The Art of Writing and Speaking the English Language-Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric is a classic language arts volume from American education icon, Sherwin Cody, and it is among the most essential books ever written on the subject of improving general written and spoken English. Cody cites works from the greats of writing and diplomacy including Stephen Crane, Charles Dickens and Abraham Lincoln and employs these examples as a means of teaching the reader supreme English skill.