A, the letter and its varying sounds, Ain't, 340.
131.
"a," the sound and symbol in the "Alchemist," by Jonson, 106.
N. E. A. Alphabet, 293.
"a," the sound and symbol in the
N. E. A. Alphabet, 291.
Abbott (Dr. E. A.), on dropping of
inflections, 54.
Aberdeenshire dialect, 47.
Absolute (superlative) defined, 225.
Accent, American, 334; Robert L.
Stevenson on American and Brit-
ish, 334.
Accuracy indispensable to writing
for publication, 315.
"Act" defined, 190.
"Active voice" defined, 249.
Addison, Joseph, 323; on the puri-
fication of the language, 342;
starts "The Spectator," 137.
"Adjective" defined, 254.
"Advancement of Learning," by
Francis Bacon, 113.
"Adverb" defined, 255.
"Adverb phrase" defined, 256.
"Adverbial clause" defined, 255.
"Adverbial phrase" defined, 256.
Advocacy not lexicography, 222.
Aelle, see ELLA.
Aeronautics in the Dictionary, 223.
Aesc and Ella allies of Cerdic, 4.
Aesc and Hengest defeat Britons at
Wippedesfleot, 4.
Ethelric, see ETHELRIC.
"Affairs and State of Germany";
Report and Discourse, by Asch-
am, 76.
Affectation of speech, British, 272.
African terms in English, 170.
"di," the diphthong in the N. E. A.
Alphabet and Webster's New In-
ternational Dictionary, 292.
Albion, origin of the name, 1.
Alfred, "the Great," 10; defeats the
Danes, 20; his works, 19; para-
phrases Boëthius's "Consolation,"
20.
Alfred of Beverley abridges Geof-
frey's "History," 27.
Alfric the Grammarian, 22.
"Allegory" defined, 178, 179.
Alliteration in Anglo-Saxon
mance, 199; in early English
verse, 199.
"Alphabet" defined, 239, 240.
Alphabet (English), inadequate,
132; (National Education Asso-
ciation), why devised, 297; num-
ber of letters in different, 239,
240.
recommended by the N. E. A.,
Alphabet, the Scientific, 275.
proclaimed "a triumphant cre-
of philological genius,"
ation
284.
American accent, 334; dialect, 333;
provincialism, 334; slang, 333,
American-Indian words in English,
American lexicology, 172.
American Philological Association,
286, 289, 293, 294.
Amicis (Edmondo de) on the dic-
tionary, 226, 231.
"Amorette," by Spenser, 82.
Amsterdam, first English "Cou-
rants" printed at, 133.
"au," the diphthong in the N. E. A.
alphabet, 292.
Analogy and correctness, 339.
Anderida beset by Aelle and Cissa,
4.
Angevin introduced, 25.
Angles arrive in Britain, 3; con-
quer Britain, 5; found Bernicia
(Northumbria), 5; Deira, and
Mercia, 8; people of Kent, 9;
Anglia produces a literature, 14.
Anglo-Saxon, 1-10; words in the
Bible, percentage of, 123.
"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle," 5, 9, 10;
number and location of manu-
scripts, 21; specimen from, 22.
Anglo-Saxon Period, 11, 12-23.
Antwerp, Gazette of, 134.
Aorist, the, 252.
Apocrypha, Statistics of the Con-
tents of the, 123.
"Apolog" defined, 179.
"Apologie for Poesie," by Sidney,
82.
Appendix, 351-383.
"Arcades" by Milton, 126.
"Areopagitica" by Milton, 127.
Army (British) officers' pronuncia-
tion, 271-272.
Arnold (Dr. Thomas),
Miracle Plays, 90; on reading,
310.
Arose used for "arisen," 147.
Arthurian romance, 180.
Ascham, Roger, 75; adopted, 75;
advice on manner of speech, 76;
appointed Secretary to German
ambassador, 76; appointed tutor
to Princess Elizabeth, 76; edu-
cation, 75; death, 76; Ascham
opposes use of foreign words, 77;
quality of his English, 75; re-
ceives notice and reward from
Henry VIII., 76; Report and
Discourse of the Affairs and
State of Germany, 76; Ascham
used double negative, 144; used
"news" as a plural, 155.
Associated Colleges and Prepara-
tory Schools of the United States,
Conference of, 208-211, 311.
Assonance, 199.
"Astrophel and Stella" by Sidney,
82.
"Atlantic Monthly," Havelock Ellis
in, 322.
Attic comedy, 189.
Australian terms in English, 169.
Authorship, Emerson on, 316.
Authorized Version of the Bible,
influence on the language, 123.
Authors, Partial list of, 351-383.
Auxiliary verb defined, 248.
Avebury (Lord), Hundred Best
Books, 384.
Average man, vocabulary of, 214-
219.
Avery (Elroy) on good English,
338.
