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Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 2 - Mark Twain
Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 2 - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humor / Literary Collections / Writing & Linguistics
This collection of the 195 known, publicly-printed speeches of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Paul Fatout and published by the University of Iowa Press. The speeches are in the Public Domain, and our thanks go to the...
Confessions of a Book-Lover - E. Walter Walters
Confessions of a Book-Lover - E. Walter Walters
- Author: E. Walter Walters
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Writing & Linguistics
"I am of the company of book men who read simply for the love of it," confesses E. Walter Walters, in this gently written tome. Walters documents his habit of "book fishing--" seeking and finding quality volumes in the discount binds at his...
The Technique of the Mystery Story - Carolyn Wells
The Technique of the Mystery Story - Carolyn Wells
- Author: Carolyn Wells
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Writing & Linguistics
For one, I have never been one of those who apologize for my frank and never-ending delight in mystery stories. Their mazes have led me unwearied through miles of printed pages, and if only the problem has been worth while, and its pursuit has led...
Cratylus - Plato
Cratylus - Plato
- Author: Plato
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics / Ancient
Cratylus (ΞΞ‘ΞΞ€Ξ₯ΞΞΞ£) discusses whether things have names by mere convention or have true names which can only be correctly applied to the object named and may have originated from God. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)...
In the Path of the Alphabet - Frances Jermain
In the Path of the Alphabet - Frances Jermain
- Author: Frances Jermain
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics
Language: we all use it and few of us think about the form it takes on the page. But how did the transmittal of ideas in written form evolve from Egyptian hieroglyphics to the ABCs in use in most countries around the world today? This work, written...
English Synonyms and Antonyms - James Champlin Fernald
English Synonyms and Antonyms - James Champlin Fernald
- Author: James Champlin Fernald
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Education / Writing & Linguistics
English Synonyms and Antonyms is basically a vocabulary builder that students might use as they prepare for entrance or exit exams. Each entry gives a list of synonyms, followed by a paragraph that briefly explains or exemplifies the subtle...
Literature in the Making, by Some of its Makers - Various
Literature in the Making, by Some of its Makers - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics
This is a collection of 23 essays based on interviews conducted by Joyce Kilmer with some of the most famous authors of the time (1917). Kilmer's idea, as outlined in the Introduction, was that there is a deep divide between those who write...
How to Write a Novel - Anonymous
How to Write a Novel - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Writing & Linguistics
I address myself to the man or woman of talentβthose people who have writing ability, but who need instruction in the manipulation of characters, the formation of plots, and a host of other points with which I shall deal hereafter. Although no...
The Enemies of Books - William BLADES
The Enemies of Books - William BLADES
- Author: William BLADES
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics
The author, an avid book collector, calls for the better protection of books against the "enemies" which lead to their physical destruction. In a series of brief chapters, he details the losses caused by raging fire, floods of water, noxious gases,...
A Cursory History of Swearing - Julian SHARMAN
A Cursory History of Swearing - Julian SHARMAN
- Author: Julian SHARMAN
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics
This is a very readable scientific account of Swearing and Cursing in the English Language. Not only is an enlightening historical account given, but also several excursions are made into other languages and certain historical periods. - Summary by...
Write it Right - Ambrose Bierce
Write it Right - Ambrose Bierce
- Author: Ambrose Bierce
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics
Witty, opinionated alphabetical examples of what Bierce considered poor (American) English and advice on alternatives - entertaining, thought-provoking, occasionally outdated but so interesting to see how style and taste have changed. Summary by...
The Raven and The Philosophy Of Composition - Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven and The Philosophy Of Composition - Edgar Allan Poe
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Genre: Narratives / Literary Criticism / Writing & Linguistics
Poeβs famous narrative poem and the authorβs reflections on its composition. (David Wales)...
English as She is Spoke - Pedro CAROLINO
English as She is Spoke - Pedro CAROLINO
- Author: Pedro CAROLINO
- Genre: Humor / Writing & Linguistics
English as She is Spoke is a 19th century Portuguese-to-English phrasebook that has become a classic of absurdist humor, owing chiefly to the apparent fact that its writer had absolutely no knowledge of English. It is thought that for utterly...
