It explored a growing trend of formalist approaches to writing. Highly focused on the proper placement and ordering of the parts of an English sentence, "Spencer" created a guide for effective composition.
Boethius, William James, Thomas Paine, Paul Henri Thiery Holbach, Austin Holyoak, Baruch Spinoza, Hastings Rashdall, Edward Caldwell Moore, Frances Power Cobbe, Herbert Spencer, H.R. James, M. De Mirabaud & R.H.M. Elwes