232. _Long_ and _short_ 164 233. How far coincident with _independent_ and _dependent_ 164 234. Length of vowels and length of syllables 165 CHAPTER VII. ON ACCENT. 235. Accent 167 236. How far accent always on the root 168 237. Verbal accent and logical accent 168 238. Effect of accent on orthography 169 239. Accent and quantity _not_ the same 170 CHAPTER VIII. THE PRINCIPLES OF ORTHOEPY. 240. Meaning of the word _orthoepy_ 172 241. Classification of errors in pronunciation 172 242-244. Causes of erroneous enunciation 172-175 {xxvi} 245. Appreciation of standards of orthoepy 175 246. Principles of critical orthoepy 176 CHAPTER IX. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ORTHOGRAPHY. 247. Province of orthography 178 248. Imperfections of alphabets 178 249. Applications of alphabets 180 250. Changes of sound, and original false spelling 181 251. Theory of a perfect alphabet 181 252. Sounds and letters in English 182 253. Certain conventional modes of spelling 187 254. The inconvenience of them 189 255. Criticism upon the details of the English orthography 189-200 CHAPTER X. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ENGLISH ALPHABET. 256. Bearings of the question 200 257. Phoenician Period 200 258, 259. Greek Period 201-203 260-262. Latin Period 203-205 263. The Moeso-Gothic alphabet 205 264. The Anglo-Saxon alphabet 205 265. The Anglo-Norman Period 207 266. Extract from the Ormulum 208 267. The _Runes_ 209 268. The order of the alphabet 210 269. Parallel and equivalent orthographies 213 PART IV. ETYMOLOGY. CHAPTER I. ON THE PROVINCE OF ETYMOLOGY. 270. Meaning of the term etymology 214 {xxvii} CHAPTER II. ON GENDER.