Taming the tongue: in the heyday of English grammar (1711-1851) : 100 items from the Garner collection
Preface -- A short prehistory -- Abbreviations -- Bibliographic references -- The 100 items -- A short posthistory on grammars -- The case of the variable parts of speech -- The various configurations for parts of speech -- Postlude: item 101 -- Comments -- Appendix A: some curiosities in the stacks...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Preface -- A short prehistory -- Abbreviations -- Bibliographic references -- The 100 items -- A short posthistory on grammars -- The case of the variable parts of speech -- The various configurations for parts of speech -- Postlude: item 101 -- Comments -- Appendix A: some curiosities in the stacks -- Appendix B: interesting artwork in books not exhibited -- Appendix C: two interesting owners' inscriptions -- Bibliography -- Index Bryan A. Garner's 'Taming the Tongue in the Heyday of English Grammar (1711-1851)' is the companion to the Grolier Club exhibition of the same title. Featuring 100 items, Garner's book makes the primers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries come alive in ways their concerned and idiosyncratic authors might not have envisioned. While Garner makes no mention of duels fought over the parts of speech, he shows that the grammarians of the period were a contentious and opinionated lot. The entries in 'Taming the Tongue' are packed with scrupulously recorded information on the content and publication details of the grammars, as well as tantalizing anecdotes from the authors' lives. Commentaries by Thomas Cable, David Crystal, Edward Finegan, Lane Greene, Christopher Ricks, John Simpson, and Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade and three appendices round out this lively book, which will appeal to scholars and aficionados alike. 0 0Exhibition: The Grolier Club, New York, USA (03.03.-15.05.2021) |
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| adam_text | Table of Contents Preface....................................................................................................................... xix A Short Prehistory........................................................................................... xxiii Abbreviations....................................................................................................... xxiv Bibliographic References.................................................................................... xxv The 100 Items............................................................................... 1 Years in this table refer to the date ofthe earliest item in each grouping. 1. William Lily, A Short Introduction of Grammar........................ Roger Ascham, The Schoolmaster: Or, A Plain and 3 Perfect Way ofTeaching Children to Understand, Write, and Speak the Latin Tongue (1711) 2. 3. John Brightland Charles Gildon, A Grammar ofthe English Tongue (1711)...................................................................... 5 Elizabeth Elstob, The Rudiments of Grammarfor the English-Saxon Tongue (1715)............................................... 4. James Greenwood, An Essay Towards a Practical English Grammar (1722)...................................................... 5. 7 9 John Henley, An Introduction to an English Grammar (1726).................................................... 10 6. Thomas Dyche бс William Pardon, “A Compendious English Grammar,” in A New General English Dictionary (1737) Thomas Dyche, A Guide to the 11 English Tongue: In Two Parts 7. Thomas Dilworth, A New
Guide to the English Tongue in Five Parts (1740?)...................................................................... 13 ix
x Taming the Tongue 8. James Buchanan, The Complete English Scholar in Three Parts (1753)..................................................................... 14 James Buchanan, A Regular English Syntax James Buchanan, The British Grammar: Or, An Essay in Four Parts Towards Speaking and Writing the English Language Grammatically 9. Daniel Farro, The Royal Universal British Grammar and Vocabulary (1754).................................. 16 10. Samuel Johnson, “A Grammar of the English Tongue,” in A Dictionary ofthe English Language (1755).................... 17 11. Benjamin Martin, An Introduction to the English Language and Learning (1757)................................. 18 12. Ann Fisher, A Practical New Grammar with Exercises of Bad English (1762).................................................................. 19 13. James Harris, Hermes: Or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar (1765)....................... 20 14. John Baskerville, A Vocabulary or Pocket Dictionary, to Which Is Prefixed a Compendious Grammar ofthe English Language (1765).......................................................... 21 15. William Ward, An Essay on Grammar, as It May Be Applied to the English Language, in Two Treatises (1765)................................................................ 22 William Ward, A Grammar ofthe English Language, in Two Treatises 16. Robert Lowth, A Short Introduction to English Grammar (1767).......................................................... 24 17. Letter from Robert Lowth to his publisher, Robert Dodsley, acknowledging receipt of a
