A course of elementary reading in science and literature, compiled from popular writers : to which is added, a copious list of the Latin and Greek primitives which enter into the composition of the English language
Taking oneself in hand.--Plan of campaign.--Manipulatin of the memory.--Nature of study and thinking.--Mode of study.--Reading.--Text-books and books of reference.--Listening and note-making.--Constructive study in translation and essay-writing.--Examinations
In her third year, Porter won the Brandon College General Proficiency Award, the Margaret J. M. Stewart Memorial Scholarship in English, the J. B. Whitehead Memorial Scholarship in History, and the Ladies Orange Benevolent Association Scholarship in Religious Studies.
Scope and Content
Portrait of Carol Mavis Porter, class of 1963, from Oxbow, Saskatchewan.
Contemporary specimens of compositions, accompanied by explanatory or supplementary letters by the authors themselves, describing their methods, habits of writing, revisions, etc. cf. Pref
The English reader : or, Pieces in prose and poetry, selected from the best writers, designed to assist young persons to read with propriety and effect, to improve their language and sentiments, and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue, with a few preliminary observations on the principles of good reading
