BY
MATURIN M. BALLOU
AUTHOR OF "EDGE-TOOLS OF SPEECH," ETC.
'Tis in books the chief
Of all perfection to be plain and brief.
Butler
BOSTON
TICKNOR AND COMPANY
1887
Copyright, 1886,
By Maturin M. Ballou.
All rights reserved.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
PREFACE.