FOUNDATIONS OF ENGLISH STYLE BY PAUL M. FULCHER, F. S. CROFTS & CO. 1928 COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY F. S. CROFTS & CO., INC. First Printing, October, 1927 Second Printing, July, 1928 MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE VAIL-BALLOU PRESS, INC., BINGHAMTON, N. Y. The purpose of this small book of essays on and illustrative of English style is to present, in several different lights, the fundamental principles upon which all good writing in any language is based. Neither the editor nor the authors of the selections have any magic formula for success in writing. Still less have they any set of maxims, or catch-words for the quick and easy acquirement of graceful expression in from ten to thirty lessons. Nor is any attempt made to rival the larger and earlier collections of essays on style which admirably serve those who wish to make of the subject an exhaustive study. It may be objected that the contents of this collection deal primarily with the writer and the quality of his mind rather than with the technique of his expression. That is an accurate statement of the editor's purpose. A style of value and beauty comes not merely from the avoidance of frequently listed errors, the observance of frequently proclaimed rules, but from a personality that is sincere, rich, powerful, and winsome, from "Reason, tiptoe at the ultimate bound of her wit," from the man in whom |