E. No. 1. Representative Americans. EDWARD T. DEVINE, Ph. D., . 2. 3. 4. 44 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 64 64 66 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. The Making of English Literature. CLARENCE G. CHILD, Ph. D., General Astronomy. JAMES E. KEELER, Sc. D.,. Evenings in Geology. J. H. PILLSBURY, M. A., . Great Leaders of Political Thought. WOODROW WILSON, Ph. D., Some Historical and Literary Movements of the Nineteenth Century. JAMES Great Englishmen. W. HUDSON SHAW, M. A., . Municipal Government in Philadelphia. ALBERT A. BIRD, Ph. D., History of Ireland. W. HUDSON SHAW, M. A., The Reformation and the Revolution, 1529-1689. W. HUDSON SHAW, M. A.,, . 16. The Causes of the Unequal Distribution of Wealth. WILLIAM MORSE COLE, 17. B. A., Historical Conception of English Character and Citizenship. C. R ASHBER, "18. The Italian Pictures in the London National Gallery. J. WELLS, M, A. ៩ ៩ ៩ ៩ ទ៩៩ ៩៩៩ ៩ ៩៩៩ ៩៩៩៖ Debt of the Nineteenth Century to Rome. W. H. GOODYEAR, M. A. 3. The Development of Music. THOMAS W. SURETTE 10 ΤΟ Italian Art and Paintings of the Old Masters. W. H. GOODYEAR, M. A. 20 Debt of the Nineteenth Century to Egypt. W. H. GOODYEAR, M. A. 7. Seventeenth Century Literature. CLARENCE G. CHILD, Ph. D. ΤΟ The Principles of Money Applied to Current Problems. JOSEPH FRENCH The Great Republic in Its Youth. HENRY W. ELSON, M. A. 64 20 10 15 20 ΤΟ ΤΟ 13. The Crusades. HILAIRE BELLOC. 14. Geology, with Special Descriptions of Formations near Pittsburg. 15. The Story of the English Towns. GRAHAM WALLAS, M. A. " 16. Six American State Papers. JOHN BACH MCMASTER, Ph. D. 17. Representative Frenchmen. HILAIRE BELLOC 44 " 18. Constitutional History of the United States. WILLIAM M. COLE, M. A. 21. Great Britain in the Nineteenth Century. E. P. CHEYNEY, M. A. ΤΟ 20 ΤΟ ΤΟ 10 15 10 10 23. English Literature from Shakespeare to Tennyson. ALBERt H. Smyth, ΤΟ B. A. ... SERIES G. 1897-1898. G. No. 1. Nineteenth Century Literature: The Greater English Novelists. The Great Composers: Classical Period. THOMAS WHitney Surette 15 10 5. American History, Social and Industrial (1789-1829). 7. Representative Novelists and Short-Story Writers. BLISS PERRY, M. A. 9. The Great Composers: Romantic Period. THOMAS WHITNEY SURETTE *Out of Print. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION LECTURES SYLLABUS OF A COURSE OF SIX LECTURES ON SHAKESPEARE BY ALBERT H. SMYTH PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Series G. No. 2 Price, 10 cents Copyright, 1897, by The American Society for the Extension of University Teaching The Weekly Papers.-Every student has the privilege of writing and sending to the lecturer each week, while the course is in progress, a paper containing answers to two or more questions from the lists given at the end of the syllabus. The paper should have at the head of the first sheet the name of the writer and the name of the centre. The Class. At the close of each lecture a class will be held. All are urged to attend it and to take an active part. The subjects discussed will ordinarily be those treated in the lecture of the same evening. Where possible a conference will be held at a different hour for the benefit of the students who write weekly papers. Where this is not feasible, a part or the whole of the regular class hour will be given to a discussion of the papers, and under such conditions the subjects discussed will be those treated in the lecture of the previous week. Students are invited to add to their papers any questions, or to suggest any topics relevant to the subject, which may seem to them to require more detailed explanation. All persons attending the lecture are invited to attend the class, whether they have sent in weekly papers or not. The Examination.