CHAPTER I. VOCABULARY, pp. 1-59

General Principles 1-8

Familiar and far-fetched words 4

Concrete and abstract expression 5

Circumlocution 6

Short and long words 6

Saxon and Romance words 7

Requirements of different styles 7

Malaprops 8

Neologisms 18

Americanisms 23

Foreign words 26

Formation 37

Slang 47

_Individual_ 53

_Mutual_ 56

_Unique_ 58

_Aggravate_ 59