ABC 9
HOW TO STUDY POETRY 11
WARNING 13
1 17
CHAPTER ONE 17
Laboratory Conditions 23
Ideogrammic Method 26
CHAPTER TWO 28
What is Literature？ 28
What is the Use of Language？ 29
CHAPTER THREE 32
CHAPTER FOUR 36
Compass，Sextant，or Landmarks 41
CHAPTER FIVE 50
CHAPTER SIX 58
CHAPTER SEVEN 62
CHAPTER EIGHT 63
Tests and Composition Exercises 64
Second Set 66
Further Tests 68
Basis 71
Liberty 77
Exercise 77
XIXth Century 78
Study 79
Perception 81
The Instructor 83
Tastes 86
DISSOCIATE 88
DICHTEN = CONDENSARE 92
2 93
Exhibits 95
Four Periods 132
Exercise 143
Style of a Period 154
A Table of Dates 173
Other Dates 177
To Recapitulate 187
Whitman 192
TREATISE ON METRE 197