Style & rhetoric
3 worksThe craft of writing and speaking: clarity, precision and persuasion.
1741–42
Essays, Moral and PoliticalDavid Hume
Hume's first collection of essays, in two volumes (1741, 1742).
1852
The Philosophy of StyleHerbert Spencer
Spencer's attempt to find the single principle behind the rules of rhetoric, first published in the Westminster Review in 1852.
1918
The Elements of StyleWilliam Strunk Jr.
The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide composed by William Strunk Jr.