a mayor, president, lord, governor, czar, etc. See association, governor, official titles.
the Mayor, King, President, Czar, Governor, etc.
Merchandise. Arctic, Tropics, Levant, Orient, and all geographical names used as proper nouns go up; but nouns used to specify merchandise go down, as: arctic ivory, india ink, russia leather, morocco, turkey red, port wine, chinese blue. When words derived from proper nouns have thus lost the direct connection or literal sense of the name there is no need of capitals. Consult De Vinne's _Correct Composition_, page 119.
Names. White House, Gillis Opera House, Handel Hall, etc.
the North, meaning an undefined geographical section.
Northeast, Northwest, etc., follow same rule. Do not compound such words.
Nicknames: Creole, negro, mulatto, gipsy, quadroon, greaser, coolie, peon, and like nicknames do not begin with a capital. See De Vinne.
Nation, when in lieu of the United States or of any other particular government. See state, etc.
nature ordinarily, except when in lieu of God. See Deity.
Official titles: Mayor, judge, justice, king, governor, and the like follow one rule, as do the terms treasurer, secretary of state, etc. If they precede the name of one person (not of two or more) they take the capital initial. If they follow a name or are preceded by =the indefinite article a=, they need no capital. The name of the office is never written with a capital in this sense: He ran for the office of justice of the peace, president, governor, mayor, etc. See association.
the President, Czar, King, Governor, Mayor, etc. See official titles and association.
paradise, except the Paradise of John Milton.
Parliament. Same as Congress. See association.
platonic follows herculean and Baconian. If meaning direct reference to Plato or his system, capitalize; if meaning merely philosophical, write =platonic=. See herculean.
Political parties: Antis, Nationalist, Populist, Radical, Tory, Democrat, Prohibitionist. Adjectives of the same, same rule.
Personification: Anything may be personified, and all personified words should be capitalized, as: The spirit of Fire; the voice of Crime; the call of Duty; the ghost of Want.
Pronouns standing for Deity go thus: his wisdom; him we fear; thou God; thy Word; thee we adore. This is Biblical use. Capitalizing was an error of hymn-books of the long ago.