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.
BRONTE, 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.

Brush off of, 20.

Cable, for telegram or telegraph, 17.
Cablegram, 33.

CÆSAR, 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.

BRYCE, JAMES, 307.

Budget, 28.

Bug, or beetle, 15.

Bulldoze, to, 17.

Bully, 17, 75.

Cant, 33.

Cant expressions, short life of, 32.
Cap, for captain, 34.

Car, or carriage (railway), 15.

Cargo, 27.

ton), 50, 117, 154, 166.

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.

205,

130,

Dickens

guilty of, 270.

sometimes

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.

Central idea. See Main idea.
Century Magazine" (the), 261.
Ceremonious, distinguished from
ceremonial, 38; wrongly used, 44.
Certain, 76.

CERVANTES, 288.

"Chambers's Journal," 40.
Champion, for support, 12.
Characteristic, preferable to char-
acteristical, 21.

Characteristics, selection of telling,
in description, 262–266.
Charity, 94.

CHATEAUBRIAND, 255.
CHATHAM, EARL OF, 78.

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY, 13, 83, 284.
Cheapjack, 14.
Checkers, 15.

Chemist, or druggist, 15; origin of
word, 99.

Cherub, plural forms of, 49.
Chest of drawers, or bureau, 15.
CHESTERFIELD, LORD, 6, 102.
Chevalier d'industrie, 16.
Chickadee, 112.

Childish, Childlike, distinguished,
39.

CHOATE, JOSEPH HODGES, 387.
CHOATE, RUFUS, 78, 165, 398.
Choice of words, counsel given by
Jonson and Pope concerning, 35;
chapter on, 74-144: value of an
ample vocabulary, 74 ; overworked
words, 75-77; how to enrich one's
Vocabulary, 78-81; how to deter-
mine the, 81; clearness in, 81-111;
as affected by subject and purpose,
96; force in, 111-132; ease in,
132-144. See Clearness, Ease,
Force.

Choose, preferable to elect or select,

Civilization, 99.

Claim, for maintain, 12.
Clamber up into, 20.
CLARKE, SAMUEL, 162.
Clear-cut, 77.

Clearer, preferable to more clear,

21.

Clearness (as applied to Choice of
Words), 81-111: importance of,
82; difficulty of writing clearly,
83; secret of Macaulay's success,
83; obscure or equivocal pro-
nouns, 84; use and misuse of
connectives, 86-90; obscure neg-
ative expressions, 90; a relative
quality, 90; distinguished from
precision, 92; precision must some-
times be sacrificed to, 93; ambi-
guity of general terms, 94; some-
times requires definitions, 95; the
etymological theory, 96; choice of
words as affected by subject and
purpose, 96-102; the vulgarity of
fine writing, 102-105; general or
specific terms, 105-111. (As ap-
plied to Number of Words), 146–
149: too few words, 146; omissions
in verse justifiable, 148; obscurity
caused by unnecessary words, 149.
(As applied to Arrangement),
177-183: defined, 177; as affected
by position of pronouns, 177, of
correspondents, 178, of subordinate
expressions, 179-183; often gained
by antithesis, 188; as affected by
position of similes, 196; false em.
phasis hostile to, 198; in para
graphs, 231; in whole composi
tions, 239. (As applied to Expo-
sition), 310-319: the first requisite
of exposition, 310; secured by
judicious repetition, 312; secured
by methodical arrangement, 314;
a matter of adaptation, 318; unity
an ally of, 319. (As applied to
Argument), is very important, 380;
essential in statement of the pro-
position, 382.
Clergy, 99.

Clerk, or shopman, 15.
Clever, 23, 33.

CLIFFORD, WILLIAM KINGDON, 311
CLIFFORD, MRS. W. K., 68, 140.
Climated, for acclimated, 17.

Dangling participles, 213.
DANIEL, SAMUEL, 101.
DANTE, 258, 320, 321.

Corse, 9.
Costermonger, 14.
COTTON, NATHANIEL, 344.
Coulisses, 29.

Counterfeit presentment, 103.

Counter-presumption,
Coup de soleil, 16.
Coup d'œil, 30.

332.

Courtesy, rule of, as applied to the
use of shall and will, 58, 60-62.
COWLEY, ABRAHAM, 125.

COWPER, WILLIAM, 126, 142, 165.
Coxeyite, 32.

Crack, for excellent, 17.

Cracker, or biscuit, 14.

CRAIK, HENRY, 23.
Crash, 112.

Crave for, 20.

of language, 35.

