Essentials of English Speech and Literature
By FRANK H. VIZETELLY, Litt.D., LL.D.
Managing Editor of the Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary; Author of "A Desk-Book of Errors in English," etc.
A record, in concise and interesting style, of the Origin, Growth, Development, and Mutations of the English language. It treats of Literature and its Elements; of the Dictionary as a Text-Book, and its Functions; of Grammar, Phonetics, Pronunciation, and Reading; of the Bible as a model of pure English; of Writing for Publication and of Individuality in Writing; also of the Corruption of English Speech.
An Appendix of the principal Authors and their works, and a Selection of a Hundred Best Books is included.
Raymond Weeks, Ph.D., Prof. Romance Languages, Columbia University, says it is: "One of the most valuable books on this subject which have come into my hands for a long time."
Brander Matthews, Litt.D., LL.D., says it is: "A good book—a book likely to do good, because it is generally sound and always stimulating."
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