Vowel Mutation and Gradation, &c.
STANDARD ENGLISH, by T. Nicklin. (World’s Manuals.) Pp. 102. 2s. 6d. net.
‘The author pleads that all children of whatever birth shall be carefully taught the “standard dialect”—the English, that is to say, of the educated class, and often hitherto regarded as a prerogative of that class.’
Journal of Education.
ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE, by Henry Bradley. Pp. 36. 2s. net.
An examination of the difficulties of spelling reform.
¶ Dictionaries.
¶ THE POCKET OXFORD DICTIONARY OF CURRENT ENGLISH, compiled by H. W. and F. G. Fowler. Pp. 1016. Cloth, 3s. 6d. net. India Paper, 6s. net.
An authoritative guide to the latest and best English usage. Over 2,000 columns of clear type; yet the volume is small enough to be carried in the pocket of a traveller or holiday maker.
¶ THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY, compiled by H. W. and F. G. Fowler. Eleventh impression. 1923. Pp. 1076. Cloth, 7s. 6d. net.
‘We strongly recommend every one to secure this Dictionary. Whatever they may possess this will be a distinct acquisition, and daily use will make it more and more indispensable.’
London Quarterly Review.
¶ The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and the Concise Oxford Dictionary are of unrivalled authority because they alone among one-volume dictionaries are based on the great Oxford English Dictionary, edited by Sir James Murray, Dr. Bradley, Dr. Craigie, and Mr. Onions. Of this great work Vol. I was published in 1888 after many years of preparation. Vol. X (the last) is now appearing in sections. The complete work will contain articles on about 425,000 words and will extend to over 15,000 large pages, each of three columns. For details see the General Catalogue.
A CONCISE ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY, by W. W. Skeat; new and corrected impression. 1911. Pp. 680. 6s. net; on thin paper, 7s. 6d. net.
¶ English Composition.
EXERCISES IN PROSE LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION, by G. Clifford Dent. Pp. 300. 4s.
Also separately. Part I (Ages 8-10),Text, 9d., Text and Exercises, 1s. Part II (Ages 11-14), Text, 1s., Text and Exercises, 1s. 6d. Part III (Ages 15-18), Text, 1s. 3d., Text and Exercises, 2s.
ENGLISH COMPOSITION, based on the study of literary models, by A. Cruse. Pp. 200. 2s. 6d.
Contents:—The History of the Essay, Writing an Essay, Types of Essay, Style, Letter Writing, Paraphrasing, Verse Writing.
ENGLISH COMPOSITION, Progressive Exercises (A Two-Years’ Course for upper forms), by C. E. L. Hammond. With an introduction by J. C. Smith. Pp. 176. 3s. 6d. Also in two parts: Part I, pp. 80. 2s.; Part II, pp. 112, 2s. 6d.
‘These books are truly admirable. We have not seen a more interesting or more suggestive treatment of English, and we cordially recommend them to all teachers of English.’
Scottish Educational Journal.
EXERCISES IN DICTATION AND COMPOSITION, with selected examination papers and a vocabulary of all difficult words, by N. Notman. Pp. 168. 2s. 6d. net.
Standard of Oxford and Cambridge Locals.
† SHORT ESSAYS FOR FOURTH AND FIFTH FORMS, with specimen analyses, by S. E. Winbolt. Pp. 292. 3s. 6d.
THE WRITING OF ENGLISH, by P. J. Hartog, assisted by Mrs. Amy H. Langdon. Third edition. Pp. 176. 4s. net.
The authors explain how it is that French boys write French so well while English boys write English so indifferently; and apply to English, with acknowledged practical success, the French method of teaching the mother tongue.
By H. W. and F. G. Fowler.
THE KING’S ENGLISH, ABRIDGED for School use. Pp. 160. 3s. net.
‘For the young writer we know of no better work since the appearance of Hodgson’s Errors in English.’
Literary World.
‘If freely used, it would do much to arrest the degradation of the English language.’
The Scotsman.
THE KING’S ENGLISH. Second edition. Pp. 380. 6s. net.
‘To author and journalists The King’s English should be invaluable.’
The Author.
‘This is the best book of its kind we have ever seen.’
Glasgow Herald.
¶ Précis Writing.
† A PROGRESSIVE COURSE OF PRÉCIS WRITING. Part I for beginners, Part II Official Correspondence, Minutes, &c., pp. 146, graduated, by F. E. Robeson. 2s. 6d.
HISTORICAL PASSAGES FOR PRÉCIS WRITING, by F. E. Robeson. Pp. 118. 2s. 6d.
PRÉCIS WRITING. The two books in one volume. Pp. 264. 4s. 6d.