Forster, Joyce Cary, Dorothy Parker, James Thurber, Thorton Wilder, William Faulkner, Georges Simenon, Frank O'Connor, Robert Penn Warren, Alberto Moravia, Nelson Algren, Angus Wilson, William Styron, Truman Capote, Francoise Fagan.

    In each case, a general description and history of the dialect is given, followed by an analysis of vowel and consonant peculiarities, of its individual lilt and rhythm, and of its grammar variations. There are also lists of the idioms and idiomatic expressions that distinguish each dialect and exercises using them. American Dialects also includes musical inflection charts and diagrams showing the placement of lips, tongue, and breath.

    It has both an historical and practical interest, for Arrighi's instructions on the formation of letters and the technique of writing the Chancery hand are of importance to students of calligraphy as well as to those who desire to improve their handwriting. John Howard Benson, calligrapher, stonecutter, and lecturer, has written the translation, the first ever published, in a hand based on the original, and has supplied notes and an introduction to make this a useful contemporary writing book.