he principles of composition should include
the following subjects: a study of words as to their origin
and meaning; a study of the structure of the sentence and of
the larger elements of discourse--in other words, of
concrete logic; a study of the principles of effective
literary composition, as illustrated in the various
divisions of literature; and also a study of the aesthetics
of literature."

"What John Morley once said of literature as a whole is even
more accurate when applied to fiction alone: its purpose is
'to bring sunshine into our hearts and to drive moonshine
out of our heads.'"

22. A colon is used to separate the major parts of a very complex and
involved sentence, if the major parts, or either of them, contain
within themselves semicolons.

"For four years he had thought of Nancy Lammeter, and wooed
her with a tacit patient worship, as the woman who made him
think of the future with joy: she would be his wife, and
would make home lovely to him, as his father's home had
never been; and it would be easy, when she was always near,
to shake off those foolish habits that were no pleasures,
but only a feverish way of annulling vacancy."

23. A colon is sometimes used to mark a strong independence in the
parts of a compound sentence.

"He didn't want to give Godfrey that pleasure: he preferred
that Master Godfrey should be vexed."

THE DASH.

24. A dash is frequently used with a colon to introduce a formal
quotation. The quotation then begins a new paragraph.

(Example under colon.)

25. A dash is used alone or with a comma to inclose a phrase or clause
which is parenthetic or explanatory.

"'But as for being ugly, look at me, child, in this
silver-colored silk--I told you how it 'ud be--I look as
yallow as a daffadil.'"

(Example under comma.)

26. A dash is used to denote a sudden turn of the thought.

"I've no opinion of the men, Miss Gunn--I don't know what
_you_ have."

"'It does make her look funny, though--partly like a
short-necked bottle wi' a long quill in it."

27. A dash is frequently used when the composition should be
interrupted to indicate the intensity of the emotion.

"No--no--I can't part with it, I can't let it go,' said
Silas abruptly. 'It's come to me--I've a right to keep it.'"