THE PHILOSOPHY OF STYLE.

Contents

PART I. CAUSES OF FORCE IN LANGUAGE WHICH DEPEND UPON ECONOMY OF THE MENTAL ENERGIES.

i. The Principle of Economy.

ii. Economy in the Use of Words.

iii. The Principle of Economy applied to Sentences.

iv. The Principle of Economy applied to Figures.

v. Suggestion as a Means of Economy.

vi. The Effect of Poetry explained.

PART II. CAUSES OF FORCE IN LANGUAGE WHICH DEPEND UPON ECONOMY OF THE MENTAL SENSIBILITIES.

i. The Law of Mental Exhaustion and Repair.

ii Explanation of Climax, Antithesis, and Anticlimax.

iii. Need of Variety.

iv. The Ideal Writer.