PREFACE

CONTENTS

I By Way of Introduction

II The Beginnings of American

III The Period of Growth

IV American and English Today

V Tendencies in American

VI The Common Speech

VII Differences in Spelling

VIII Proper Names in America

IX Miscellanea

Bibliography

List of Words and Phrases

General Index

Original spelling and grammar has mostly been retained. Many inconsistencies in the use of hyphens and character accents have been retained; some of these were intentional. Footnotes were moved to the ends of chapters. The original pagination of this 1919 edition is shown in square brackets, e. g. [Pg009].

Further details are provided in the TRANSCRIBER'S ENDNOTE.