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synopsis...Subheadings...Extracts...Notes and il-
lustrations...Running titles and paging at head or at
foot Poetry...Appendix and index...Initials...Headbands,
etc.

Where chapter synopses are not given, ordinary text type may be used for
the table of contents.

The following reproduction of the table of contents of DeVinne's
_Correct Composition_ shows this method of treatment.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
Preface vii

I Spelling 5

II Abbreviations 33

III Compound Words 61

IV Figures and Numerals 76

V Italic 94

VI Capital Letters 108

VII Division of Words 128

VIII Small Capitals 145

IX Extracts and Letters 157

X Notes 171

XI Indention 182

XII Spacing 198

XIII Quotation-marks 209

XIV Subheadings 230

XV Punctuation 241

XVI Proof-reading 294

XVII About Copy 327

XVIII Errors of the Press 345

Appendix 359

Index 447

Small capitals are best for subheads when of not more than two lines. If
the subheads are longer it is best to use lower-case.

Signatures and credits are often put in small capitals. It is usually,
however, better to use italics for the purpose. There is no need of a
dash to connect the name with the quotation. When two or more quotations
from the same author are used as mottoes, with reference to the works
from which they are taken or the occasion on which they were said, the
name of the author may be put in small capitals in a separat