.

Macaulay, Lord, quotation on Milton from, 96;
quotation to illustrate comparison, 98;
his essay on "Milton" analyzed, 106;
last sentence of that essay quoted, 111;
that essay as an example of proportion in treatment, 114;
his denunciation of Charles I. quoted, 115;
further quotations from his "Milton," 117;
his speeches on "Copyright" and the "Reform Bill" quoted, 159, 172,
193;
quotations from the "Milton" to illustrate paragraph structure, 164,
166, 168, 178, 182, 184.

"Macbeth," 13.

Maclaren, Ian, 25.

Main incident, 20-26.

Major term, 129.

"Marble Faun, The," description in, 34.

Margin of composition, 296.

"Marmion," 27, 29;
quoted, 276.

Mass, 20;
in description, 64-75;
in exposition, 108-114;
in paragraphs, 174-178;
in sentences, 207-212.

Masson, David, 104.

Maupassant, Guy de, quotation from his "Pierre et Jean," 56;
from his "Odd Number," 156.

Meredith, George, quotation from, to illustrate paragraph structure,
161;
sentence structure, 205.

Metaphor, 77, 260.

Metonymy, 250, 263.

Metre, kinds of, 273-275;
variations in, 276.

Metrical romance, the, 284.

Middle term, 130.

"Milton," Macaulay's essay on, quotations from, 96, 98, 111, 115, 117,
119, 164, 166-168, 178, 184;
analyzed, 106.

Milton, John, quotations from, 241, 245, 248.

Minor term, 129.

Monometer, 273.

Mood in description, 59-62, 67-69.

"Mosses from an Old Manse," quotation from, 50.

Movement of story, 32, 33.

Narration, 4, 13-37.

Narrative poetry, 284.

National usage, 242.

"New Testament," quotation from, 241.

Newman, Cardinal, quotation from, about Athens, 52;
quotation on theology, 95;
quotation to illustrate the use of specific instances in exposition,
97;
to illustrate paragraph structure, 160, 171, 177, 193;
to show sentence construction, 203, 210;
to show use of words, 247.

"Nicholas Nickleby," as an exposition of school abuses, 5.

Nouns, 78.

Number of characters, 35.

Observation, its value, 55.

Obverse statement, 95, 96;
paragraph of, 169-171.

Octameter, 275.

"Odd Number, The," quotation from, 156.

Ode, defined, 285.

"OEnone," quotation from, 51.

"Old Apple Dealer, The," quotation from, 67.

Omniscience of an author, 27.

Order of events in stories, 29;
of words in sentences, 217-219.

Outline, use of, 32, 109, 110, 138, 139, 174.

Palmer, Profess