AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION (ADVANCED COURSE) BY G. R. CARPENTER PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION FOURTH EDITION New York MACMILLAN AND CO. AND LONDON 1896 All rights reserved COPYRIGHT, 1893, By GEORGE R. CARPENTER. First published elsewhere. Transferred to Macmillan & Co., 1895. ANDOVER THEOL. SERUARY FEB 291908 -LIBRARY.- 59,783 Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co. - Berwick & Smith. PREFACE. Two years ago I published a little book under the title of "Exercises in Rhetoric and English Composition," with the idea of presenting in a compact form (1) such theoretical matter as it seemed to me necessary for the young student of Rhetoric to have thoroughly in mind, and (2) material for practice of all sorts in applying the principles laid down in the text. That book, which was somewhat too elementary for college use, I have now enlarged and made more advanced in character, until it represents, to my mind, a body of instruction in Rhetoric suitable for the first semester or the first two terms of the Freshman year. If any other teacher should chance to make use of my work, he will perhaps be helped by noticing several peculiarities which it shows. First, I have said very little about "style." What a Freshman needs most of all is to write correctly, clearly, and with some vigor. Attempts to lay stress on individuality of style or on the element of beauty in the pupil's writing should, I think, be deferred until later in the course. Second, I have treated Rhetoric as an art, not as a science. The other point of view is natural and reasonable, but, it seems to me, appropriate only for more advanced students than those for whom I intend this book. Third, I |