Excerpt from Speaking and Writing English: A Course of Study for the Eight Grades of the Elementary School, With Practical Suggestions for Teaching Composition and a Full Set of Composition Standards In the light of such a study of children's language needs and capacities, the following would seem to be a reasonable and work able aim for the elementary school. 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.