The Principles of English composition: Illustrated by Examples, with Critical remarks

Booth, David, 1766-1846

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"A new and improved Edition" of the 1831 work. Advertisement dates it to May, 1840. The author is credited as author of the Analytical Dictionary. Chapters: Of Composition and its divisions into Grammatical and Rhetorical—Distinction between Syntax and Construction—on Accent and Emphasis; Of Punctuation; Of the Construction, or Arrangement, of Sentences; Construction of Sentences continued—Comparison with the Arrangement of other languages; Of Metaphors.—Symbols; Of Figurative language generally.—Different species of Tropes; Figures of Thought; Figures of Thought continued; Of Prosopopecia, or Personification—Genders of Nouns; Of Style; Of Prosody; Of Rhyme and Alliteration; Of the different species of Verse; Of Lyric Poetry; Of Pastoral Poetry; Of the higher species of Poetry; Higher species of Poetry continued. Chapter one begins with three objects of language: to communicate impression, to recall others' knowledge, and to excite sensations in others. Schultz Archive's copy only contain the pages of chapter one and ink has transferred between adjacent pages, making some sections difficult to read.

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