. Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ity. d. Force. The quantity of mental energy theperson possesses usually regulates the force of hisutterance, and that mental energy is stimulatedby his emotions. If he feels thoroughly in earnestin what he is trying to accomplish, his voice be-comes loud and full of force. It is then a natural 316 Reading Aloud force and is usually agreeable, unless the emotionwhich causes it is of an unpleasant type. But it is often true, particularly of teachers whohave been long in servic
. Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ity. d. Force. The quantity of mental energy theperson possesses usually regulates the force of hisutterance, and that mental energy is stimulatedby his emotions. If he feels thoroughly in earnestin what he is trying to accomplish, his voice be-comes loud and full of force. It is then a natural 316 Reading Aloud force and is usually agreeable, unless the emotionwhich causes it is of an unpleasant type. But it is often true, particularly of teachers whohave been long in service and those persons whohave talked under unfavorable conditions to largenumbers of people, that their voices have becometoo loud and too much strained to be pleasant tothe ear. A soft, pleasing voice, loud enough to bedistinctly audible, is always better than a strident,forcible utterance that compels attention whetherone will or not. Extremes of force may be found in the follow-ing selections: Sweet and Low, VI, 122. To a Waterfowl, VII, 395. The Destruction of Sennacherib, VI, 141. Little Bed Riding Hood, I, CHAPTER XIII Literature and Its Forms >^T is not everyone who can tell readilywhat is meant by literature, nor cananyone in a few words define it. Whatthe study of literature (only theadults manner of saying reading)is exjiected to accomplish was a]3tlydescribed by Cardinal Newman whenhe wrote: The object of literature in educationis to 0])en the mind, to correct it, to refine it, toenable it to comprehend and adjust its knowledge,to give it power over its faculties—application,flexibilitj^ method, critical exactness, sagacity, ad-dress and expression. Reading at home and in thepublic schools as well as in the high school andcolleges helps to accomplish these ends to a greatextent. Many persons fail to understand what literatureis, and if they do realize its importance they do notcomprehend the great variety of its forms nor thesignificance of each. To help such
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