Dartmouth College case, 172, 395.
DARWIN, CHARLES, 357.
Data, 99.

DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING, 121, 28
DAY, H. N., 384.

Day's pleasure, a, 50.

Deadly, Deathly, distinguished, 18.
Death's door, at, 50.

Debase, Demean, distinguished, 39.
Débutante, 30.

Decided, Decisive, distinguished, 38
Declamation, common, 91.
Declinature, 34.
Décousu style, 235.

Deduction, defined, 341; in syllogis-
tic form, 341-343; enthymemes,
343; fallacies of, 344-349; beg-
ging the question, 344; arguing
beside the point, 346; connection
of induction with, 352; induction
combined with, 352.

Deductions not persuasive, 394.
Deeded, 34.

Default, as verb, 34.

Definite, Definitive, distinguished,
38.

Definition the simplest form of ex-
position, 302-307.

Definitions, necessary to fix the mean-
ing of obscure or ambiguous words,
95, 310.

DEFOE, DANIEL, 282, 331, 351, 375.
Deities, Greek. See Greek deities.
Delicacy, preferable to delicateness,

21.

acute, 35.

CUVIER, 255, 353.

D.

DAILILY, prohibited, ?1.

Daily, one form for adjective and ad-
verb, 22.

DALE, R. W., 101, 172.

Demagogue, 23.

Demand, for ask, 43.

Demander, 43.

Demean, distinguished from debase,
39; wrongly used, 45.
Demi-monde, 30.

Democratic, preferable to democrati
cal, 21; ambiguous in meaning

94.

71, 178.

Dance attendance, 7.

Dental organs, 164.

DEPEW, CHAUNCEY M., 367.

Dépôt, 16.

from

Depreciate, for fall in value, 12.
DE QUINCEY, THOMAS, 49, 56, 127,
128, 141, 145, 151, 154, 157, 179,
181, 218, 223, 231, 240, 267, 343.
Derived from, not based on or re-
peated from, sources, 116.
DESCARTES, 121.
Description, discriminated
other kinds of composition, 247;
chapter on, 249-280: purpose of,
249; language compared with
painting and sculpture, 249;
Wordsworth's rule for, 251; two
kinds of, 251; scientific, 251-253;
artistic or suggestive, 254-280;
narration distinguished from, 281;
as aid to narration, 283; as aid to
exposition, 324. See Artistic de-
scription, Scientific description.
Details that are effective, 174.
Detect the recurrence of, 77.
DEVONSHIRE, DUCHESS OF, 270.
Devouring element, 103.
Diagrams, need of, as aid to descrip-
tion, 249.

Dialect, objections to writing in, 7,

92.

DICKENS, CHARLES, 40, 45, 47, 51,
85, 104, 105, 121, 137, 155, 156,
166, 206, 210, 214, 263, 267, 268,
270, 299, 358.

Dictionary, Webster's International,
100; Murray's New English, 343.
Differentiate, for make a difference
between, 12.

Difficultly, for with difficulty, 22.
Diffuseness, to be avoided, 146. See
Redundancy.

Diggings, these, 13.

DILKE, SIR CHARLES W., 188.

139, 147, 154, 172, 178, 188, 206,
207, 211, 214.
Disremember, 12.

Distantest, for most distant, 22.
Distinct, Distinctive, distinguished.

38.

Distinctly, 76.
Distingué, 29.

Divided usage, 17-24.
Do, idiomatic use with have, 6.
Docket, on the, 12.
Dodge, a new, 17.
Doff, 9.

Dolce far niente, 29, 30.
Domestic assistants, 105.
Don, 9.
Dos-à-dos, 30.
DOSTOEVSKY, FEODOR, 338.
Double entendre, 28.
Double negatives, 70.
Dough-face, 32.
Doughnut, 14.

Draper's shop, or dry goods store, 15.
Drawing-room, or parlor, 14.
Drawn from, not based on or repeated
from, sources, 116.
DRAYTON, MICHAEL, 101.
Dreary, 76.

Dregs, writing a subject to the, 170.
Druggist, or chemist, 15.
Drummer, for commercial traveller,

Diocess, for diocese, 23.

339-341.

Discount, to, 12.

Discover, Invent, distinguished, 39.
Discuss the morning repast, 103.
Disorderly conduct, for drunken-
ness, 109.

DISRAELI, BENJAMIN, 49, 50, 51,

Each knowing more than the others,

48.

Each more homelike and habitable
than the last, 48.

Each more outlandish than the
other, 47.

EARLE, JOHN, 35, 66, 201, 204.