A Life Full of Living Books

English: Lesson 180 My plan to put my knowledge of literature to productive lifetime use. Books have been a huge staple in my education. Before finding the Ron Paul Curriculum, my parents homeschooled me with the Charlotte Mason method. One of her mottos is, “Education is an Atmosphere, a Discipline, a Life." Books and good …

Philip Dru: The Novel with no Plot and a Dictator

English: Lesson 120 Is this novel a defense of liberty? The book, Philip Dru: Administrator, A Story of Tomorrow, written by Edward M. House, seems to only have been written to describe what he would do if he was in power. House was the advisor to President Wilson from 1912 to 1919, and Wilson read the …

The Gift of O. Henry

English: Lesson 110 O. Henry, London, Bierce. Which of the three authors would you prefer to read on your own time? I remember reading O. Henry's short story, The Gift of the Magi (1905) when I was little during Christmas. I had got a book from the library and the first picture was of a beautiful woman …

The fascinating descriptions of The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow & Rip Van Winkle

English: Lesson 80 Were the detailed descriptions of the people around the two main characters equally important in the two stories? Washington Irving wrote the two famous American stories the Legend of the Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. These two fairytale-like stories have charmed people since they were first published in 1819 and continue to do so, and …