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  • How to Write Clearly. Rules and Exercises on English Composition

    Document thumbnail: How to Write Clearly. Rules and Exercises on English Composition
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    Abbott's work provides rules and exercises for eliminating ambiguity in writing. The premise of this textbook is the notion that clarity, unlike many other characteristics of writing and speech, can be achieved through mechanistic rules and practice. The Schultz Archive only includes a brief excerpt, consisting of the title page, preface and partial table of contents.
    Creator/Author:
    Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    06/03/2019
    Date Created:
    1875
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Manual of English Rhetoric

    Document thumbnail: Manual of English Rhetoric
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1875 copyrighted text. The author is credited as Professor in Davidson College. In this rhetoric principles and rules are stated briefly and any overlap with other subjects, such as psychology, logic, and aesthetics, is avoided. The introduction covers definition, aim and method of study, distribution, of rhetoric. Part one covers the processes of discourse: subject of a discourse, invention, disposition, amplification. Part two covers style: qualities of prose style, choice of words, figures of speech, the sentence, the paragraph, division of style (higher, lower, middle). Part three covers the elementary forms of discourse: description, narration, exposition, argument. Part four covers principal forms of prose: dialogue and epistolary, didactic prose, historical prose, oratorical prose. The author credits the influence of Lectures on the English Language by Hon. Geo. P. Marsh, Theories of Style by J. K. F. Rinne, German Style by Karl Becker, and Homletics by Vinet. The Schultz Archive copy cuts off on page 231, missing pages 232 through at least 279 (according to the ToC).
    Creator/Author:
    Hepburn, A. D. (Andrew Dousa), 1830-1921
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/19/2019
    Date Created:
    1875
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • First Lessons in the English Language

    Document thumbnail: First Lessons in the English Language
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    Text may be from 1875. The author is credited with a Master of Arts degree as as the author of Elementary Grammar and Practical Grammar of the English Language, and of the Grade-School Readers. A series of progressive lessons to teach third and forth grade students to express thoughts accurately and concisely and to criticize and avoid common inaccuracies. The work is an extension of the oral lessons from the author's Elementary Grammar. Grammatical terms are used sparingly. Students are provided with exercises in sentence making and composition. Some exercises give students words to arrange, while others use a few words, an illustration, or an object to spur composing. In addition to chapters on the parts of speech, the text also contains chapters on observation and description, writing from memory, changing verse to prose, and letter writing. The Schultz Archive copy is roughly the complete 80 page text.
    Creator/Author:
    Harvey, Thomas W. (Thomas Wadleigh), 1821?-1892
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/27/2020
    Date Created:
    1875
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0