grammar the day before and requesting seven more copies as gifts (1762?).........................................................................26
In the Heyday ofEnglish Grammar 18. Joseph Priestley, The Rudiments of English Grammar (1768)................................................ 28 Joseph Priestley, Letters to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke Occasioned by the Reflections on the Revolution in France, c. 19. William Woolgar, Youth’s Faithful Monitor: Or, The Young Mans Best Companion, Containing a Compendious English Grammar (1770)......................... 30 20. Robert Baker, Remarks on the English Language (1770).... 31 21. Rowland Jones, The Circles of Gomer... with an English Grammar (1771)................................................ 32 22. Matthew Raine, English Rudiments, or An Easy Introduction to English Grammar (1771)........................ 34 23. William Kenrick, “A Rhetorical Grammar of the English Language,” in A New Dictionary ofthe English Language (1773).......................................................... 36 24. Isaac Hodgson, A Practical English Grammarfor the Use of Schools and Private Gentlemen and Ladies (1777) .... 38 25. John Shaw, yi Methodical English Grammar (1778)............. 39 26. John Ash, Grammatical Institutes: Or, An Easy Introduction to Dr. Lowth’s English Grammar (1779)........... 40 27. Robert Ross, The American Grammar (1782)........................ 42 28. Noah Webster, A Grammatical Institute ofthe English Language (f 7................................................ 43 29. Ellin Devis, Lhe Accidence: Or First Rudiments of English Grammar (1786)............................................... 45 30. G. Neville Ussher, The Elements of English Grammar
(1786)................................................ 47
Taming the Tongue 31. Noah Webster, Dissertations on the English Language (1789)............................................ 48 32. Letter from Noah Webster to Josiah Blakeley (1791)........... 50 33. Alexander Adam, The Rudiments ofLatin and English Grammar (1793)............................................ 52 34. Articles of Agreement for the Sale of Land in Lower Manhattan (123 Water Street) by Lindley Murray to Noah Webster (1794)................................................ 53 35. Lindley Murray, English Grammar Adapted to the Different Classes ofLearners (1796)............................ 56 36. Marriage certificate of William Alexander and Ann Tuke of York, England (1796).................................... 58 37. Selected letters of Lindley Murray to the Tuke family, compiled by Elizabeth Tuke Wheeler (1787-1825). 59 38. Benjamin Rhodes, A Concise English Grammar: Rendered Easy to Every Capacity So That (Without Any Other Help) a Person May Acquire the Knowledge ofthe English Language (1795)..................................................... 61 39. Alexander Miller, A Concise Grammar ofthe English Language (17 95)............................................ 62 40. Thomas Coar, A Grammar ofthe English Tongue (1796). ... 64 41. Caleb Bingham, The Young Lady’s Accidence: Or, A Short and Easy Introduction to English Grammar (1797)..... 65 42. Duncan Mackintosh “and his two Daughters,” A Plain, Rational Essay on English Grammar .... 67 43. John Horne Tooke, Έπεα Πτεροεητα [“Winged Words”]; Or the Diversions ofPurley (1798,1805)............................... 68 44.
Noah Webster, A Letter.. .on the Errors of English Grammars (1798).......................................... 70
In the Heyday ofEnglish Grammar 45. John Burn, A Practical Grammar ofthe English Language (1799)................................................ 72 46. Mark Ussher, An English Pronouncing Grammar (1801)....................................... 73 47. David Gurney, The Columbian Accidence: Or, A Brief Introduction to the English Language (1801)................. 74 48. Peter Cochran, The Columbian Grammar: Or, A Concise View ofthe English Language (1802)........................... 75 49. Joseph Taylor,^ System ofEnglish Grammar (1804)............. 76 50. Ralph Harrison, Institutes ofEnglish Grammar (1805)......... 78 Ralph Harrison, Rudiments ofEnglish Grammar 51. James Haywood, A Short Introduction to the English Tongue (1805).................................................... 80 52. James Gough John Gough, A Practical Grammar of the English Tongue (1806)....................................................... 81 53. Noah Webster, A Philosophical and Practical Grammar ofthe English Language (1807)....................................... 82 54. John Comly, English Grammar Made Easy to the Teacher and Pupil (1808)............................................... 84 55. Alexander Crombie,^ Treatise on the Etymology and Syntax ofthe English Language (1809)......................... 86 56. Jane Gardiner, English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes ofLearners (1809).............................. 88 57. Joseph Hutchins, An Abstract ofthe First Principles of English Grammar (1810)................................................ 90 58. William Lennie, The Principles of English
