Salem, Virginia,
August 15, 1903.
CONTENTS
| PART FIRST | ||
| FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| 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] |
