Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur. 1920. On the Art of Reading

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A liberal education is not an appendage to be purchased by a few: Humanism is, rather, a quality which can, and should, condition all our teaching.

Sir Arthur
Quiller-Couch

On the Art of Reading

Lectures Delivered in the University of Cambridge, 1916–1917

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

As well as being a noted scholar and critic, Arthur Quiller-Couch was an active proponent for educational reform at Cambridge. This series of lectures is dedicated to his closest allies in the battle for a reformed English program at Cambridge and are rich with Quiller-Couch’s customary insight and intelligence.

CONTENTS

Bibliographic Record Preface

TO H. F. S. AND H. M. C.

CAMBRIDGE: UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1920
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2000

Introductory
Apprehension versus Comprehension
Children’s Reading (I)
Children’s Reading (II)
On Reading for Examinations
On a School of English
The Value of Greek and Latin in English Literature
On Reading the Bible (I)
On Reading the Bible (II)
On Reading the Bible (III)
Of Selection
On the Use of Masterpieces

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