Grammar (1810)................................................ 91 William Lennie, A Key to Lennie’s Principles ofEnglish Grammar xiii
xiv Taming the Tongue 59. Noah Webster, Rudiments ofEnglish Grammar (1811) .... 93 60. Lindley Murray’s letter to his brother John, urging that no response should be made to Noah Webster about the allegations of plagiarism (1815)............................. 94 61. John Grant, A Grammar ofthe English Language (1813)................................................ 97 John Grant, An Abridgement ofa Grammar ofthe English Language 62. Christopher Earnshaw, The Grammatical Remembrancer: A Short but Comprehensive English Grammarfor the Use ofYoung Students in General (1817)........................................................................... 98 63. James Patriot Wilson, An Essay on Grammar: The Principles of Which Are Exemplified and Appended in an English Grammar (1817)....................................................... 100 64. William Cobbett, A Grammar ofthe English Language (1818).............................................. 102 65. John Barrett, A Grammar ofthe English Language (1819)............................................. 105 66. John Matheson, Theory and Practice ofEnglish Grammar: Adapted to the New Modes ofInstruction, in Which Every Rule and Gbservation in Syntax Is Elucidated by Various Examples (1819)................................. 106 67. James Brown, An American Grammar (1820)...................... 108 James Brown, An American System ofEnglish Grammar James Brown, The American System ofEnglish Syntax James Brown, An Appealfrom the British System ofEnglish Grammar to Common Sense 68. Jeremiah Greenleaf, Grammar Simplified: Or, An Ocular Analysis of
the English Language (1820)...................... Ill
In the Heyday ofEnglish Grammar 69. Joseph Sutcliffe, A Grammar ofthe English Language (1821).............................................. 113 70. John Lynde, A Key to English Grammar (1821).................. 115 71. Charles Μ. Ingersoll, Conversations on English Grammar (1821).............................................. 116 72. Josiah Wilbur, The Grammatical Key: Which by Questions and Answers Represents the Method of Learning the Parts ofSpeech (1822).............................. 118 73. Samuel Kirkham, A Compendium of English Grammar (1823)....................................................... 120 Samuel Kirkham, English Grammar in Familiar Lectures 74. Goold Brown, The Institutes of English Grammar (1823).............................................. 123 Goold Brown, The First Lines ofEnglish Grammar 75. John Sherman, The Philosophy ofLanguage Illustrated: An Entirely New System of Grammar, Wholly Divested ofScholastic Rubbish, of Traditionary Falsehood, and Absurdity, and Reduced to Principles ofFact and Common Sense, According to the Real Nature, Genius, and Idiom of the English Tongue (1826)..................... 125 76. William S. Cardell, Philosophic Grammar ofthe English Language (1827).............................................. 127 William S. Cardell, Elements ofEnglish Grammar 77. Rufus Nutting, A Practical Grammar ofthe English Language (1829)....................................................... 130 78. Roscoe G. Greene, A Practical Grammar ofthe English Language (1829)............................................. 132 79. Anon., The Little Grammarian
(1830).................................. 133 xv
xvi Taming the Tongue 80. Joseph Hervey Hull, English Grammar by Lectures (1830)..................................................................... 135 81. Benjamin Franklin Ells, The Dialogue Grammar (1834). . . 137 82. Edward Smith, Philosophical Grammar ofthe English Language (1835).................................................. 139 83. James Μ. Teeters, The Inductive, Analytical, and Synthetic System ofEnglish Grammar (1836)............. 141 Noah Webster, Mistakes and Corrections [including “Errors in English Grammars”] (1837)....................... 142 84. 85. William Stevens Balch, Lectures on Language, as Particularly Connected with English Grammar (1838). 143 86. William Cramp, The Philosophy ofLanguage, Containing Practical Rulesfor Acquiring Knowledge of English Grammar (1838).................................................. 144 87. Joab Brace Jr., The Principles of English Grammar (1839).................................................. 146 88. Noah Webster, Observations on Language, and on the Errors of Class-Books (1839)............................................. 148 89. Percival Leigh, The Comic English Grammar (1840)............ 90. Jane Haldimand Marcet, Mary’s Grammar: Interspersed with Stories and Intendedfor the Use of Children (1840) . .. 152 91. Joshua Jones, English Grammar: Founded upon the Natural Principles of Speech (1841)................................. 153 92. Noah Webster, An Improved Grammar ofthe English Language (1842).................................................. 154 93. Alfred Crowquill [pseudonym for Alfred Henry Forrester],
