Prof, Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter (1852- 1931) was the American author of: Poets of the South (1903), Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism (1903), A History of Education, History of English Literature and Introduction to American Literature. "The aim of the present work, as is indicated by its name, is to help the young student in literary criticism. It is a sort of laboratory manual, in which he will find specific direction for a comprehensive analysis of the principal kinds of literature. It is intended to show him the various points in relation to form, content, and spirit, to which in succession he is to devote his attention. It is hoped that the book will give definiteness and delight to literary study, which, for lack of such a guide, has so often been vague, unsatisfactory, and discouraging. "