Principal topics, black; words and subordinate topics, Roman; titles of
periodicals, "Roman" quoted; other proper names in SMALL CAPITALS;
foreign expressions, italic.
À l'outrance, 28.
A merveille, 29.
A No. 1, 12.
Abatis, 27.
Abattoir, 16.
ABBOTT, E. A., 48.
Abbreviated forms, accepted and
condemned, 34; allowable in poe-
try but not in prose, 35.
ABINGER, LORD, (James Scarlett),
383, 398.
Abolishment, for abolition, 23.
Above par, 12.
Abstraction, for pilfering, 109.
Accede, distinguished from cede,
37; wrongly used, 46.
Accent, standard of, 12.
Accept of, 20.
Accessorily, for as an accessory, 22.
Accordingly, 148.
Accredit, Credit, distinguished, 38.
Acrobat, 27.
Actions, Acts, distinguished, 18.
Active form, preferable to passive,
20; when to be avoided, 20.
Ad, for advertisement, 34.
Ad infinitum, 16.
Ad libitum, 16.
ADAMS, JOHN COUCH, 353.
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, 168, 380.
Adaptation, in choice of words, 90-
91; in choice between particle and
more important word at end of sen-
tence, 201; in choice of sentences,
228; in exposition, 318; in per-
suasion, 397.
Addenda, for addendum, 49.
ADDISON, JOSEPH, 10, 34, 49, 65,
133, 167, 195, 245, 314, 372.
Address to, 20.
Adit, 26.
Adjectives, comparison of dissyl-
labic and polysyllabic, 22; with-
out grammatical reference, 52;
misused for adverbs, 67; with
verbs, when preferable to adverbs,
67; obscure demonstrative, 86;
pleonastic, 160; unwise advice to
young writers concerning use of,
Admission, Admittance, 19.
Admit, Confess, distinguished, 18.
Admit of, 20.
Adullamite, 32.
Advent, 12.
Adverbial expressions, position of,
Adverbs, misused for adjectives, 67;
with verbs, when preferable to
adjectives, 67; between to and the
infinitive, 69; pleonastic, 158.
ESCHINES, 380.
ESCHYLUS, 102.
Afeard, for afraid, 26.
Affatuated, 22.
Affectation, 26, 144, 160.
Aforesaid, 12.
Again-bite, 101.
Again-rising, 101.
Aggravating, for provoking, 42, 47.
Aggregate, to, 12.
Aggressor, first or original, 154.
Agone, 26.
Agricultural interest, 104.
And now, 159.
And now comes, 12.
And so, 159.
And which construction, 138.
ANDREW, JOHN A., 62.
Anemone, 99.
Anglo-Saxon, words from, compared
with words from Latin, 96-102;
not a literary language, 101.
ANGUS, JOSEPH, 61, 139.
Annexion, for annexation, 24.
Anon, 9.
Agriculturist, preferable to agri- Antagonism between clearness and
ALFORD, HENRY, 30, 51.
"Alice in Wonderland," 76.
ALLAN, J. H., 138.
Alliance, for marriage, 102.
Alliteration in excess, 136.
Allow, for admit, maintain, 12.
Allude, distinguished from mention
and refer, 39; wrongly used, 45.
Allusions, 39.
Alone, for only, 42, 46.
Along the line of, along these lines,
77.
Alway, 9.
Amateur, 27.
Ambassador, 23.
Ambiguity of terms, 94, 95, 310.
See Clearness.
Ambrosia, 27.
America, words peculiar to, 14.
American and British usage, 13-15.
American language, possible exis-
tence of a distinct, 14.
Amiableness, to be avoided, 21.
Among, preferable to amongst, 21;
wrongly used, 68.
ANACREON, 277.
Analogy, argument from, a form of
argument from example, 361; ex-
plained, 364-368; false analogies,
369-373.
Analytic method in exposition, 314.
Ancient, Old, 99.
Ancient purloiner, 103.
And, use and misuse of, 87-88; used
to connect expressions not co-or-
dinate, 89, 139; pleonastic, 159;
omission of, gives rapidity, 159.
precision, 94.
Antagonize, for oppose, 12.
Antecedent probability, argument
from, defined, 354; explained, 354-
356; use by science, 356; use in
fiction, 357; need of argument
from, 358; preponderance of prob-
ability, 359; fallacious arguments
from, 361; argument from sign
opposed by that from, 376; argu-
ment from, combined with that
from sign and from example, 376;
place in arrangement of proof, 383.
Anti-climax, examples of, 194;
when effective, 195.
