Author:John Seely Hart

John Seely Hart
(1810–1877)

John Seely Hart

Works

• A Brief Exposition of the Constitution of the United States for the Use of Common Schools[1]
• An Elementary Grammar of the English Language: With an Analysis of the Sentence[2]
• Class Book of Poetry: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and American Poets, From Chaucer to the Present Day[3]
• Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and American Authors, From Chaucer to the Present Day[4]
• Elements of Universal History, on a New and Systematic Plan[5]
• Epitome of Greek and Roman Mythology[6] (note: this text is in Latin)
• An Essay on the Life and Writings of Edmund Spenser, With a Special Exposition of the Fairy Queen[7]
• The Female Prose Writers of America: With Portraits, Biographical Notices, and Specimens of their Writings (transcription project)
• First Lessons in Composition[8]
• Language Lessons for Beginners[9]
• A Manual of American Literature: A Text-book for Schools and Colleges[10]
• A Manual of Composition and Rhetoric: A Text-book for Schools and Colleges[11]
• In the School-room: Chapters in the Philosophy of Education[12]
• Mistakes of Educated Men[13]
• Punctuation and the Use of Capital Letters[14]
• A Short Course in Literature, English and American[15]
• Thoughts on sabbath-schools[16]
• The Sunday-school Idea: An Exposition of the Principles which Underlie the Sunday-School Cause[17]

Biographies of John S. Hart

This article incorporates text from Necrological Reports and Annual Proceedings of the Alumni Association of Princeton Theological Seminary. Volume I, 1875-1889. Princeton: C. S. Robinson & Co., University Printers, 1891. See pages 29-30. [18].

• Barnard, Henry, ed. "John S. Hart, Principal of the Philadelphia High School." Reprinted in The American Journal of Education vol. 5. Hartford, Conn.: F.C. Brownell, 1858. Pages 91-106. [19].
• Brown, John Howard, ed. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, "Hart, John Seely." Boston: The Biographical Society, 1904. [20].
• Gilman, Daniel Coit, ed. The New International Encyclopædia, "Hart, John Seeley." [sic] New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1903. [21].
• M'Clintock, John & Strong, James. Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, "Hart, John Seely." New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889. [22].