The Philosophy of Style - Herbert Spencer
The Philosophy of Style - Herbert Spencer
- Author: Herbert Spencer
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics
βThe Philosophy of Style,β explored a growing trend of formalist approaches to writing. Highly focused on the proper placement and ordering of the parts of an English sentence, [Spencer] created a guide for effective composition. Spencerβs aim was...
English as She is Wrote - Anonymous
English as She is Wrote - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Humor / Writing & Linguistics / Language learning
"...Showing Curious ways in which the English Language may be made to convey Ideas or obscure them." A collection of unintentionally humorous uses of the English language. Sections of the work: How she is wrote by the Inaccurate, By Advertisers and...
The Columbian Orator - Caleb BINGHAM
The Columbian Orator - Caleb BINGHAM
- Author: Caleb BINGHAM
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Writing & Linguistics / Short non-fiction
The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolrooms in the first quarter of the 19th century to teach reading and speaking. Typical of many readers of that...
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III - John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III - John Locke
- Author: John Locke
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Writing & Linguistics / Modern
This is the third book of John Locke's Essay on Human Understanding. Book I was Neither Principles Nor Ideas Are Innate. Book II was Of Ideas and Book III is Of Words. Locke is writing about the ideas we have in our minds and the things they are to...
The American Language - H. L. Mencken
The American Language - H. L. Mencken
- Author: H. L. Mencken
- Genre: Literary Criticism / Writing & Linguistics
"It was part of my daily work, for a good many years, to read the principal English newspapers and reviews; it has been part of my work, all the time, to read the more important English novels, essays, poetry and criticism. An American born and...
Stops, or How to Punctuate - Paul ALLARDYCE
Stops, or How to Punctuate - Paul ALLARDYCE
- Author: Paul ALLARDYCE
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics
Throughout the ages, languages continue to adapt and change. English, being a relatively new language, is a nice example of that. Though the English vocabulary is continually evolving, the system of punctuation has remained constant for the most...
The English Language - Logan Pearsall SMITH
The English Language - Logan Pearsall SMITH
- Author: Logan Pearsall SMITH
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics
A description and history of the development of the English Language and reflections on the influences that changed the language. - Summary by barbara2...
A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, Volume I - George Lillie Craik
A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, Volume I - George Lillie Craik
- Author: George Lillie Craik
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics
The History of English Literature and Language may be recommended to the student as a guide always sure, and as satisfactory as its limits will admit, to the gathered harvest of a thousand years -- from ALFRED the Great to VICTORIA -- now existing...
Dedications - Mary Elizabeth Brown
Dedications - Mary Elizabeth Brown
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Brown
- Genre: Writing & Linguistics / Short non-fiction
Dedications is an anthology of the forms used from the earliest days of book-making to the present time. My purpose in the following anthology of dedications has been to make a representative, rather than an exhaustive collection. My first idea was...
Stories That Words Tell Us - Elizabeth O'Neill
Stories That Words Tell Us - Elizabeth O'Neill
- Author: Elizabeth O'Neill
- Genre: Reference / Writing & Linguistics
A history of English words, written for younger readers. Parental advisory: the text was published in 1918 and includes some ethnicity terms which may cause offense to the modern reader. - Summary by Kazbek...
The Ordeal of Mark Twain (Version 2) - Van Wyck Brooks
The Ordeal of Mark Twain (Version 2) - Van Wyck Brooks
- Author: Van Wyck Brooks
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Criticism / Writing & Linguistics
The Ordeal of Mark Twain analyzes the literary progression of Samuel L. Clemens and attributes shortcomings to Clemens' mother and wife. The Encyclopaedia Britannica says, Brooks' work "was a psychological study attempting to show that Twain had...
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book IV - John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book IV - John Locke
- Author: John Locke
- Genre: Education / Writing & Linguistics / Modern
This is the fourth book of John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding. His book deals with knowledge and probability. He asks how far knowledge can go, if there are universal propositions, what are judgment and probability and deals with...
