序 余幼时诵方望溪姚姬传刘大櫆诸先生所为古文辞，窃喜其意在言外，淡而弥永，至于循玩不忍释手。长习英吉利文字，仍嗜读其隽逸有神味者。求诸国内殆鲜其人；有之自嘉定葛君传椝始。葛君夙赋天禀，又能力学不倦。骤聆其言论，似尚诡辩，多偏见；然静焉思之，确有至理存乎其间。譬食谏果，初甚涩口，终则齿颊间津津有余味也。其为文善取不伦不类者以为比，轻描淡写，寓讽深刻。余尝拟为英文之桐城派，英文学者中之东方生。虽人事百忙，读之便觉大快。君邃于英文规范，故为文清新纯正，不落恒蹊；论文往往多独到处。生平著述极富，所作《致友人书》及《英文学生日记》，尤风行海内。兹更汇其生平所作，付梓问世；以余相知较深，驰书索言，因泚笔而乐为之序。 苏兆龙 PREFACE Except for the fact that it is issued in three volumes， this book may be properly called an omnibus. It contains special articles， letters， prefaces， little essays， poems interpreted， and essays concerning the study of English. Most of the things included have been first published inThe Chung Hwa English Weekly， under the headings “Talks on Things”， “This and That”， “Thoughts and Impressions”， “The Open Classroom”， “Chats on Writing English”， and “Helps to the Study of Engli…