Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves

within a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable

words which they do not put into practical use in their speech or writing.

Many, too, are conscious of a poverty of language, which engenders in them

a sense of timidity and self-depreciation. The method used for building a

large vocabulary has usually been confined to the study of single words.

This has produced good results, but it is believed that eminently better

results can be obtained from a careful study of words and expressions, as

furnished in this book, where words can be examined in their context.

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