44. Carlyle declined to work in the same room with any one else and he therefore deliberately gave up the idea of using the accessible material that lay at his disposal in other words he did not show the greatest possible diligence in studying all accessible material and avoided the vast mass of information on his subject which existed in the library of the British Museum because his request for personal privacy could not be granted. 45. I got my opera-glasses and read and pleasant reading it was the following inscription. 46. I had arranged that the girl Jenny who was wearing an out rageous bonnet should accompany us as far as the station. 47. He was in the news-room and having questioned him about the saddle I said by the way what is this story about your swearing at one of the waiters. 48. I had to repeat sardine on toast twice and instead of answering yes sir as if my selection of sardine on toast was a personal gratification to him which is the manner that one expects of a waiter he glanced at the clock then out of the window and starting asked did you say sardine on toast sir. 49. Shot cried the colonel angrily by heaven if I thought there was a villain on earth capable of shooting that poor inoffensive dog Id why should they shoot him Lillian. 50. There was Riggss bill for hay that was seven dollars. 51. The great literary and philosophical book to which I allude a book which deserves to hold a permanent place in English literature and which has profoundly influenced the minds of political writers but which infringes all the canons laid down by the modern scientific historian is the famous work that Thomas Carlyle entitled The French Revolution A History. 52. She gave him a list of the materials that she wanted twelve yards of silk two yards of chiffon five yards of lace a vast number of hooks and eyes spools of thread and the like he was appalled I can never suit you Im sure he groaned despondently. 53. But my good sir you quote me your English Latin I must beg of you to write it down it is orally incomprehensible to us Continentals. 54. It is and I said not or. 55. His health was now firmly established he had a commanding physique his figure was tall and muscular and his bearing full of a dignity which had a touch almost of haughtiness in it. 56. Scarce a man heard the report of the long slim gun so intent were all in watching the flight of its five-pound missile which however showed from its curve before it vanished in the distance that it was soaring wide of its swiftly moving mark. 57. The Fearless was now speeding ahead at the rate of forty knots an hour while the monoplane after making two wide circles to gain height was flying a half-mile to starboard somewhat in advance of the war-ship and rapidly distancing her. 58. It is high time that authors should take heed what company they keep the trouble is they all want to be in society overwhelmed with invitations from the publishers well known and talked about at the clubs named every day in the newspapers photographed for the news-stalls and it is so hard to distinguish between fashion and form costume and substance convention and truth the things that show well and the things that last well so hard to draw away from the writers that are new and talked about and to note those who are old and walk apart to distinguish the tones which are merely loud from the tones that are genuine to get far enough away from the press and the hubbub to see and judge the movements of the crowd. 59. Alas lady he replied in a tone no longer wild but sad as a funeral bell we must meet shortly when your face may wear another aspect. 60. Away answered Hutchinson fiercely though yonder senseless picture cried Forbear it should not move me. REFERENCES BREWSTER, W. T. English Composition and Style, pp. 479–84. HERRICK and DAMON. New Composition and Rhetoric for Schools, pp. 168-99. HILL, A. S. Beginnings of Rhetoric and Composition, pp. 23–34. HITCHCOCK, A. M. Enlarged Practice-Book of English Composition, pp. 260-82. LINN, J. W. The Essentials of English Composition, pp. 102-08. STEBBINS, C. M. A Progressive Course in English, pp. 382-90. WADDY, VIRGINIA. Elements of Composition and Rhetoric, pp. 375410. WILLIAMS, WILLIAM. Composition and Rhetoric by Practice, pp. 20-37. WOOLLEY, E. C. Mechanics of Writing, pp. 93–205. 2. CAPITALS 1. The first word of a complete sentence should begin with a capital. This rule applies to quoted sentences as well as to those not quoted. (a) The time for action has now come. (b) He shouted, "The time for action has now come." CAUTION 1: A fragmentary quotation introduced into an original sentence does not need the initial capital. She made it clear that she hoped I would "do mamma justice." HENRY JAMES: Greville Fane. CAUTION 2: A clause following a semicolon should not be capitalized. It's not a personal feeling on my part; my advice is that of a disinterested friend. 2. The first word of every line of poetry should begin with a capital. Tiger, Tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? WILLIAM BLAKE: The Tiger. 3. A proper noun should begin with a capital. Under this rule are included: (a) Names, titles, and epithets of persons. The hitherto obscure Simpkins was loudly proclaimed the Man of the Hour. (b) Names of particular places. I spent the day in White Sulphur Springs. (c) Names of the months and of the days of the week. During November she will be at home on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. (d) Names of specific holidays and festivals. 1. He gave addresses on Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. 2. They attended church services on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. (e) Names of races and tribes. His comrades were Slavonian hunters and Russian adventurers, Mongols and Tartars and Siberian aborigines. JACK LONDON: Lost Face. (f) Names used to personify abstract ideas and qualities. I am an apostle of Nature. 4. Most adjectives derived from proper nouns should be capitalized. The progress of French art; the observance of the Jewish NOTE: A few adjectives derived from proper nouns begin with the small letter; in such cases the origin is ignored or forgotten. (a) We have macadamized roads. (b) They thought his ideas quixotic, and his great schemes merely utopian. 5. The name of a political, religious, or social organization should begin with a capital; in general, each important word included in such a name should be capitalized. an appeal to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; a member of the Church of England; the victory of the Democratic party; a meeting of the Association of Collegiate Alumni. 6. The names of specific governing bodies and the titles of government officials of high rank should be capitalized. the members of the Reichstag; the powers of Congress; a consultation with the Secretary of the Interior. Conversely, the names of officers of inferior rank are not usually capitalized. He called upon the constable of the village. 7. The names of historical events and periods of great general significance should be capitalized. Usage must decide the application of this rule. the state of learning in the Middle Ages; the Charge of the Light Brigade; the Wars of the Roses; the immediate results of the Norman Conquest. 8. Names, titles, and pronouns applied to the Deity should usually be capitalized. the story of the Carpenter's Son; an all-wise Providence; the ancient conception of Jehovah; the protection of Heaven. 9. Names for the Bible and other sacred books should be capitalized. the teaching of Holy Writ; the language of the Vedas; translations of the Avestas and the Upanishads. 10. The important words of titles in literature and art should be capitalized. There is no absolute rule for deciding which are the most important words in titles, but it is safe to capitalize all nouns, and such verbs, adjectives, and adverbs as appear especially significant. An Enemy to the People; The Girl of the Golden West; The Man Who Would be King; Far from the Madding Crowd. II. The pronoun I and the vocative interjection O are written as capitals. I mean to have a moral garden . . . one that shall teach, |