Antique, 23.
Antithesis, defined, 188; force and
clearness often gained by, 188; ex-
amples of, 189; Burke's use of,
190; excesses in the use of, 191;
useful in exposition, 324.
Anxious seat, on the, 12.
Aphorisms, 289.
Evidently, distinguished,
Appreciate, for rise in value, 12.
Approve of, 20.
Arabic, words from the, 27.
Archaic expressions, when permis-
sible, 9-10.
Argue, Plead, distinguished, 40.
Arguing beside the point, 344, 346–
349.
Arguing in a circle, 344.
Argument, Plea, distinguished, 40.
Argument, discriminated from other
kinds of composition, 247; chap-
ter on, 327-400: distinguished
from exposition, 327; in the form
of exposition, 327; prepared for
ness, 21.
Artiste, 28, 29.
by exposition, 328; proposition | Artificiality, preferable to artificial-
and proof, 328-331; a word not a
subject for, 328; which proves too
much, 330; ironical, 331; burden of
proof and presumption, 331-333;
evidence, 334-341; deduction and
induction, 341-353; antecedent
probability, example, sign, 354-
379; experience the basis of all,
379; arrangement, 379-385; per-
suasion, 386-399; examples of,
399. See Antecedent probability,
Deduction, Example, Fallacies, In-
duction, Persuasion, Sign, Testi-
mony.
Argumentative examples, distin-
guished from illustrative, 361;
vary in force, 363.
Arguments, strength of combined,
376-379; order of, 383.
Argumentum ad hominem, 347, 386.
Argumentum ad populum, 347.
ARISTIDES, 361.
Aristocratic, preferable to aristo-
cratical, 21.
ARISTOTLE, 112, 118, 330, 341, 357,
366.
Arméd, 10.
ARNOLD, MATTHEW, 10, 32, 36, 56,
57, 151, 163, 169, 202, 225, 229,
255, 322, 326, 355, 370, 387, 400.
Aroma, 99.
Around, round usually preferable
to, 21.
Arrangement, 177-246: the ideal,
177; clearness in, 177-183; force
in, 184-198; ease in, 198-208; for-
eign, 204-208; "Johnsonese," 205;
theories of Bentham and Spencer
concerning, 207; unity in, 208-
216; in sentences of different
kinds, 216-230; in paragraphs,
230-238; in whole compositions,
239-246; in exposition, 314; in
argument, 379-385: importance of
good, 380; order of proposition
and proof, 381, of arguments from
antecedent probability, example,
sign, 383; place for refutation,
384. See Clearness, Ease, Force,
Kinds of sentences, Paragraphs,
Unity, Whole compositions.
Art, 99.
Articles, omission of, 146,
Artistic description, 254-280: aim
and method of, 254; emotion in,
256-262; the pathetic fallacy, 257;
resources of, 262; telling character-
istics, 262; one well-chosen word,
268; effect that suggests cause,
270; words that suggest motion,
271; in narrative form, 275.
As, pleonastic, 158.
As an accessory, preferable to ac
cessorily, 22.
As lief, 5, 23.
Ascend up, 20.
Assist, for be present, 43.
Association of ideas, arguments based
on, 354, 373-375.
Associations with words of Anglo-
Saxon origin and with those of
Latin, 98, 101-102.
Assumption not argument, 346.
Assurance, Insurance, 19.
Athenæum (the), 46, 49, 284,
376.
Athletics, Games, 2, 3.
"Atlantic Monthly" (the), 119, 131,
170.
Atmosphere, 77.
Attain to, 20.
Attar (of roses), 27.
Attention, 115.
ATTERBURY, BISHOP, 375.
Audible to the ear, 154.
August, 101.
AUSTEN, JANE, 29, 67, 120, 134,
181, 182, 206, 215, 285, 289,
298.
Authenticity, preferable to authen-
ticalness, 21.
Authority, evidence derived from,
Autobiography, his own, 154.
Aversion, preferable to averseness,
Avocation, distinguished from voca-
tion, 39; wrongly used, 44, 70.
Aware, Conscious, distinguished, 18.
Awfully, 75.
Awfully pretty, 75.
Awkward arrangement, 202–206.
Awkward squad, 10.
Axe, for ask, 13, 26.
BACKWARD, backwards, 21.
BACON, FRANCIS, 331, 372, 376-377.
Bad, for badly, 68.
Bad habits, for drunkenness, 109.
Bad orthography, 3.
Bag and baggage, 156.
BAGEHOT, WALTER, 326.
Baggage, used by Addison, 10; or
luggage, 14.
