PREFACE All that the author feels called upon to say in anticipation of the charge that he has added one more to the already overcrowded list of text-books on rhetoric is that it was intended primarily for use in his own classes. As no existing text-book seemed quite to meet the needs of these classes, he endeavored to supply that need himself. Hence the appearance of this book. To preceding writers on the same subject the author is, needless to say, under great obligations. Among those from whom he has derived most assistance he would mention in particular A. S. Hill, Barrett Wendell, J. F. Genung, Arlo Bates, F. N. Scott, J. V. Denney, and A. G. Newcomer. To his colleague, Dean Thomas Arkle Clark of the University of Illinois, and to Professor M. G. Fulton of the Central University of Kentucky, the writer also wishes to express his obligations for assistance and timely suggestions. |