Ease (as applied to Choice of
Words), 132-144: meaning and
value of, 132; how far it may be
acquired, 133; dangers of a con-
scious struggle for, 134, 144;
harsh sounds, 134; alliteration in
excess, 136; a word in two senses,
137; two words in the same
sense, 137; harsh constructions,
138; trivial expressions, 140; not
always compatible with force, 142;
not an end in itself, 143. (As ap-
plied to Number of Words), 175–
176 should not be purchased at
the cost of things more impor-
tant, 176. (As applied to Arrange-
ment), 198-208: false emphasis,
198; how to end a sentence, 199;
position of adverbial and paren-
thetic expressions, 202; imitation
of foreign order, 204; theories of
Bentham and Spencer, 207; the
natural order the best, 207; in
paragraphs, 234; in whole com-
positions, 239.
EASTLAKE, C. L., 34.
EDGEWORTH, MARIA, 180, 199.
Edifying, 115.

Edinburgh Review" (the), 44.
Educationalist, 33.

ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM, 352, 400.
ELIOT, GEORGE, 16, 19, 29, 38, 49,
53, 69, 91, 92, 104, 116, 120, 121,
122, 125, 128, 131, 146, 156, 175,
195, 235, 263, 267, 268, 289, 298,
373, 395.

ELLIS, ANNIE RAINE, 205.
Eloquence, defined by Emerson, 91
that defeats its purpose, 397.
Embargo, 27.

EMERSON, RALPH WALDO, 10, 91,
107, 110, 131, 132, 137, 149, 152,
168, 170, 175, 195, 211, 228, 241,
245, 301, 398.
Emeute, 16.

Emotion in description, 256-262.
See Feelings.
Emphasis, false, 198.
Emphatic position in a sentence,
184-188.

En grande toilette, 30.
" Encyclopædia Britannica" (the),

85.

End, Terminus, 3.
End and aim, 156.

Endings of sentences, weak, 187;
formal and informal, 199–201.
England, words peculiar to, 14.
English, false tests of good, 2; the
true test of good, 7; British and
American, 13-15; difficulty in de-
termining what is good, 72.
English arrangement, limitation on,
as compared with the Latin, 184;
less periodic than the Latin, 220.
English language, undergoes com-
paratively few grammatical
changes of form, 48; not dead,
72; composite, 100.

English, pulpit. See Pulpit English
English words with foreign mean-
ings, 43.

Enormity, distinguished from enor-
mousness, 38; wrongly used, 44.
Entail, for involve, 12.
Enthymemes, 343.

Entire, the, distinguished from all,
41; wrongly used, 45.
Entre nous, 30.

Environment, 77.

Envoy, 27.

Epigram, 324.

Episodes in novels, 288.
Epithet, the constant, 160.

95, 310

Ere, 9

ERSKINE, THOMAS, 377.
Erst, 9.

Esculent succulent, 164.
Essayist, an, may ramble, 290.
Essays, personal, not exposition, 301.
Etiquette, 27.

Etymological theory in the choice
and use of words, 2-4, 96-102.
Euphemisms, 109.

Euphony, origin of the word, 27.
Euphony, the rule of, 21; influence
of, on the language, 21; words
prohibited by, 21; brevity may
be sacrificed to, 22; undue weight
not to be given to, 22; included
in the term ease, 132; offences
against, 134-136. See Ease.
Evasion, for escape, 43, 44.
Ever (always), 9.

Evidence, a word of ambiguous
meaning, 94.

Evidence, 334-341: matters of fact
and matters of opinion, 334; de-
rived from testimony, 335-341;
derived from authority, 336; di-
rect and circumstantial, 339-341;
amount required depends on cir-
cumstances, 374. See Testimony.
Evidently, Apparently, distin-
guished, 39.

Exaggeration, excessive use of anti-
thesis leads to, 192.
Exam, for examination, 35.
Examine into, 20.

Example, argument from, defined,
354; two classes of arguments
from, 361; illustrative distin-
guished from argumentative ex-
amples, 361; argumentative ex-
amples vary in force, 363; argu-
ment from analogy a form of
argument from, 364-368; falla-
cious arguments from, 368-373;
argument from, combined with
that from antecedent probability
and from sign, 376; place in ar-
rangement of proof, 383. See
Analogy.

Exceeding (exceedingly), 9.

Exceptional, distinguished from ex-
ceptionable, 38; wrongly used, 44.
Exciting, 75.

Exclamations, function of, 97.
Exhibition, preferable to exposition,

28.

Existence, Being, 3.

Exordiums, persuasion in, 388, 395.
Experience, all arguments based
on, 379.
Experience, to, 33.

Experts, testimony of, 336.
Expose, exposants, expositor, for
exhibit, etc., 28.
Exposer, 28.

from

Exposition, for exhibition, 28.
Exposition, discriminated
other kinds of composition, 247;
scientific description has much in
common with, 253; chapter on,
300-326: defined, 300; function
of, 301; definition the simplest
form of, 302; definitions that are,
302-307; distinguished from sci-
entific description, 303; not con-
fined to the general, 307-310;
clearness the first requisite of,
310-318; judicious repetition
in, 312; orderly arrangement in,
314; adaptation to hearer or
reader, 318; unity in, 319-323;
principles that govern all good
writing apply to, 323; combined
with description and narration,
324-326; examples of, 326; argu-
ment distinguished from, 327,
in the form of, 327, prepared for
by, 328.

Expression, forms of. See Forms
of expression.

Expressions, idiomatic, 5; trivial, in
serious writing, 140; position of
subordinate, 179.
Extradited, 34.
Extravaganza, 29.

Extremes, truth rarely to be found
in, 192.

F.

FACT, in what proportion to be
combined with fancy in descrip
tion, 256; matters of, distinguished
from matters of opinion, 334.

Falsely misrepresents, 154.

Farina, Flour, Meal, 2, 3.

nation of a specific object by a
general term one form of, 105.
Finery, borrowed verbal, 28; less
common than formerly, 29.
Finicky, 17.
Fire, Gas, 2, 3.

Fire's devastation, the, 50.
Fire-room, or stoke-hole, 15.
First aggressor, 154.
Fish-flakes, 14.

Fit (in good physical condition), 13
Flimsy, 83.
Flit, fitting, 12.

Flour, Farina, Meal, 2, 3.
Folks, 12.

Follow after, 20.

For, wrongly used, 68.

For sale, rather than to be sold, 20.
For to, 26.

FARRAR, F. W., 94, 349.

Fascinating, 75.

Fashion in words, 26, 36.

Fastidiousness in the use of lan-
guage, 3-5.

Faucet, or tap, 15.

Faux pas, 30.
Feather, Plume, 99.
Feature, 77.
Feeling, 77.

Feelings, expressed by gestures and
exclamations, 96; persuasion ad-
dresses the, 386, 394. See Emotion.
FERGUSON, ADAM, 57.
FERRIER, SUSAN E., 45, 262.
Fetch up, for bring up (a child), 12.
Fetching, for taking or attractive,

Figures of speech. See Metaphors,
Similes, Tropes.

Words), 111-132: meaning and
value of, 111; sound that sug-
gests sense, 112; a clear expres-
sion not always forcible, 113;
promoted by use of figurative
language, 114-131; not always
compatible with ease, 142; not an
end in itself, 143. (As applied to
Number of Words), 150-174: too
many words, 150; skilful and un-
skilful repetition, 150-153; re-
dundancy in all its forms a sin
against, 154-168; useful circum-
locutions, 167; a suggestive style,
168; in reserve, 171; misplaced
brevity, 174; details that are
effective, 174. (As applied to
Arrangement), 184-198: impor-
tant words in emphatic places,
184; limitation on the English
arrangement, 184; the usual
order not always the best, 185;
weak beginnings, 187; weak end-
ings, 187; often gained by antith-
esis, 188; excesses in the use of
antithesis, 191; climax, anti-
climax, 192-195; position of
similes, 196; false emphasis hos-
tile to, 198; in paragraphs, 233;
in whole compositions, 239; in
order of arguments, 383-385.
Foreign fashions in spelling, 31.
Foreign nouns, errors in use of, 49.

Foreign origin, good use applied to
words of, 28.

Foreign words and phrases, use of,
regulated by good taste, 15; to
which English equivalents are
preferable, 16; temptation to use,
28-30; often hard to find English
equivalents for, 30.
Formations of words, new, 33.
Former, the, misuse of, 54.
Forms, abbreviated, 34.
Forms of expression, of two, choose
the one susceptible of but one
interpretation, 18; choose the
simpler, 19; choose the shorter,
21; choose that which is the
more agreeable to the ear, 21.
FORSTER, JOHN, 23, 46.
'Fortnightly Review" (the), 55, 83,
85, 138, 199, 362.
"Forum" (the), 352, 400.
Forward, forwards, 21.
Forwarder, for more forward, 22.
Foss, BISHOP CYRUS D., 368.
Fracas, 16.

