PARTS OF SPEECH
ESSAYS ON ENGLISH

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