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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