The Pictorial Grammar (1842)..................... 155 94. Noble Butler, A Practical Grammar of the English Language (1846).................................................. 156 150
In the Heyday ofEnglish Grammar xvii 95. Caroline Frances Cornwallis, General Principles of Grammar (1847)...................................................... 158 96. Joseph Ripley Chandler, A Grammar ofthe English Language (1847).......................................... 160 97. Peter Jamieson, A Rhyming Grammar ofthe English Language (1847).......................................... 162 98. Sir John Stoddart, The Philosophy ofLanguage: Comprehending Universal Grammar, or the Pure Science ofLanguage (1849)........................................ 163 99. William Chauncey Fowler, English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms (1850) . . . 164 100. Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars (1851)........................................ 165 A Short Posthistory on Grammars...................................................... 169 The Case of the Variable Parts of Speech.............................................183 The Various Configurations for Parts of Speech.................................. 185 Postlude: Item 101 Bryan A. Garner, The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation (2016)................................... 189 Comments.............................................................................. 191 Thomas Cable............................................................................. 193 David Crystal.............................................................................. 197 Edward Finegan......................................................................... 200 Lane
Greene................................................................................ 203 Christopher Ricks..................................................................... 207 John Simpson.............................................................................. 210 Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade............................................... 213
xviii Taming the Tongue Appendix A: Some Curiosities in the Stacks.......... .. 217 Lord Eldon’s copy of Robert Lowth’s A Short Introduction to English Grammar (1769}............................................................. 219 Murray’s Presentation Copy of His Grammar to a New York Theologian (1802)..................................................... 221 Two Letters Signed by Lindley Murray (1785 1796)............ 223 Four Indignant Letters by Noah Webster (1787-1842)............ 230 Letter from William Cobbett of Botley to Captain Holmes of Grafton Street, London (1809)............................................. 237 The Goold Brown Cache of Letters (1823-1836).................... 238 Lindley Murray’s Bequest of Books (1825)............................... 240 Appendix B: Interesting Artwork in Books Not Exhibited....................................... 243 William Fletcher, The Little Grammarian (1828)....................... 245 Benjamin Steill, Steill’s Pictorial Grammarfor Children (1844)........................................................................... 247 Anon., The Illustrated English Grammar: Or, Lindley Murray Simplified (ca. 1845)................................................................... 249 William Bentley Fowle, The Common School Grammar (1847) . . 250 Solomon Barrett Jr., The Principles of Grammar (1849).............. 252 Julia Corner, The Play Grammar: Or, the Elements of Grammar Explained in Easy Games (ca. 1850)........................... 253 Charles W. бсЈ.С. Sanders, The Young Grammarian (1847) .... 254 Appendix C: Two Interesting
Owners’ Inscriptions........ 255 Bibliography.......................................................................................... 259 Index....................................................................................................... 275
English grammar was once taught and studied with a fervor unthinkable to us now. Sales of books on the subject were second only to those of the Bible. Some grammarians offered ., beautiful tributes to the language; others came for a battle, armed with claims of invincibility against allegedly incompe tent rivals. Plagiarism, fury, and scandal plagued the coveted territory. Taming the Tongue tells the colorful story of these books and the characters who wrote them.
