This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1895. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... EDITED BY GEORGE RICE CARPENTER, A.B., Professor of Rhetoric and English Composition in Columbia College. This series is designed for use in secondary schools in accordance with the system of study recommended and outlined by the National Committee of Ten, and in direct preparation for the uniform entrance requirements in English, now adopted by the principal American colleges and universities. Each volume contains full Notes, Introductions, Bibliographies, and other explanatory and illustrative matter. Crown 8vo, cloth. Books Prescribed for the 1897 Examinations. FOR READING. Shakspere's As You Like It. With an introduction by Barrett Wendell, A.B., Assistant Professor of English in Harvard University, and notes by William Lyon Phelps, Ph.D., Instructor in English Literature in Yale University. Defoe's History Of The Plague In London. Edited, with introduction and notes, by Professor G. R. Carpenter, of Columbia College. With Portrait of Defoe. Irving's Tales Of A Traveller. With an introduction by Brander Matthews, Professor of Literature in Columbia College, and explanatory notes by the general editor of the series. With Portrait of Irving. George Eliot's Silas Marner. Edited,with introduction and notes, by Robert Herrick, A.B., Assistant Professor of Rhetoric in the University of Chicago. With Portrait of George Eliot. FOR STUDY. Shakspere's Merchant Of Venice. Edited, with introduction and notes, by Francis B. Gummere, Ph.D., Professor of English in Haverford College. With Portrait of Shakspere. Burke's Speech On Conciliation With America. Edited, with introduction and notes, by Albert S. Cook, Ph.D., L.H.D., Professor of the English Language and Literature in Yale University. With Portrait of Burke. Scott's Marmion. Edited...