III. EXPLANATORY INDEX. [The Roman Numerals refer to the two Parts of the Work.] ACCENT,-In prose-rhythm, II. 39; | CIRCUMLOCUTION,-A round-about way in verse, II. 82. ACCURACY,-A quality of language, II. 11. ALEXANDRINE, A verse consisting of six regular feet, II. 89. ALLEGORY,-A figure of language, involving a continuous comparison, II. 26. ALLITERATION,-Initial rhyme, II. 39. AMBIGUITY,- A double meaning in volved in the construction of a sentence, I. 28; II. 31. ANALYSIS, -The division of a sentence into its primary elements, I. 28. ANAPESTIC VERSE,-II. 92. ANTEPENULTIMATE,-The second syllable before the last in a word, II. 40. ANTI-CLIMAX,-The converse of climax: a sentence in which the ideas suddenly become less dignified at the close, II. 34. ANTITHESIS,-A contrast of words or ideas in successive clauses or sentences, I. 30; II. 34. APODOSIS,-The conclusion in a hypothetical sentence, answering to the protasis. APOSTROPHE, A figure of language, in which the speaker turns aside from the natural course of his ideas to address the absent or the dead, as if they were present, II. 26. ARGUMENTATIVE THEME, A theme in which a position is supported by formal arguments, II. 71. ATTRIBUTE,-The enlargement of the subject or object, I. 10. BIOGRAPHICAL NARRATION,-In paragraphs, I. 59; in themes, II. 56. CATACHRESIS, An over-strained or far-fetched metaphor-as the blood of the grape. DESCRIPTION,-An account of what a thing is, I. 63; II. 63. DIMETER,-A verse consisting of two feet or measures, II. 83. DIRECT SPEECH,-I. 21. DISCURSIVE THEME,―The essay, II. 66. DISLOCATION,-The unnatural separation of the members of a sentence, I. 28; II. 31. ELEGIAC STANZA,-Four lines of simple regular pentameters, rhyming alternately, II. 88. ELLIPSIS,-The omission of words necessary to the completeness of a sentence, I. 30; II. 35. ENERGY, A quality of style, by which a forcible impression is produced, II. 10. ENLARGEMENT,-The addition of words | MELODY, Applied to prose-rhythm, to a sentence to express additional ideas, I. 16. EPIGRAM,-A figure of language, involving an apparent contradiction, II. 27. EQUIVOCATION,-A double meaning involved in the language of a sentence, II. 14. ESSAY, A discursive theme, II. 66. EUPHEMISM, Anallowable circumlocution, employed to soften a harsh statement, II. 21. EXCLAMATION,-A figure of construction, II. 34. EXPANSION,-An amplification of the expression, without adding to the ideas expressed, I. 13. EXPOSITION,-The description of scientific or abstract truths, I. 72; II. 66. GRACE, A quality of style, by which a pleasing effect is produced, II. 10. HEPTAMETER,-A verse consisting of seven feet or measures, II. 83. HEROIC MEASURE,-Simple regular pentameter verse, II. 88. HEXAMETER, -A verse consisting of six feet or measures, II. 83. HISTORICAL NARRATION, In paragraphs, I. 57; in themes, II. 60. HYPERBOLE,-A figure of language, producing its effects by exaggeration, II. 27. IAMBIC VERSE,-II. 88. INCIDENTAL NARRATION, In para graphs, I. 51; in themes, II. 55. INDIRECT SPEECH,--I. 21. INTERROGATION,-A figure of construction: a statement in the form of a question, II. 34. INVERSION,-A change in the order of the members of a sentence, II. 33. IRONY,-A figure of language, in which the meaning conveyed is the contrary of that expressed, II. 28. LANGUAGE,-The department of style which treats of the expression of ideas, II. 11. LETTER-WRITING,-I. 54. II. 37. METAPHOR, A figure of language, involving comparison, II. 25. METONYMY,-A figure of language, in which correlative terms are interchanged, II. 26. NARRATION.--An accouut of a course of events, I. 49; II. 53. OBJECT,-The complement of a transitive verb, I. 10. OBSOLETE WORDS,-Words which no longer belong to the current speech, II. 23. PARAGRAPH,-A connected series of sentences relating to the same subject, I. 47. PARAPHRASE, The rendering of a thought in a different form, I. 72. -PAUSE, The point in a verse where the rhythm is suspended, II. 86. PENTAMETER,-A verse consisting of five feet or measures, II. 83. PENULTIMATE,-The syllable before the last in a word, II. 40, 84. PERIOD,A sentence in which the complete sense is suspended until the close, I. 30; II. 33. PERSONIFICATION,-A figure of language, in which the lower animals and inanimate objects are endowed with the powers of human beings, II. 26. PERSPICUITY, A quality of style, by which a writer's meaning is rendered clear and intelligible, II. 10. PHRASE,-A form of words expressing a single idea, but not containing a subject or predicate, I. 10. PLEONASM,-An allowable redundancy, II. 20. PRÉCIS,-See Summary, I. 79. PREDICATE, That part of a sentence which makes a statement about the subject, I. 10. PREPOSITION POSTPONED,-A fault of construction, I, 31; II. 35. PROPOSITION,-The statement of the question in an argumentative theme, II. 72. PROTASIS, The premises, or condition in a hypothetical sentence, answer- PURITY, A quality of language, II. 21. REDUNDANCY,-The addition of words RHYTHM,-In verse, the recurrence of ROMANTIC MEASURE,-Simple regular SCHEME-MAKING,-Directions for, II. SYNTHESIS,-The building up of ele- TAUTOLOGY,-The repetition of the same word in a different sense in - TRIMETER, Α verse consisting of UNITY, Singleness of subject in a VARIETY,-Diversity in the construc- PRINTED BY OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH. гд BY CHARLES HENRI SCHNEIDER, F.E.I.S., M.C.P., FIRST YEAR'S FRENCH COURSE. 13th Edition. 212 pages, 1s. 6d. This Work forms a Complete Course of French for Beginners, and comprehends Grammatical Exercises, with Rules; Reading Lessons, with Notes; Dictation;' Exercises in Conversation; and a Vocabulary of oll the Words in the Book. THE EDINBURGH HIGH SCHOOL FRENCH CON VERSATION-GRAMMAR, arranged on an entirely New Plan, with From Professor MAX MÜLLER, of the University of Oxford. "My dear Sir, I am very happy to find that my anticipations as to the success of your Grammar have been fully realized. Your book does not require any longer a godfather; but if you wish me to act as such, I shall be most happy to have my name connected with your prosperous child.-Yours very truly, MAX MÜLLER." THE EDINBURGH HIGH SCHOOL NEW PRACTICAL FRENCH READER: Being a Collection of Pieces from the best French Authors. Arranged on an entirely New Plan, with Questions and Notes. 23rd Edition. 3s. 6d. From Monsieur WATTEZ, Professor of French in King's College. "Le plan en est simple, clair, et à la portée de tout élève qui a tant soit peu d'intelligence. "Soyez persuadé qui je me ferai un véritable plaisir de recommander votre Grammaire et de m'en servir moi-même. "J'ai aussi reçu votre Reader; je l'ai parcouru avec plaisir, je le trouve parfait. Je ne laisserai échapper aucune occasion de m'en servir et de le recommander." THE EDINBURGH HIGH SCHOOL FRENCH MANUAL OF CONVERSATION and COMMERCIAL CORRE- |