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Table of Contents Preface. xix A Short Prehistory. xxiii Abbreviations. xxiv Bibliographic References. xxv The 100 Items. 1 Years in this table refer to the date ofthe earliest item in each grouping. 1. William Lily, A Short Introduction of Grammar. Roger Ascham, The Schoolmaster: Or, A Plain and 3 Perfect Way ofTeaching Children to Understand, Write, and Speak the Latin Tongue (1711) 2. 3. John Brightland Charles Gildon, A Grammar ofthe English Tongue (1711). 5 Elizabeth Elstob, The Rudiments of Grammarfor the English-Saxon Tongue (1715). 4. James Greenwood, An Essay Towards a Practical English Grammar (1722). 5. 7 9 John Henley, An Introduction to an English Grammar (1726). 10 6. Thomas Dyche бс William Pardon, “A Compendious English Grammar,” in A New General English Dictionary (1737) Thomas Dyche, A Guide to the 11 English Tongue: In Two Parts 7. Thomas Dilworth, A New
Guide to the English Tongue in Five Parts (1740?). 13 ix
x Taming the Tongue 8. James Buchanan, The Complete English Scholar in Three Parts (1753). 14 James Buchanan, A Regular English Syntax James Buchanan, The British Grammar: Or, An Essay in Four Parts Towards Speaking and Writing the English Language Grammatically 9. Daniel Farro, The Royal Universal British Grammar and Vocabulary (1754). 16 10. Samuel Johnson, “A Grammar of the English Tongue,” in A Dictionary ofthe English Language (1755). 17 11. Benjamin Martin, An Introduction to the English Language and Learning (1757). 18 12. Ann Fisher, A Practical New Grammar with Exercises of Bad English (1762). 19 13. James Harris, Hermes: Or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar (1765). 20 14. John Baskerville, A Vocabulary or Pocket Dictionary, to Which Is Prefixed a Compendious Grammar ofthe English Language (1765). 21 15. William Ward, An Essay on Grammar, as It May Be Applied to the English Language, in Two Treatises (1765). 22 William Ward, A Grammar ofthe English Language, in Two Treatises 16. Robert Lowth, A Short Introduction to English Grammar (1767). 24 17. Letter from Robert Lowth to his publisher, Robert Dodsley, acknowledging receipt of a
grammar the day before and requesting seven more copies as gifts (1762?).26
In the Heyday ofEnglish Grammar 18. Joseph Priestley, The Rudiments of English Grammar (1768). 28 Joseph Priestley, Letters to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke Occasioned by the Reflections on the Revolution in France, c. 19. William Woolgar, Youth’s Faithful Monitor: Or, The Young Mans Best Companion, Containing a Compendious English Grammar (1770). 30 20. Robert Baker, Remarks on the English Language (1770). 31 21. Rowland Jones, The Circles of Gomer. with an English Grammar (1771). 32 22. Matthew Raine, English Rudiments, or An Easy Introduction to English Grammar (1771). 34 23. William Kenrick, “A Rhetorical Grammar of the English Language,” in A New Dictionary ofthe English Language (1773). 36 24. Isaac Hodgson, A Practical English Grammarfor the Use of Schools and Private Gentlemen and Ladies (1777) . 38 25. John Shaw, yi Methodical English Grammar (1778). 39 26. John Ash, Grammatical Institutes: Or, An Easy Introduction to Dr. Lowth’s English Grammar (1779). 40 27. Robert Ross, The American Grammar (1782). 42 28. Noah Webster, A Grammatical Institute ofthe English Language (f 7. 43 29. Ellin Devis, Lhe Accidence: Or First Rudiments of English Grammar (1786). 45 30. G. Neville Ussher, The Elements of English Grammar
(1786). 47
Taming the Tongue 31. Noah Webster, Dissertations on the English Language (1789). 48 32. Letter from Noah Webster to Josiah Blakeley (1791). 50 33. Alexander Adam, The Rudiments ofLatin and English Grammar (1793). 52 34. Articles of Agreement for the Sale of Land in Lower Manhattan (123 Water Street) by Lindley Murray to Noah Webster (1794). 53 35. Lindley Murray, English Grammar Adapted to the Different Classes ofLearners (1796). 56 36. Marriage certificate of William Alexander and Ann Tuke of York, England (1796). 58 37. Selected letters of Lindley Murray to the Tuke family, compiled by Elizabeth Tuke Wheeler (1787-1825). 59 38. Benjamin Rhodes, A Concise English Grammar: Rendered Easy to Every Capacity So That (Without Any Other Help) a Person May Acquire the Knowledge ofthe English Language (1795). 61 39. Alexander Miller, A Concise Grammar ofthe English Language (17'95). 62 40. Thomas Coar, A Grammar ofthe English Tongue (1796). . 64 41. Caleb Bingham, The Young Lady’s Accidence: Or, A Short and Easy Introduction to English Grammar (1797). 65 42. Duncan Mackintosh “and his two Daughters,” A Plain, Rational Essay on English Grammar . 67 43. John Horne Tooke, Έπεα Πτεροεητα [“Winged Words”]; Or the Diversions ofPurley (1798,1805). 68 44.
