Front matter
Reading edition
Books by Brander Matthews:
Essays and Criticisms
French Dramatists of the 19th Century
Pen and Ink, Essays on subjects of more or less importance
Aspects of Fiction, and other Essays
The Historical Novel, and other Essays
Parts of Speech, Essays on English
The Development of the Drama (in preparation)
PARTS OF SPEECH
ESSAYS ON ENGLISH
BY
BRANDER MATTHEWS PROFESSOR IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1901
Copyright, 1901, by Brander Matthews
Published September, 1901
THE CAXTON PRESS NEW YORK.
TO MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE GEORGE RICE CARPENTER PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY