Preliminares.

Part. I. Composition in general.

Book I. Grammatical purity.

Chapter I. Good use.
Chapter II. Violations of good use.

Section I. Barbarisms.

Section II. Improprieties.

Scetion III. Solecisms.
Book II. Rhetorical excellence.

Chapter I. Choice of words.

Section I. Clearness.
Section II. Force.
Section III. Ease.

Chapter II. Number of words.

Section I. Clearness.

Section II. Force.
Section III. Ease.

Chapter III. Arrangement.

Section I. Clearness.

Section II. Force.

Section III. Ease.

Section IV. Unity.

Section V. Kinds of sentences.

Section VI. Paragraphs.

Section VII. Whole compositions.

Part. II. Kinds of composition.

Chapter I. Description.

Section I. Scientific description.

Section II. Artistic description.
Chapter II. Narration.

Section I. Movement.

Section II. Method in movement.

Chapter III. Exposition.
Chapter IV. Argument.

Section I. Proposition and Proof.

Section II. Evidence.

Section III. Deduction and induction.

Section IV. Antecedent probability, example, sign.
Section V. Arrangement.

Section VI. Persuasion.

Index.