Noah Webster, A Letter. .on the Errors of English Grammars (1798). 70
In the Heyday ofEnglish Grammar 45. John Burn, A Practical Grammar ofthe English Language (1799). 72 46. Mark Ussher, An English Pronouncing Grammar (1801). 73 47. David Gurney, The Columbian Accidence: Or, A Brief Introduction to the English Language (1801). 74 48. Peter Cochran, The Columbian Grammar: Or, A Concise View ofthe English Language (1802). 75 49. Joseph Taylor,^ System ofEnglish Grammar (1804). 76 50. Ralph Harrison, Institutes ofEnglish Grammar (1805). 78 Ralph Harrison, Rudiments ofEnglish Grammar 51. James Haywood, A Short Introduction to the English Tongue (1805). 80 52. James Gough John Gough, A Practical Grammar of the English Tongue (1806). 81 53. Noah Webster, A Philosophical and Practical Grammar ofthe English Language (1807). 82 54. John Comly, English Grammar Made Easy to the Teacher and Pupil (1808). 84 55. Alexander Crombie,^ Treatise on the Etymology and Syntax ofthe English Language (1809). 86 56. Jane Gardiner, English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes ofLearners (1809). 88 57. Joseph Hutchins, An Abstract ofthe First Principles of English Grammar (1810). 90 58. William Lennie, The Principles of English
Grammar (1810). 91 William Lennie, A Key to Lennie’s Principles ofEnglish Grammar xiii
xiv Taming the Tongue 59. Noah Webster, Rudiments ofEnglish Grammar (1811) . 93 60. Lindley Murray’s letter to his brother John, urging that no response should be made to Noah Webster about the allegations of plagiarism (1815). 94 61. John Grant, A Grammar ofthe English Language (1813). 97 John Grant, An Abridgement ofa Grammar ofthe English Language 62. Christopher Earnshaw, The Grammatical Remembrancer: A Short but Comprehensive English Grammarfor the Use ofYoung Students in General (1817). 98 63. James Patriot Wilson, An Essay on Grammar: The Principles of Which Are Exemplified and Appended in an English Grammar (1817). 100 64. William Cobbett, A Grammar ofthe English Language (1818). 102 65. John Barrett, A Grammar ofthe English Language (1819). 105 66. John Matheson, Theory and Practice ofEnglish Grammar: Adapted to the New Modes ofInstruction, in Which Every Rule and Gbservation in Syntax Is Elucidated by Various Examples (1819). 106 67. James Brown, An American Grammar (1820). 108 James Brown, An American System ofEnglish Grammar James Brown, The American System ofEnglish Syntax James Brown, An Appealfrom the British System ofEnglish Grammar to Common Sense 68. Jeremiah Greenleaf, Grammar Simplified: Or, An Ocular Analysis of
the English Language (1820). Ill
In the Heyday ofEnglish Grammar 69. Joseph Sutcliffe, A Grammar ofthe English Language (1821). 113 70. John Lynde, A Key to English Grammar (1821). 115 71. Charles Μ. Ingersoll, Conversations on English Grammar (1821). 116 72. Josiah Wilbur, The Grammatical Key: Which by Questions and Answers Represents the Method of Learning the Parts ofSpeech (1822). 118 73. Samuel Kirkham, A Compendium of English Grammar (1823). 120 Samuel Kirkham, English Grammar in Familiar Lectures 74. Goold Brown, The Institutes of English Grammar (1823). 123 Goold Brown, The First Lines ofEnglish Grammar 75. John Sherman, The Philosophy ofLanguage Illustrated: An Entirely New System of Grammar, Wholly Divested ofScholastic Rubbish, of Traditionary Falsehood, and Absurdity, and Reduced to Principles ofFact and Common Sense, According to the Real Nature, Genius, and Idiom of the English Tongue (1826). 125 76. William S. Cardell, Philosophic Grammar ofthe English Language (1827). 127 William S. Cardell, Elements ofEnglish Grammar 77. Rufus Nutting, A Practical Grammar ofthe English Language (1829). 130 78. Roscoe G. Greene, A Practical Grammar ofthe English Language (1829). 132 79. Anon., The Little Grammarian
(1830). 133 xv
