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26. On an acquaintance with the Spanish language and literatu Spanish.)

27. On the character of Byron.

28. On the progress of refinement.

29. On the condition and prospects of the American people

30. On the sublimity of the Holy Scriptures.

31. De recentioribus cum antiquis collatis; or, ancients ana compared. (In Latin.)

32. On American feeling.

33. On national eloquence.

34. The influence of commerce upon letters.

35. A modern canon of criticism.

36. Supposed degeneracy of the age.

37. No good that is possible, but shall one day be real.

38. Public recreations.

39. Empiricism.

40. The literary profession.

41. Moral effort.

42. De virorum illustrium exemplis. (Latin.) The examples of illustrious

men.

43. Criticism.

44. The Christian philosophy, its political application.

45. Mental refinement.

46. Popularity.

47. Decision of character, as demanded in our day and country.

48. The character of Lord Bacon.

49. The diversities of character.

50. Literary justice.

51. Superstition.

52. The influence of speculative minds.

53. American aristocracy.

54. The value of the political lessons left us by the founders of our free

institutions.

55. Enthusiasm.

56. De mortuis nil nisi bonum. (Latin.) Speak no evil of the dead

57. The spirit of reform.

58. The spirit of ancient and modern education.

59. The lot of the portrayer of passion.

60. The love of truth

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61. The progress of man.

62. Radicalism.

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63.. Ancient veneration for the public.

64. The dangers of intolerance under a popular government.

65. The dangers to which the minds of young men in our country are exposed.

66. The character and prospects of the State of New York.

67. Mutation of taste.

63. Patriotism.

69. Every man a debtor to his profession.

70. Of living in times of great intellectual excitement.

71. The diffusion of scientific knowledge among the people.

72. The importance of efforts and institutions for the diffusion of know

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79. The claims of the age on the young men of America.

80. On Physiognomy.

(In Hebrew.)

81. Sur la Révolution Francaise. (French.) On the French Revolution.
82. On decision of character.

83. On innovation.

84. On the restoration of Greece.

85. De institutorum Americanorum eventûs et libertatis causæ conjunc

tione. (Latin.)

86. The middle ages.

87. De oraculis. (Latin.)

88. The heroic character.

89. The duties of republican citizens.

90. The duties of an American citizen.

91. On republican institutions as affecting private character.

92. On imagination as affecting individual happiness.

93. On war.

94. De Romanæ libertatis et eloquentiæ casu. The decline of Roman
liberty and eloquence.

95. Views of happiness.

96. De Caii Marii ævo. (Latin.) The age of Caius Marius.

97. Skepticism.

98. De festis diebus qui nostra in Universitate celebrantur. (Latin.)
99. Modern patriotism.

100. De literis Latinis.

101. The sacrifices and recompense of literary life.

102. Quid de artibus ingenuis in civitatibus America sperandum sit.
103. The American literary character.

104. De Locorum in animum vi.

105. Martyrdom.

106. Socrates. (Greek.)

107. De priscorum diis. (Latin.) The ancient divinities.
108. On the reciprocal influence of genius and knowledge.

109. On the revolutionary spirit of modern times.

110. On the durability of the Federal Union.

111. Present influences on American literature.

112 The return to Palestine.

113. De Græcarum literarum studio. (Latin.)

114. De vitæ in Universitate nostra.

115. Elements of poetry and romance in America.

116. De philosophiæ studio.

117. The pride of scholarship.

118. The physical sciences.

119 The present and former condition of Greece. (Greek.)

120. De oratoribus Americanis.

121. Periodical literature.

122. De hujus temporis indole.

123. The teacher.

124. De eloquentiæ studio in scholis nostris neglecto.

125. American political influences.

126. De literarum scholis nostris.

127. The scholar's hope.

128. De rebus preteritis et presentibus.
129. Pursuit of universal truth.

130. Literæ Americanæ.

131. Revolutions of literature.

132. De linguæ Latinæ hoc tempore usu.
133. The taking of Rome by the Gauls.
134. The progress of human sentiments.
135. The political prospects of Russia.

136. The advantages of speaking in French-in Greek, &c.

137. The moral influence of science.

138. The prospects of America.

139. Literary vanity.

140. The crusades.

141. On artificial aids to memory.

142. On Phrenology.

143. On Mesmerism.

144. On the proneness of genius to theorizing.

145. On intellectual culture.

146. On the prevalence of erroneous views of the value of metaphysical

science.

147. The contributions of the fine arts to the pleasures of the domestic

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LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF
THIS VOLUME.

