Introductory Observations 168 159 Remarks on the Uses of the Hyphen. The Division of Words into Syllables, according to their Pro- The Division of Words into Syllables, according to their Form, The Index, or Hand; Three Stars; the Caret; the Brace Pride and Humility, by Thomas Brown Panegyric on England, by Edward Everett The Pen and the Press, by John Critchley Prince A Taste for Reading, by George S. Hillard Relative Perfection, by John James Taylor Labor not Lost, by R. C. Trench Ancient and Modern Writers, by Charles Sumner 361 . Α Ρ Ρ Ε Ν DI X. The First Word of a Book, Tract, &c. The First Word after a Full Point Appellations of God and Christ Names of Persons, Places, &c. . Nouns and Adjectives derived from Proper Names The Pronoun I, and the Interjection 0. Commencement of Lines in Verse Prosopopeia, or Personification Captions, Subheads, Sideheads, and Running Titles Names of Various Sizes of Books ABBREVIATIONS AND REPRESENTATIVE LETTERS Various Modes of Forming Abbreviations . MEDICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SIGNS The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac Aspects of the Planets ENGLISH PUNCTUATION. CHAPTER L. INI RODUCTIO N. Sect. I, – THE IMPORTANCE AND USES OF CORRECT PUNCTUATION. No one will hesitate to admit, that next in value to the capacity of discerning or discovering truth, and of feeling the blessed relations which we sustain to the Being who made us, and to our fellow-creatures, particularly those with whom we are more immediately connected, is the power by which intelligence and emotion are communicated from one mind to another. By it the great and the gifted of past times have bequeathed to us many a rich legacy of thought and deed; and by it those of the present either re-create the old materials, or fashion new ones, for the delight and improvement of their own generation; and transmit to the future to beings yet unborn their treasures of wisdom, of genius, and of love. This power, it is needless to say, is language, oral and written, especially the latter. But as oral speech has its tones and inflections, its pauses and its emphases, and other variations of voice, |