Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Fowler's King's English The King James
Bible Brewer's Phrase & Fable Frazer's Golden Bough Shelf of
Fiction Later National Literature, Part III Non-English Writings
II INDEX OF ALL CHAPTERS The Cambridge History of English and
American Literature in 18 Volumes VOLUME XVIII. Later National
Literature, Part III. Non-English Writings II § 12. Qualities.
In the descriptive and explanatory matter of Frances Dinsmores
and in the prose intervals of the Hako Ritual as recorded by
Alice Fletcher, one sees this process going on; and,
incidentally, for the student of drama there is much light
thrown on the office and evolution of the Greek chorus. For not
the least advantage of the study of our own aboriginal
literature is the place it fills in the evolution of form.
Amerind prose, and prose becoming poetized by growing important,
has the first consideration, because this is the nearest point
of contact. The earliest forms as well as the preponderant forms
are all well within our own definition o