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Expository Writing

INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIVE SELECTIONS

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Amiel's Journal, "Mozart and Beethoven", 277-278

Antin, Mary, The Promised Land, "The Making of an American", 186-189

Atlantic Monthly, The Contributor's Club, "The Privileges of Age", 245-247

Aumonier, Stacy, "Solemn-Looking Blokes" (Century Magazine), 29-33

Bagehot, Walter, Works, vol. III, "A Constitutional Statesman", 227-229

Belloc, Hilaire, First and Last, "On a Great Wind", 244

Bradford, Gamaliel, Confederate Portraits, "Judah P. Benjamin", 264

Brooke, Rupert, Collected Poems, "The Great Lover", 234-235

Bullard, F. Lauriston, Famous War Correspondents, "A Definition of the Correspondent", 78

Burdick, Francis M, The Essentials of Business Law— "Definition of the Clearing-House", 76 "Definition of Sale", 105

Burroughs, John, Birds and Bees, "An Idyl of the Honey-Bee", 48-55 Outline of "An Idyl of the Honey-Bee", 64-66 Birds and Poets, "Emerson's Literary Quality", 224 Leaf and Tendril, "A Breath of April", 247-249

Burton, Richard, Little Essays in Literature and Life, "The Nature of the Informal Essay", 243-244

Butler, Samuel, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler, "A Group of Definitions", 109

Cannon, J. G, Clearing-Houses, "Classification of Clearing-Houses", 140

Carlyle, Thomas, Essay on Biography, Selection from, 275-276 Sartor Resartus, "The Entepfuhl Road", 40

Century Magazine, "The Hydraulic Cartridge", 161-162 "The Phonopticon", 171-172

Corbin, John, An American at Oxford, "How to Handle a Punt", 163-164

Corbin, T. W, Engineering of To-day, "Cargo Steamers", 203-205 "The Oxygen Blow-Pipe", 161 "Launching the Neptune", 178-181

Cram, R. A., The Heart of Europe, "Definition of the Heart", 104

Croly, Herbert, The Promise of American Life, "The American Business Man", 197-199

Dilley, Arthur U, Oriental Rugs, "A Classification of Rugs", 119-122

Eliot, George, The Mill on the Floss, "The Scenery of the Rhone", 124-125

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, Conduct of Life, "Fate", 27-28; 36-37 Nature, Addresses, and Lectures, "A Definition of Conservative and Innovator", 93-95 Society and Solitude, "Definition of Civilization in America", 98-99

Escott, T. H. S, Great Victorians, "Balfour", 271

Gardiner, A. G., Prophets, Priests, and Kings, "Balfour", 148 "King Edward VII", 148-149 "Lord Morley", 19 "Thomas Hardy", 149-150

Garland, Hamlin, A Son of the Middle Border, a sentence from, 45

Gissing, George, The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft— "Apples for Diet", 21-22 "A Definition of Art", 7 "A Definition of Poverty", 84-85 "English Cooking", 210-211 "Military Drill", 225-226 "The Sportswoman", 128-129 "The 'Tempest'", 213-214 "Vegetarianism", 222-223

Green, J. R., Short History of the English People, "Estimate of the Character of Elizabeth", 122-123

Greenough and Kittredge, Words and Their Ways in English Speech, "The Process of Radiation", 181-183

Haweis, Rev. Mr., Music and Morals, "The Character of J. R. Green", 268-269

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Our Old Home, "English Weather", 126-128

Henderson, W. H., What is Good Music— "Criticism of Musical Performances", 230 "The Modern Orchestra", 152-153

Howells, W. D., A Boy's Town, "The Difference Between Boys and Men", 107

Hungerford, Edward, The Personality of American Cities, "Boston", 68-69

Judy, A. M., From the Study to the Farm, "The Farmer's Life", 150-151

Lounsbury, T. R., English Spelling and Spelling Reform, "Final e", 205-208

Lucke, C. E., Power, "The Mechanical Engineer", 98 "The Problem of Power Machinery", 137 "Water Power", 151-152

Masefield, John, Gallipoli, "The Horror of the Fight", 69-70

Morley, John, Miscellanies, vol. I, "The Distinction Between the Poetic and the Scientific Spirit", 105-106

Morman, J. B., The Principles of Rural Credit, "Amortization", 85-86

Pollak, Gustav, Fifty Years of American Idealism— "Jingo Morality", 220-222 "Lowell at St. James", 193-194 "Moral Atmosphere", 91-93 "Responsible Statesman", 87

Prelini, Charles, Dredges and Dredging, "The Operation of Dredges", 170

Royce, Josiah, "Nietzsche" (Atlantic Monthly), 131

Russell, Bertrand, National Independence and Internationalism— "National Sentiment", 226-227 "State and Nation", 89-90 Why Men Fight, "Impulse and Desire", 132-135

Sainte-Beuve, "Definition of a Classic", 91

Scientific American, "The Catskill Water Supply", 185-186

Scribner's Magazine, The Point of View, "The New Poetry", 200-201

Sedgwick, H. D., The New American Type, "Honor", 108

Shakespeare, William, King Henry IV, "Bardolph on 'Accommodate'", 81-82

Sharp, Dallas Lore, The Hills of Hingham, "The Carpet Layer", 173-174

Shaw, G. B., Dramatic Opinions and Essays— "The Odds Against Shakespeare", 116-117 Sanity of Art, "Definition of Artist", 103 "Indispensability of Law", 153-156 "Passion", 146-147 "Pattern Designers and Dramatic Composers", 111-112 Society and Superior Brains— "Ability that Gives Value for Money", 85 "Superiority of Status", 109-110

Slicer, T. R., From Poet to Premier, "O. W. Holmes", 272

Standard Dictionary, Definition of "Correspondent", 78

Stevenson, R. L., "Pulvis et Umbra", 55-57 "The sun upon my shoulders", 45

Talbot, F. A., The Making of a Great Canadian Railway— "The Stone Boat", 165 "The Track Layer", 166-168

Taylor, B. L., The Line o' Type Column, "Highbrow," etc., 102

Thackeray, W. M., The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century, "Oliver Goldsmith", 285-294

Warner, Frances L., "The Amateur Chessman" (From The Point of View, Scribner's Magazine), 249-252

Webster's New International Dictionary, Definition of "Art", 6 A series of definitions, 100-101

Wendell, Barrett, English Composition, "Carlyle's Frederick the Great", 279-280

Weston, E. M., Rock Drills, "Hammer Drills", 115-116 "Tappet Valve Drills", 219-220

Wister, Owen, Quack Novels and Democracy, "The Quack Novel", 88-89

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