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Jack's Self-Educator

A GUIDE TO A LIBERAL EDUCATION.

Under the Editorship

of H. C. O'NEILL, Editor of "The People's Books," etc.

SALARY £2.000

866 double-column pages.

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Cloth.

SUBJECTS TAUGHT

1. History

2. Social Philosophy

3. Languages

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INCLUDES COURSES OF READING ON EACH SUBJECT.

At the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge each student is guided in his studies by his Tutor. The aim of "Jack's SelfEducator" is to provide a Home Tutor for those who have not had the advantage of a university education.

The Courses of Reading are one of the most valuable features in the book. How many readers who have no ambition to pass examinations would welcome the guidance of a scholar as to What to Read on the subjects which specially interest them! Here they have an expert guide always at hand.

A History of the British Nation

A. D. Innes

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY

1,000 Pages (size, 9 by 61). 400 Illustrations and Maps Bound in cloth. The collection of illustrations from authentic

sources is unique.

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The book is well proportioned and accurate, its narrative is smooth and pleasant, the little character sketches are often neat and happy." The Times.

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Jack's Reference Book

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A Universal Encyclopædia. A Medical Dictionary. A Legal,
Commercial, and Parliamentary Guide. A Guide to Education and

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the Professions. A Gazetteer of the
World and Empire. An English
Dictionary. A Social Guide, etc.

The cheapest book ever pub-
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"An examination of Jack's Reference
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miscellaneous information so well arranged."
Right Hon. T. BURT, M.P.
"I consider Jack's Reference Book' a work
of very high value."
Prof. OSCAR BROWNING, of King's College,
Cambridge.

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A Guide to the English Language

ITS HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND USE. A book which attempts to answer the Problems which daily arise out of Speech and Writing. 460 pages.

List of Authors-DENDY AGATE, B.A. (Lond.); HENRY ALEXANDER, B.A., late of Queen's College, Oxford; E. CLASSEN, M.A., Ph.D., Assistant Lecturer in English Language and Literature, Manchester University; E. BOTHWELL MAYE, M.A.; AUSTIN K. GRAY, B.A., late of Jesus College, Cambridge; ROLAND EDWARDS; A. S. NEILL, M.A.; A. E. STIRLING, M.A. Under the Editorship of H. C. O'NEILL, Editor of " The New Encyclopædia," "The People's Books," etc.

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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

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Composition of the English Language: History-PhilologyAlphabet and Orthography-Doublets-Grammar. Vocabulary: General Principles-Enlargements of Vocabulary-Dictionary of Synonyms-Errors. Style: Composition and Style-Kinds of Composition-Synopsis of Classical Literature-Folk PoetryFamiliar Quotations. Miscellaneous: Prosody-TranslationParaphrasing- - Précis Writing-Letter Writing - Forms of Address Bibliography-Use of Dictionaries-Preparation of MS. for Printer-Foreign Words and Phrases-Abbreviations. "The knowledge contained in these learned chapters-and we are all for spreading knowledge of this kind-is a fit prelude to the business of every writer.. It is no pedantic instructor; it recognizes, even to the point of leniency, the free right of Englishmen to enlarge upon and to modify their great inheritance; for its price, it gives one an astonishing amount of learning, sound advice, and accurate and careful information." The Times.

GENERAL AND FIOTION

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A History of English Literature

WITH COPIOUS EXTRACTS FROM GREAT AUTHORS

Arthur Compton-Rickett, M.A., LL.D.

Joint-Author of "The Life and Letters of Theodore Watts-Dunton."

In extent equal to six large volumes. An invaluable and masterly work.

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A Book of English Poetry

Punch.

A CHOICE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH

LANGUAGE. Edited by GEORGE BEAUMONT. Over 1,000 poems, including a large number of copyright pieces by modern poets. 580 pages. Cloth.

For the selection it may confidently be claimed that it contains nothing but those poems which deserve to endure. The extent of the volume has enabled the editor to include a number of larger poems not to be found in other collections.

Flowers I Love

A series of Reproductions in Full Colours from 24 Original Drawings by KATHARINE CAMERON. With an Anthology of Flower Poems by EDWARD THOMAS.

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Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them

Horace J. Wright and Walter P. Wright,
the famous Horticulturists

Illustrated with 32 Plates in Full
Colours from Paintings by Beatrice
PARSONS, ELEANOR FORTESCUE
BRICKDALE, ANNA LEA-MERRITT,
HUGH L. NORRIS, MARGARET
WATERFIELD, A. F. MUCKLEY, F. G.
JAMES, and MARIE LOW.

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