The Verbalist: a manual devoted to brief discussions of the right and the wrong use of words and to some other matters of interest to those who would speak and write with propriety. / By Alfred Ayres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ayres, Alfred, 1826?-1902.

Contributor:

Atha Tehon Thiras Art and Design Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Errors of usage.

English language.

English language--Idioms.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 220 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 16 cm

Edition:

[Tenth edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1, 3, and 5 Bond Street, 1891.

Notes:

Title page printed in red and black.

"Copyright by D. Appleton and Company, 1881."

"The title-page sufficiently sets forth the end this little book is intended to serve. For convenience' sake I have arranged in alphabetical order the subjects treated of ... Suggestions and criticisms are solicited, with the view of profiting by them in future editions."--Prefatory Note.

Publisher's advertisements: [2] p. at end.

Brown cloth binding lettered and ruled in gold on front cover and spine. All edges gilt stained.

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy p. 13 disbound.

Tehon Collection copy has illustration and piece of paper with written ms. annotation laid in.

OCLC:

973802890