ENGLISH COMPOSITION

IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO
DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED

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THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO

ENGLISH COMPOSITION

IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO
DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED

LONDON. BOMBAY CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.

TORONTO

IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

BY

HENRY SEIDEL CANBY, PH.D.
FREDERICK ERASTUS PIERCE, PH.D.
HENRY NOBLE MACCRACKEN, PH.D.
ALFRED ARUNDEL MAY, M.A.
THOMAS GODDARD WRIGHT, M.A.

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH COMPOSITION IN THE
SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL OF YALE

UNIVERSITY

NEW AND REVISED EDITION

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1920

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