Baggage-car, or luggage-van, 15.
BAIN, ALEXANDER, 112, 116.
BAKER, GEORGE P., 391, 400.
Balance, the, 12.
Balanced sentences, 226-227.
BALFOUR, A. J., 337, 367.
Ballads, old English, 160.
BANCROFT, GEORGE, 190.
Bang, 112.
Banter, 23, 33.
Barbarisms, violations of good use,
25; section on, 25-37: defined,
25; obsolete words, 25; new
words, 27; words of foreign
origin, 27; borrowed finery, 28;
foreign fashions in spelling, 31;
slang, 32; vulgarisms, 33; abbre-
viated forms, 34; the safe rule in
determining, 35.
Barn-burner, 32.
BARRIE, J. M., 174.
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Being sold, or selling, 20.
BELLAMY, EDWARD, 345.
BEMIS, GEORGE, 341.
Bennington's Centennial, 50.
BENSON, E. F., 69, 88, 120, 135, 157,
182.
BENTHAM, JEREMY, 22, 207, 346.
BESANT, WAlter, 60.
Beside, besides, 22.
Beside the point, arguing, 344, 346-
Better, had, 5; might, 5.
Between, wrongly used, 68.
Betwixt, 9.
BIBLE (the), 5, 60, 62, 63, 113, 117,
119, 162, 163, 164, 174, 189.
Bigot, 33.
Bike, byke, for bicycle, 34.
Biography, method in, 295.
BIRRELL, AUGUSTINE, 46.
Biscuit, or cracker, 14.
BLACK, WILLIAM, 46, 134.
BLACKMORE, R. D., 48.
BLAIR, HUGH, 64, 86, 159, 183, 202,
209.
Beautifullest, for most beautiful, 22. Boom, 112.
Boycott, to, 33.
Braces, or suspenders, 14.
Brainy, 17.
Breed up, 20.
BREEN, HENRY H., 49.
Brevity, may be sacrificed to eu-
phony, 22; misplaced, 174; im-
portant in statement of proposi-
tion, 382. See Conciseness.
Brick (brig), 27.
Bridge over, 20.
BRIGHT, JOHN, 96, 100, 154, 171,
399.
British and American usage, 13-15.
BRONTË, CHARLOTTE, 147.
BROOKS, PHILLIPS, 304.
BROUGHAM, LORD, 114, 147, 396,
398.
BROUGHTON, RHODA, 261.
BROWN, GOOLD, 65.
BROWN, JOHN, 398.
BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT,
9, 116, 142.
BROWNING, ROBERT, 5, 78, 107, 110,
129, 143, 149, 170, 171, 175, 186,
264, 267, 268.
Cable, for telegram or telegraph, 17.
Cablegram, 33.
CESAR, JULIUS, 369, 370.
Calculate, to, 12.
CALHOUN, JOHN C., 399.
CAMPBELL, GEORGE, 4, 8, 20, 21,
23, 31, 71, 105, 112, 113, 158, 162.
CAMPBELL, THOMAS, 197.
Campo, campus, 12.
BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN, 32, 277. Can, for may, 58.
Cant expressions, short life of, 32.
Cap, for captain, 34.
Car, or carriage (railway), 15.
BULWER-LYTTON, (First Lord Lyt- Caricature,
Burden of proof, 331-333.
Bureau, or chest of drawers, 15.
Bureau of Pomona, 102.
Burglarized, 34.
BURKE, EDMUND, 4, 51, 64, 86, 97,
114, 122, 150, 151, 169, 189, 190,
191, 193, 219, 256, 312, 331, 382,
384, 389, 391, 399.
BURNEY, FRANCES, 69, 155,
206.
BURNS, ROBERT, 50, 80, 129,
142.
BURR, AARON, 369, 370.
BUSHNELL, HORACE, 304, 345.
CARLYLE, JANE Welsh, 52.
CARLYLE, THOMAS, 22, 41, 82, 115,
124, 143, 169, 186, 234, 267.
Carpet-bagger, 32.
Carriage (railway), or car, 15.
CARROLL, LEWIS, 67.
Carry, or portage, 15.
Carryall, 14.
CARTER, JAMES COOLIDGE, 386.
Case. See Nominative, Possessive,
Objective.
Casket, for coffin, 109.
Caste, 27.
Catch on, for catch the meaning, 17.
Caucus, 14.
Cause and effect, arguments based
on relation of, 350, 354-361, 375.
CAVENDISH, HENRY, 255.
Cede, Accede, distinguished, 37.
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