The author takes pleasure in acknowledging his indebtedness to the Oxford University Press for permission to make extracts from Messrs. H. W. and F. G. Fowler's volume, "The King's English" He is under deep obligation also to M. A. DeWolfe Howe, Esq., and Lanius D. Evans, Esq., who have read the proofs of the book, and not only have made many invaluable suggestions, but have saved him from more than one pitfall. Miss A. M. Tankard of the Rumford Press has gone far beyond her professional duty in helping to give the book whatever value it may possess.
