English as She is Taught

This volume is a literary collection made by a teacher. A compilation of bonafide answers to questions asked in public schools.

When a student delivered something peculiarly quaint or toothsome in the course of his recitations, this teacher and her associates privately recorded it in a memorandum book, strictly adhering to the original in grammar, construction, spelling, and all, and the result is this literary curiosity.

The contents of the book consist mainly of answers given by the boys and girls to questions, said answers being given sometimes verbally, sometimes in writing. The subjects touched upon are fifteen in number: I. Etymology; II. Grammar; III. Mathematics; IV. Geography; V. «Original»; VI. Analysis; VII. History; VIII. «Intellectual»; IX. Philosophy; X. Physiology; XI. Astronomy; XII. Politics; XIII. Music; XIV. Oratory; XV. Metaphysics.