In presenting a list of authorities which have been consulted in the pre
paration of this volume, the author makes this general acknowledgment-
that, as usefulness, not originality, has been his aim, he has in some in
stances copied verbatim from the pages of those in whom he has found any
thing of value subservient to his purpose; in some he has taken the llberty
to alter the phraseology, and in others entirely to remodel the principles
which he has found scattered throughout these authorities. The works to
which he has been most largely indebted, are Booth's Principles of English
Composition, Walker's Teacher's Asssistant, Newman's, Blair's, Whately's,
and Jamieson's Rhetoric, and Jardine's Principles of English Composition.
Other works from which he has gleaned something of value, or hints for
the improvement of what he has elsewhere gathered, are as follow:

Rippingham's Rules of English Composition; Rice's Composition;
Carey's English Prosody; Roe's Elements of English Metre; Steele's
Prosodia Rationalis; Crabbe's Synonymes; Harris's Hermes; Pickbourne on
the English Verb; D'Israeli's Curiosities of Modern Literature; Walker's,
Johnson's, Sheridan's, Richardson's, and Webster's Dictionaries; Locke's
Essay on the Understanding; Watts on the Mind; Dictionary of Quota
tions; Andrew's and Stoddard's, and Adam's Latin Grammars; Murray's,
Brown's, Felton's, Lennie's, Parker's, and Fox's English Grammars;
Hedge's Logic; Encyclopædia Americana; Dictionary of Arts and Scien
ces; Towne's Analysis of Derivative Words; American First Class Book
Mayo's Lessons on Objects; Miller's Practice of English Composition
Lockhart's Life of Scott; Taylor's Elements of Thought; Hannam's Pulpit
Assistant; Claude's Essay on the Composition of a Sermon; The London
Quarterly Journal of Education; Beauties of History; The Spectator;
Inn's Rhetorical Class Book; Lallemand's Artillery Service; Beclard's
Physiology; Poole's English Parnassus; The School and the School
master; Bentley's Miscellany; Quarles' Books of Emblems; Knox's Essays
Hay's Biography.

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"Rules of, 126.

on, note, 126.

Burletta, 297.

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Happy instances of, in several
styles, note, 297.

an Allegory, 135.

66 Author of Lacon's Remarks Butterfly and Humming Bird, The,

Antonomasia, 63.

much used by historical writ- Cæsura, proper position of, 234.

ers, note, 65.

Aphæresis, 76.

Apologue and Fable, 136.
Apostrophe, 28, 30, 77, 143.

peculiar (as a rhetorical fig-
ure) to Poetry and Oratory,
144.

Cantata, 287.

Canzonet, 287.

Capital Letters, Rules for the Use of,

25.

Cards

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Ceremonious, Business, and
Wedding, forms of, 195, 196, 197
Caret, 28 and 32.

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Colloquy, 324.

"Example of a, 327.

"Subjects for, 408.

Compound Words, 35.
Conclusion, 209.
Conference, 324.

"Subjects for, 405.
Confirmation, 209.

421

Conjunction, and how avoided, note,
53.

Connected Narrative from Scattered
Facts, 157.

Construction of Sentences, 93.
Conundrums, note, 140.
Conversation, or Simple Dialogue, 7.
Conversion of Poetry into Prose, 76.
Correction of the Press, marks used
by printers in, 310 and 311.
Couplet, or Distich, 230.
Critical Notice, 317.

66

Discussion, Subjects for, 410.
Criticism, 318.
Crotchets, 27 and 30.

Cut, representing the manner in
which a letter should be folded,
189.

Dactyle, 231.

Dactylic Verse, is properly defective
Anapæstic, note, 233.

Dash, 28 and 30.

Defence of Literary Studies in Men
of Business, 223.

Colon, its meaning and use, 27 and Definition, 105.

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Deliberative Discussion, 350.

"Subjects for, 410.

Derivation and Composition of Words,
34.

"Modes of, 36.

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Directions for revising, &c.,
303.

Rules for the mechanical ex-
ecution of, 304.

Correction of a, An Example

of, 307 and 308.


of Words, 34.

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of a Sermon, 390.

Comparison, 122.

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how differing from Simile and

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Terms appropriate for, 166.
Selection of Circumstances
in, 167.

Sir Walter Scott's accuracy
in, note, 167.

of a country, canals, 168.

of rivers, 168 and 170.

of climate, coasts, forests,
woods, houses, level coun
try, mountains, 169.

of villages, 170.

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under what heads it may be

reduced, 123.

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when not to be used, 123.

66 Rules relating to, 123.

Compound Sentences, formation of
from Simple ones, 58.

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of persons, of a sensible ob
ject, 171.

of Mary, Queen of Scots, 172

of a beautiful woman, not

173.

"of Bernard De Rohan, 173.

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