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LITERATURE.
In the Class of Literature attention is confined to the study of
the English Language and its Literature. The origin, growth
and philological peculiarities of the language will be considered;
the various influences, domestic and external, by which it has
been brought to its present condition will be explained; the lives
of its most eminent authors will be studied in their historical
order and connection; and the critical examination and appreciation
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of the time. In addition to this, the Class will be required
to practice literary composition.
Text-books are more deficient in this branch of study, than
even in History. The following will be used for the present:
Spalding's History of English Literature; Shaw's Outlines of
General Literature; Shakespeare; Aiken's British Poets.
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