University of Virginia Library

Essays.

Group 4: Carlyle's Essay on Burns, with a selection from Burns'
Poems; Macaulay's Life of Johnson; Emerson's Essay on Manners.

English D. History of English and American Literature. (One
unit.)

The courses outlined, in accordance with the program of most
high schools, have taken into account English, (1) as a language, (2)
as a means of expression, (3) as a literature—all so intimately connected,
however, that the proper study of each will bear indirectly
on the other two.

No student will be conditioned on English A or B.