CONTENTS

PART FIRST
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
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I.Nature and Office of Criticism[1]
II.The Author and his Work[19]
III.Some Æsthetic Principles[34]
PART SECOND
RHETORICAL ELEMENTS
IV.Words, Sentences, Paragraphs[55]
V.Figures of Speech[68]
VI.Style[84]
PART THIRD
KINDS OF LITERATURE
VII.Nature and Structure of Poetry[103]
VIII.Kinds of Poetry[130]
IX.Epic and Dramatic Poetry[145]
X.Nature and Forms of Prose[156]
XI.Essays and Oratory[167]
XII.Nature and Classification of Fiction[178]