tute of great
intrinsic excellence.

INDEX

AEsthetics defined, 34;
aesthetic elements, 35.

Allegory, 71.

Alliteration, 114.

Analogy, argument from, 172.

Anglo-Saxon and Latin elements of English, 56.

Annals, 158.

Antithesis, 75.

Apostrophe, 73.

Argumentation, 87;
four kinds of, 172.

Artistic element in literature, 8.

Author and his work, 19;
personality of, 19;
mental qualities of, 19;
character of, 20;
view of life of, 22;
literary school of, 24;
mood and purpose of, 24;
life of, 27.

Autobiographic elements in literature, 21.

Autobiography, 162.

Ballad defined, 134.

Beauty, 35.

Biography, 160;
three types of, 161;
essentials of, 161.

Blank verse, 117.

Caesura, 118.

Character and authorship, 21.

Chronicle, 158.

Classic writers, 4.

Climax, 75.

Comedy, 148.

Criticism, defined, 2;
history of, 3;
standard of, 3;
requisites of, 4;
as an art, 5;
diversity of, 5;
diversity of, explained, 6;
utility of, 7;
materials of, 8.

Description, 35, 42, 85.

Diary, 162.

Diction, 58.

Discourse, kinds of, 84.

Drama, 148-153;
unity of, 149;
five principal parts, 150;
other elements, 150.

Dramatis personae, 151.

Elegy, 137.

Eloquence, source of, 169.

English language, composite, 55;
copious, 56;
elements of, 56;
what elements to choose, 57.

_Enjambement_, 118.

Epic poetry, 146;
different species of, 147;
mock epic, 147.

Epigram, 76.

Essay, 167;
principal forms of, 167;
criteria of, 168.

Exclamation, 73.

Exposition, 87.

Fable, 72.

Faculties, symmetrical, 92.

Farce, 149.

Felicity of expression, 38.

Fiction, defined, 178;
elements of, 181;
characters of, 182;
incidents of, 182;
environment in, 183;
plot in, 183;
aim of, 184;
view of life of, 184;
kinds of, 184;
society novel, 185;
local novel, 185;
historical novel, 186;
problem or purpose novel, 187;
love story, 188;
marine novel, 189;
psychologic novel, 189;
short story, 190.

Figures, defined, 68;
kinds of, 68;
of resemblance, 69;
of contrast, 75.

Harmony of thought and expression, 37.

Heroism, 41.

History, defined, 156;
divisions