title: Ancient Literacies: The Culture of Reading in Greece and Rome
author:  William A. Johnson 
description: <br /><strong>William A Johnson</strong> is Professor of Classical Studies, Duke University. He is the author of <em>Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire.</em><br /><br /><strong>Holt N. Parker</strong> is Professor of Classics, University of Cincinnati.<br />
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  # On The Art of Reading
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Arthur Quiller-Couch
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
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  PREFACE.
  
  
  LECTURE I. INTRODUCTORY
  
  
  LECTURE II. APPREHENSION VERSUS COMPREHENSION
  
  
  LECTURE III. CHILDREN'S READING (I)
  
  
  LECTURE IV. CHILDREN'S READING (II)
  
  
  LECTURE V. ON READING FOR EXAMINATIONS
  
  
  LECTURE VI. ON A SCHOOL OF ENGLISH
  
  
  LECTURE VII. THE VALUE OF GREEK AND LATIN IN
  
  
  ENGLISH LITERATURE
  
  
  LECTURE VIII. ON READING THE BIBLE (I)
  
  
  LECTURE IX. ON READING THE BIBLE (II)
  
  
  LECTURE X. ON READING THE BIBLE (III)
  
  
  LECTURE XI. OF SELECTION
  
  
  LECTURE XII. ON THE USE OF MASTERPIECES
  
  
  
  
  
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