86

FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP, 374.

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, 78, 163, 368,
370, 388, 392.

FREEMAN, E. A., 13, 23, 26, 31, 84.
Free-soiler, 32.

Freight-train, or goods-train, 15.
French, words from the, 2, 27.
Fresh, for verdant or presuming, 17.
Freshen up, 20.
Frigid writing, 125.
Fro, to and, 5.
From, wrongly used, 68.
FROTHINGHAM, ELLEN, 268.
Fun, 23, 33.

Funeral obsequies, 154.

Fungi, for fungus, 49.

GARFIELD, JAMES A., 195.
Garrisonian, 32.
Gas, Fire, 2, 3.

Gas, gaseous, gasometer, 33.
GATES, LEWIS E., 394.
Gay young man, for dissipated
young man, 109.
General terms, ambiguity of, 94;
designation of specific objects by,
one form of fine writing, 105;
compared with specific, 105-111:
uses of, 108; when preferable to
specific, 109; stimulate the imagi-
nation, 110; proportion of, varies
with kind of composition, 111.
Generousest, for most generous, 22.
Genitive case.
See Possessive case.

Gent, for gentleman, 35.
Gentleman identified with the build-
ing interest, 102.

German arrangement, 204.

German sentences, De Quincey on,

cludes present, national, and rep-|
utable use, 8; present use, 8-11;
national use, 11-16; British and
American usage, 13-15; foreign
words and phrases, 15, reputable
use, 16-17; no authority not de-
rived from, 17; analogy between
law and language, 17; the rule of
precision, 18; the rule of sim-
plicity, 20; the rule of euphony,
21; good use supreme, 22-24;
determined by the masters, 37.
For violations of, see Barbarisms,
Improprieties, Solecisms.
Goodliest man of men since born, 47.
Goods-train, or freight-train, 15.
Gorgeous, 75.
Gotten, 27.

Graduate, preferable to post-gradu-
ate, 21.

GRAHAM, WILLIAM, 180, 182, 209,

210.

15.

Grain, or corn,
GRAINGER, JAMES, 165.
Grammar, foundations of rhetoric
rest upon, 1.

Grammarians have no authority not
derived from good use, 17.
Grammatical connection between
words not logically connected, 213.
Grammatical correctness does not
insure clearness, 83.
Grammatical purity, a requisite of
good writing, 1; defined, 2.
Grammatical syntax, violation of,
universal, 1, 48-49; violation of,
inexcusable in a writer, 48.
Solecisms.

GRANT, ULYSSES S., 369, 370.
Gratis, 99.

GRAY, ASA, 302, 303.

See

Grip or grip-sack, for hand-bag, 12
GROTE, GEORGE, 32.
GROVE, SIR GEORGE, 209.
GRUNDY, C. H., 104, 165.
Guard, or conductor, 15.
"Guardian" (the), 72.
Guess, to, 12.
GUIZOT, 307.
Gumption, 17.
Gums, for over-shoes, 12.
GUNNING sisters, 270.
GUTHRIE, W. D., 344.
Gutta-percha, 27.
Gym, for gymnasium, 35.

H.

HABERDASHER, 14.

Hack, or cab, 14; abbreviated from
hackney-coach, 34.
Had better, 5, 6.
Had rather, 5.
HADLEY, JAMES, 100.
Hail from, to, 12.

Hair-wash, for hair-dye, 109.
HALE, Edward Everett, 97, 285.
HALL, FITZEDWARD, 5, 24, 38, 72.
HALLAM, HENRY, 57, 201.
Hammock, 27.
Handicap, 77.

Handiwork, Manufacture, 3.
Handy, Manual, 3, 99.
Haply, Happily, distinguished, 38.
Hard pan, to get down to, 13.
Hard up, 17.
Hard-shell, 32.

66

Harum-scarum, 4.

Hath, 9.
Haut ton, 30.
Hawker, 14.

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL, 34, 47,
68, 120, 123, 154, 173, 232, 237
284, 298.

HAYNE, ROBERT Y., 308, 310, 399.
HAZLITT, WILLIAM, 57.
Healthful, Healthy, distinguished,

38.

Heavenlily, prohibited, 21.