xvi Taming the Tongue 80. Joseph Hervey Hull, English Grammar by Lectures (1830). 135 81. Benjamin Franklin Ells, The Dialogue Grammar (1834). . . 137 82. Edward Smith, Philosophical Grammar ofthe English Language (1835). 139 83. James Μ. Teeters, The Inductive, Analytical, and Synthetic System ofEnglish Grammar (1836). 141 Noah Webster, Mistakes and Corrections [including “Errors in English Grammars”] (1837). 142 84. 85. William Stevens Balch, Lectures on Language, as Particularly Connected with English Grammar (1838). 143 86. William Cramp, The Philosophy ofLanguage, Containing Practical Rulesfor Acquiring Knowledge of English Grammar (1838). 144 87. Joab Brace Jr., The Principles of English Grammar (1839). 146 88. Noah Webster, Observations on Language, and on the Errors of Class-Books (1839). 148 89. Percival Leigh, The Comic English Grammar (1840). 90. Jane Haldimand Marcet, Mary’s Grammar: Interspersed with Stories and Intendedfor the Use of Children (1840) . . 152 91. Joshua Jones, English Grammar: Founded upon the Natural Principles of Speech (1841). 153 92. Noah Webster, An Improved Grammar ofthe English Language (1842). 154 93. Alfred Crowquill [pseudonym for Alfred Henry Forrester],
The Pictorial Grammar (1842). 155 94. Noble Butler, A Practical Grammar of the English Language (1846). 156 150
In the Heyday ofEnglish Grammar xvii 95. Caroline Frances Cornwallis, General Principles of Grammar (1847). 158 96. Joseph Ripley Chandler, A Grammar ofthe English Language (1847). 160 97. Peter Jamieson, A Rhyming Grammar ofthe English Language (1847). 162 98. Sir John Stoddart, The Philosophy ofLanguage: Comprehending Universal Grammar, or the Pure Science ofLanguage (1849). 163 99. William Chauncey Fowler, English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms (1850) . . . 164 100. Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars (1851). 165 A Short Posthistory on Grammars. 169 The Case of the Variable Parts of Speech.183 The Various Configurations for Parts of Speech. 185 Postlude: Item 101 Bryan A. Garner, The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation (2016). 189 Comments. 191 Thomas Cable. 193 David Crystal. 197 Edward Finegan. 200 Lane
Greene. 203 Christopher Ricks. 207 John Simpson. 210 Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade. 213
xviii Taming the Tongue Appendix A: Some Curiosities in the Stacks. . 217 Lord Eldon’s copy of Robert Lowth’s A Short Introduction to English Grammar (1769}. 219 Murray’s Presentation Copy of His Grammar to a New York Theologian (1802). 221 Two Letters Signed by Lindley Murray (1785 1796). 223 Four Indignant Letters by Noah Webster (1787-1842). 230 Letter from William Cobbett of Botley to Captain Holmes of Grafton Street, London (1809). 237 The Goold Brown Cache of Letters (1823-1836). 238 Lindley Murray’s Bequest of Books (1825). 240 Appendix B: Interesting Artwork in Books Not Exhibited. 243 William Fletcher, The Little Grammarian (1828). 245 Benjamin Steill, Steill’s Pictorial Grammarfor Children (1844). 247 Anon., The Illustrated English Grammar: Or, Lindley Murray Simplified (ca. 1845). 249 William Bentley Fowle, The Common School Grammar (1847) . . 250 Solomon Barrett Jr., The Principles of Grammar (1849). 252 Julia Corner, The Play Grammar: Or, the Elements of Grammar Explained in Easy Games (ca. 1850). 253 Charles W. бсЈ.С. Sanders, The Young Grammarian (1847) . 254 Appendix C: Two Interesting
Owners’ Inscriptions. 255 Bibliography. 259 Index. 275
English grammar was once taught and studied with a fervor unthinkable to us now. Sales of books on the subject were second only to those of the Bible. Some grammarians offered ., beautiful tributes to the language; others came for a battle, armed with claims of invincibility against allegedly incompe tent rivals. Plagiarism, fury, and scandal plagued the coveted territory. Taming the Tongue tells the colorful story of these books and the characters who wrote them. |
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