-Those students whose papers and attendance upon the class exercises have satisfied the lecturer of the thoroughness of their work will be admitted to the examination at the close of the course. Each person who passes the examination successfully will receive from the Society a certificate in testimony thereof. Reading.--Students who are writing weekly papers will find it advisable to spend the larger part of the spare time available each week in reading on the subjects treated in the preceding lecture, thus preparing themselves for the conference, or class, and for the writing of the papers. Those who are not writing the papers will probably find it more advantageous to read consecutively one or more of the texts recommended, without particular reference to the order in which the subjects are discussed in the lectures. Students with considerable time at their disposal may be able to combine both methods of study. Students' Associations.-The formation of Students' Associations for reading and study before and after the lecture course, as well as during its continuance, is strongly urged. In every case where this is done, the lecturer would be glad of any opportunity to make special suggestions in advance about books and subjects. The suggestions in this syllabus are of too general a nature for the guidance of these associations. They are intended rather for the use of individual readers whose time and previous knowledge vary widely, and -to whom, therefore, no specific direction can be given. SHAKESPEARE. A COURSE OF SIX LECTURES. LECTURE I. The Life and Literary History of Shakespeare. The history of the Shakespeare name in Warwickshire; the ancestors and posterity of William Shakespeare; birth in Stratford (April, 1564); education at the grammar school under Thomas Hunt. Where Shakespeare first saw a play performed (the Guild Hall); the courtship, the affair with Sir Thomas Lucy, and an account of the recently discovered Lucy "account book." The reasons for the migration to London; London as it was in 1587; Shakespeare's apprenticeship to the drama; conjectures as to his tours upon the continent; his connection with actors' companies and with the theatres; history of the theatres-the Theatre, the Curtain, the Blackfriars, the Globe, the Swan, the Rose. Shakespeare's return to Stratford, his wealth, his services to his native town, his death and burial (April 23, 1616). The history of the publication of the plays. This lecture is illustrated by lantern slides. LECTURE II. The Land of Shakespeare. Shakespeare was born in the Forest of Arden; Warwickshire, the central county of England, divided into Arden and Feldon. Its Celtic remains-the Rollrich stones; Roman remains-Icknield street, Foss way, Watling street, Alcester; Castles-Warwick, Kenilworth, Maxstoke. The moated manor house-Baddesley Clinton; Tudor mansions-Compton Wynyates, Charlecote; Abbeys-Stoneleigh, Combe, Maxstoke; modern mansions-Ragley, Compton Verney, Clopton, Guy's Cliff. Churches: Saxon-Wooton Wawen. Norman, 1066– 1200-Beaudesert, Corley, Kenilworth, Offchurch, Stoneleigh, Preston Bagot, Tysoe, Warmington, Wixford. Early English, 1189-1320-Bidford, Brailes, Budbrooke, Burton Dassett, Long Itchington, Norton Lindsey, Pillerton Hersey, Tachbrook, Whichford, Wolverton, Wormleighton. Decorated, 1300-1400-Astley, Bilton, Chesterton, Coleshill, Coventry St. John's, Dunchurch, Fenny Compton, Ladbroke, Leamington Hastings, Long Compton, Maxstoke, Rowington, Snitterfield, Solihull, Stratford-on-Avon, Temple Balsall, Wroxall. Perpendicular, 1380-1547Brailes (tower), Coleshill (chancel), Coughton, Coventry, St. Michael's; Coventry, Holy Trinity; Henley-in-Arden, Knowle, Solihull (nave and aisles), Tysoe (chancel), Stratford-on-Avon (chancel, Guild Chapel). Ribton-Turner. This lecture is fully illustrated by a complete set of lantern slides, made by Professor Smyth during a residence of ten summers in Stratford-onAvon. LECTURE III. Interpretation by reading of a Shakespearean Comedy. LECTURE IV. Interpretation by reading of a Shakespearean Tragedy. |