The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-16

etry," Freedom" beauty" calen-
| dar," CLOUD" and many other words
of wide Significance. In lucidity and
conciseness, the definitions In this book
easily rank as the best In print. afford
ing to the busy average reader max
imum of information In minimum
of time
Antonyms are found In this diction-
AIRY. but In no other. Taken together
with the synonyms. they invest every
vocabulary word with the fullest pos
sible measure OF meaning. Thus under
"affectation" we have these synonyms:
Cant. Journalism, hypocrisy. pharsasm.
pietism, pretense. sanctimOniousneSs,
sanctimony sham. Pretense Q-utin, prae-
tendo primarily signifies the holding
something forward AS having certain
rights or claims. whether truly or falsely;
In the good sense II Is now rarely used ax-
cept with negative; as, there can be no
pretense that this IL due" false pre-
tense implies the possibility Of a true pre-
tense; but alone and unlimited. pretensc
commonly signifies the Offering of some
thing for what II is not. Hypocrisy is the
false pretense of moral excellence, either
as u cover for actual wrong. or for the
sake of the credit and advantage attach
ihb W NhNucs NuiN, Nht
song iteration OF the language Of any
party, schol. or sect, denotes the mechan-
ical and pretentious use of religious
phrase0logy, without corresponding feel
ings OF character: sanctimoniousness Is
the assumption of Il sanity manner with
out n sanity character. Cant Is hypoc-
risy In utterance; sanctimon!ousness Is
hypocrisy In appearance, as in looks,
tones etc. Pietism, originally Il word of
a.
regulated emotionalism: Journalism Is an
exaggerated devotion to forms. rites, and
ceremonies. without corresponding earn
estness of heart: sham identical In or
igin with shame) Is u trick or device that
puts one to shame. or that shamefully dis
appoints expectation or falsities appear
ance. AfIectaton Is in matters of intel
lect, taste. etc, much what hypocrisy Is in
morals and religion; afrectation might Re
termed petty hypocrisy. See deception.
The antonyms of 'affectation" are:
Candor frankness, genuineness. hon
esty, righteousness, openness, sincerity.
transparency. truth.
In conclusion. we note the treatment
of the synonyms and antonyms of the
words harmony" and melody" Thus
the synonyms of the former are given
as
Accord, accordance, agreement. amity,
concord, concurrence, conformity, congru-
ity, consent, consistency. consonance,
symmetry, unanimity. uniformity, union,
unison, unity. When tones. thoughts. or
feelings, individually different, combine
to form a consistent and pleasing whole.
there is harmony. Harmony is deeper
and more essential than agreement; we
may have superficial. forced, or patched
up agreement but never n superficial,
forced or patched-up harmony. Concord
implies more volition than accord; as,
their views were found to be in perfect
accord; or, by conference concord was Sc
cured; We do not secure accord, but dis
cover 1t. We may speak of being in ac-
cord with a person on one point, but har-
mony Is wider in range. Conformity is
submission to authority or necessity; as,
the attempt to secure conformity to an es-
tablished religion. Congrulty involves :he
element of suitableness; consistency i'm
plies the absence of conflict or contradlc-
ton in views, statements. or acts which
are brought into comparison, as in the diff
ferent statements of the same person or
the different periods of one mans life:
unanimity is the complete hearty agree
ment OF many; consent and concurrence
refer to decision or action, but consent is
more passive than concurrence one
speaks by general consent when no one
in the assembly cares to make formal OBJ
lection; decision of the supreme court
depends upon the concurrence of major
ity of the judges. See melody, symmetry.
Compare agree; observation-disclosures:
Antagonism. conflict, controversy, differ
ence, disagreement, discord, disproportion,
dissension, disunion, hostility, incongruity,
inconsistency, opposition, schism, separa-
tion. variance.
BY the first reference the reader Is
directed to melody" where he will
find the musical synonyms fully treated
as follows:
synonyms: Harmony, music, unison. |
Harmony is Simultaneous; melody Is sue
cessive; harmony is the pleasing corre-
spondence of two or more notes sounded at |
once, melody the pleasing succession of a |
number of notes continuously following |
one another. A melody may be wholly in |
one part; harmony must be of two or |
more parts. Accordant notes of differ |
ent pitch sounded simultaneously produce |
harmony; unison is the simultaneous |
sounding of two or more notes of the same !
pitch. When the pitch is the same, there |
may be unison between sounds of very |
different volume and quality. as q voice |
and a bell may sound I'm unison Tones |
sounded at the interval of an octave are |
also said to be In unison, although this Is |
not literally exact: this usage arises from |
the fact that bass and tenor voices In at |
tempting to sound the same note as the |
soprano and alto will in fact sound note |
an octave below. Music may denote the |
simplest melody or the most complex and |
perfect harmony.
The completion of this dictionary can
not be considered as signifying less than
a new era for the English language and |
its literature.
AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS:
Erastus +. Beade, the father of the
dime novel Is dead
Stone and Kimball will publish trans
lated volume of Paul Verlaines poems.
Y. b." younger brother of I. Zang-
will. has made his debut with "A Drama
In Dutch"
Frederic Harrison has written a book on
"William the Silent" which the Macmil-
lans will publish.
Ansclme Matthew, whose death at the
aga of 10 Is announced from Avignon. was
one OF the few remaining provincial poets
Of distinction In France.
The monthly magazine, Romance, has
passed into the hands of the Current Lit
erature company. publishers OF Current
Literature and of Short Stories, and will
be- continued as heretofore.
The personal Recollections OF Joan of
Arc" purported to be by the "Sieur Louis
De Conte, Joan's page and secretary" but
by Thomas A. Janvier will soon
be printed In Harper's Monthly.
Augusta Holmes composer of the new