Bacon, Francis, 111-116; "Advance-
ment of Learning," 113; Essays,
112, 115-116; Chancellor (Lord
High) of England, 112; Bacon
impeached and imprisoned in
the Tower, 112; influence on
scientific thought, 114; his "In-
stauratio Magna," 113; "History
of King Henry VII.," 114; "New
Atlantis," 114; "Novum Or-
ganum,' 112; views of contem-
poraries on, 114; specimen from
Essays "On Learning," 115-116;
sudden death, 115.
Bailey, Nathan, 131, 146.
"Balades," by Gower, 46.
Bale on the destruction of books,
68.
"Ballad" defined, 192, 202, 204-205.
(literary) defined, 205.
Balliet, T. M., 287.
Barbour, John, 48-49.
Barebone (Praise God) and the
drama, 185-186.
Barker (Richard), King's printer,
117.
"Bartholomæus de Proprietatibus
Rerum," printed by Caxton, 56.
Baxter (C. J.) on the Scientific
Alphabet, 278.
Baynes (Prof. Spencer) on Shake-
speare's manner, 97, 98.
Beastés, beastéses, 142.
Beaton, Cardinal, 78.
Beda (Bede), his birth, death, and
work, 19.
Befel used for "befallen," 147.
Beginners, difficulties that beset,
320-321.
Belles-lettres, 175, 176.
"Beowulf," 17, 181, 203.
Bernicia, 55; ruled by Ida the
Torch-bearer, 5; united with
Deira under Oswy, 6.
Bible, English (The), 116-124; Ben-
jamin Franklin on the, 121; books
in, number of, 123-124; chapters
in number of, 123-124; character-
istics of, 117; Daniel Webster's
view of, 121; Edward Everett on,
122; Horace Greeley on, 121; in-
fluence of, 117; letters in, num-
ber of, 123-124; Macaulay's esti-
mate of, 121; objective case used
for the nominative in, 153; per-
centage of Anglo-Saxon words in,
123; Prince of Granada's statis-
tics of the, 124; printed by King's
printer, 117; rhythm of, 119;
statistics of its contents, 123-
124; style of, 117; time taken to
print, 117; veneration in which
King James version is held, 123;
verses in, number of, 123-124;
William H. Taft on, 122; words
in, number of, 123-124.
Bible, the Great, 58.
Bible-stories of Caedmon, 15.
Bishop's Bible, 116.
"Bishop's Book," 67.
Blackfriars Theater, Shakespeare's
connection with, 100.
Blades, William, on Caxton's rela-
tion to Mansion, 54, 56.
"Blank verse" defined, 198.
Blending of French and English, 35.
Boccaccio in Florence, 42.
Bohn's Standard Library, 311.
Boileau on "gros" and "grand," 141.
"Book of Common Prayer," The, 67,
151.
"Book of Martyrs," 73, 75.
Books, influence of, 53.
"Boston Evening Transcript" on
the dictionary, 212-213.
Bretigny, Peace of, 35.
Brevity, 54.
Bright, James W., 287.
Britain, Angles, Jutes, and Saxons
land in, 3.
British Museum's collection of
Caxton volumes, 59; collection
of "Courants," 132-135.
British power in Sussex broken, 4.
Britons beat back the Jutes, 3-4;
defeated at Charford, 5.
Brown (Goold), and the split infini-
tive, 156; "Grammar of English
Grammars," 266-267.
Bruce, The, extract from, 49.
"Brut d'Angleterre," 31.
Bryant, William Cullen, 324.
Buchanan (George), 77-80; ap-
pointed tutor by King James V.
of Scotland, 78; appointed tutor
to Earl of Cassilis, 78; appointed
tutor to Mary Queen of Scots,
79; "De Jure Regni Apud Scotos"
burned by the scholars at Oxford,
80; influence on language, 80;
principal of St. Leonard's College
at St. Andrew's, 79; translation
of the Psalms, 79; tutor to James
VI. of Scotland, 79; writes a
"History of Scotland," 80.
Buckhurst, Lord, see SACKVILLE,
THOMAS.
Bunyan (John), Spenser's influence
on the "Pilgrim's Progress," 85.
Burbage, James, 100.
Burke (Edmund) and precision,
317.
"Burlesque" defined, 190.
Burney, Frances, 330.
Burns, influence of Spenser on, 85;
split infinitive used by, 157.
Butter, Nathaniel, prints English
"Courants," 133.
Byron, influence of Spenser on, 85;
split infinitive used by, 157.
"Bystander" (The), London,
English speech, 335.
Caedmon (Cedmon), 14; "Genesis,"
15; poems published, 15.
Cæsar in Britain, 1.
Cambridge, England, Founding of
the University of, 23; printer
from Cologne begins work at, 58.
Camden, William, befriends Ben
Jonson, 105.
Cameron (Ruth), on books for
children's reading, 312, 313.
Canby (Professor H. S.), on read-
ing by undergraduates, 306-307.
"Canterbury Tales," 42.
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