A guide to the English language
Subtitle: its history, development, and use.
By: Written by Dendy Agate ... Henry Alexander ... [and others] under the editorship of H. C. O'Neill.
Contributors: O'Neill, H. C., ed.; Agate, Dendy.; Alexander, Henry, 1890-
Publisher: T.C. & E.C. Jack
Published: 1915
Place of publication: London; Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
Subjects: English language.; Style, Literary.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [436]-437.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The composition of the English language: The history of the English language, by A. K. Gray and D. Agate; English philology, by H. Alexander; The English alphabet and orthography, by A. K. Gray; Doublets, by R. Edwards; English grammar, by D. Agate.; title: pt. 2. Vocabulary: General principles, by E. B. Maye; Enlargement of vocabulary, by E. B. Maye; A dictionary of synonyms, by A. K. Gray; Errors in vocabulary, by E. B. Maye.; title: pt. 3. Style: Composition and style, by E. Classen; Kinds of composition, by A. E. Stirling; Synopsis of classical English literature, by R. Edwards; Folk poetry, by A. S. Neill; Familiar quotations, by A. K. Gray.; title: pt. 4. Miscellaneous: Prosody, by R. Edwards; Translation, by H. Alexander; Paraphrasing, Précis writing, by R. Edwards; Letter-writing, Forms of address, Bibliography: use of dictionaries, by H. Alexander; Preparation of ms. for the printer; Foreign words and phrases, by H. Alexander; Abbreviations.