139. Place of accents 101
140. Distinctive accents 101
141. Emphasis 102

CHAPTER VIII.

ORTHOGRAPHY.

142. Orthoepy 103
143-146. Principle of an alphabet 103-105
147. Violations of it 105
148. Rules 107
149-151. Details of English 107-109
152. Insufficiency 109
153. Inconsistency 109
154. Erroneousness 110
155. Redundancy 110
156. Unsteadiness 110
157. Other defects 111
158. Historical propriety 113
159. Conventional spelling 113

CHAPTER IX.

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ENGLISH ALPHABET.

160-166. Phoenician, Greek, Roman stages 116-124
166-172. Anglo-Saxon alphabet 124-126
173. Anglo-Norman alphabet 126
174. Extract from _Ormulum_ 127
175. Order of alphabet 128

PART IV.

ETYMOLOGY.

CHAPTER I.

ON THE PROVINCE OF ETYMOLOGY.

176-179. Meaning of term 131-133

CHAPTER II.

ON GENDER.

180. _Boy_ and _girl_ 134
181. _Man-servant_ and _maid-servant_ 134
182, 183. Forms like _genitrix_ 135
184. Forms like _domina_ 136
185-189. Genders in English 136, 137
190-192. _The sun in _his_ glory; the moon
in _her_ wane_ 138
193. Miscellaneous forms 139-142

CHAPTER III.

THE NUMBERS.

194-197. Numbers in English 143, 144
198. Rule 145
199. Remarks 145
200. Addition of -es 146
_Pence_, _alms_, &c. 147
_Mathematics_ 147
201. _Children_ 149
202. Form in -en 150
203. _Men_, _feet_, &c. 150
204. _Brethren_, &c. 150
205. _Houses_ 152
206. _Wives_, &c.