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the illustration of his art.
The book, thus briefly described, is, therefore, given to the public with the same confidence that has hitherto inspired the author in similar efforts, and with the hope that it may reach even a higher measure of usefulness than that attained by any of its predecessors, in the long line of works which he has prepared for the use of schools.
NEW YORK, April, 1863.

CONTENTS.
PART FIRST. ELOCUTION.
SECTION I.--ARTICULATION
ELEMENTARY SOUNDS OF THE LETTERS
SUBSTITUTES FOR THE VOWEL ELEMENTS
SUBSTITUTES FOR THE CONSONANT ELEMENTS
ERRORS IN ARTICULATION
COMBINATIONS OF CONSONANTS
EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE INDISTINCT ARTICULATION
MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES
SECTION II--ACCENT AND EMPHASIS
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ACCENT
EXAMPLES OF INTENSIVE EMPHASIS
EXAMPLES OF ABSOLUTE EMPHASIS
EXAMPLES OF ANTITHETIC EMPHASIS
SECTION III.--INFLECTIONS
MONOTONE
RISING AND FALLING INFLECTIONS
RULES FOR THE USE OF INFLECTIONS
THE CIRCUMFLEX
SECTION IV.--MODULATION
PITCH OF VOICE
QUANTITY
RULES FOR QUANTITY
QUALITY
RULES FOR QUALITY
NOTATION IN MODULATION
EXAMPLES FOR EXERCISE IN MODULATION
SECTION V.--THE RHETORICAL PAUSE

PART SECOND.
1. TRUE HEROISM, _Adapted. Osborne_
2. YOU AND I, Charles Mackay 3. LIFE'S WORK
4. THE YOUNG CAPTIVES
5. MY MOTHER'S LAST KISS, _Mrs. E. Oakes Smith_
6. THE DEAD CHILD'S FORD, _Mrs. E. Oakes Smith_
7. LAME AND LAZY--A Fable 8. FAITHFULNESS IN LITTLE THINGS, _Adapted, Eliza A. Chase_
9. THE AMERICAN BOY
10. THE SAILOR BOY'S SONG
11. CHASE OF THE PET FAWN, _Adapted. Miss Cooper_
12. KINDNESS
13. CARELESS WORDS
14. WEBSTER AND THE WOODCHUCK, _Adapted. Boston Traveler_
15. DO IT YOURSELF
16. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
17. THE ADOPTED CHILD, _Mrs. Hemans_
18. THE OLD EAGLE TREE, _Rev. John Todd_
19. THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE, Elihu Burritt 20. NIGHT'S LESSONS, _L.H. Sigourney_
21. NATURE'S TEACHINGS, _Chambers' Journal_
22. SOWING AND HARVESTING, _Anon._
23. A THRILLING INCIDENT, _Adapted. Anon._
24. THE TRUTHFUL KING
25. WHEN SHALL I ANSWER, NO, _J.N. McElligott_
26. TO MASTER ROBERT AND JOHN, Davis 27. WHANG, THE MILLER, Goldsmith 28. CHIMNEY-SWALLOWS, Henry Ward Beecher 29. THE DOUBTING HEART, Adelaide Procter 30. THE COMING OF WINTER, _T.B. Read_
31. CHILD TIRED OF PLAY, _N.P. Willis_
32. THE RESCUE, By a Sea Captain 33. ROBERT BRUCE AND THE SCOTCH WOMAN
34. ROBERT BRUCE AND THE SPIDER, Bernard Barton 35. WEALTH AND FASHION
36. MY FIRST JACK-KNIFE
37. THE PINE-TREE SHILLINGS, Nathaniel Hawthorne 38. HIAWATHA'S HUNTING, Longfellow 39. DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH A PANTHER, _Bk. of Adventures_
40. THE POWER OF HABIT, _John B. Gough_
41. THE DRUNKARD'S DAUGHTER
42. THE TWO YOUNG TRAVELERS, _Adapted. Merry's Museum_
43. HIGHER!
44. LABOR, _Caroline F. Orne_
45. THE AMBITIOUS APPRENTICE
46. SO WAS FRANKLIN, _Anon._
47. NOW AND THEN, Jane Taylor 48. AN INGENIOUS STRATAGEM, Days of Washington 49. FRANCES SLOCUM, THE YOUNG CAPTIVE, _B.J. Lossing_
50. THE RAIN-DROPS, Delia Louise Colton 51. SMALL THINGS, _F. Bennoch_
52. MURDERER'S CREEK, _James K. Paulding_
53. NAPOLEON'S ARMY CROSSING THE ALPS, _Adapted. Anon._
54. WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY, Eliza Cook 55. "I CAN"
56. NOW, TO-DAY, _Adelaide A. Procter_
57. CAPTURE OF MAJOR ANDRE
58. BENEDICT ARNOLD
59. BEHIND TIME, Freeman Hunt 60. HOW HAPPY I'LL BE
61. THE SWORD OF BUNKER HILL, _William R. Wallace_
62. BIBLE LEGEND OF THE WISSAHIKON, Lippard 63. ADVICE TO THE YOUNG, _E.H. Chapin_
64. THE INTREPID YOUTH
65. THE FOUR MISFORTUNES, _John G. Saxe_
66. MRS. CREDULOUS AND THE FORTUNE-TELLER
67. FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY--An Allegory 68. NOT TO MYSELF ALONE, _S.W. Partridge_
69. THE WORLD WOULD BE THE BETTER FOR IT, _W.H. Cobb_
70. SELECT PROVERBS OF SOLOMON, Bible 71. WINTER BEAUTY, Henry Ward Beecher 72. FROSTED TREES
73. THE MOUNTAINS OF LIFE, _James G. Clark_
74. IMAGINARY EVILS, _Chas. Swain_
75. SIR WALTER AND THE LION, _A. Walchner_
76. CHOICE EXTRACTS
I. WHAT REALLY BENEFITS US. II. GOD'S LOVE. III. LIFE-WORK. IV. HUMILITY. V. BENEFITS OF ADVERSITY. VI. OUR MOUNTAIN HOMES. VII. MAKE A BEGINNING. VIII. INFLUENCE. IX. PLEASURE IN ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE. X. WHAT IS FAME? XI. CULTIVATED INTELLECT. XII. GOD'S WORKS ATTEST HIS GREATNESS.
77. CAPTURE OF THE WHALE
78. LEAVES FROM AN AERONAUT, Willis Gaylord Clark 79. THE DAPPLE MARE, _John G. Saxe_
80. A LEAP FOR LIFE, _George P. Morris_
81. THE INDIAN BRIDE'S REVENGE, _Adapted. L.M. Stowell_
82. A MOTHER'S LOVE, Albert Barnes 83. THE LIFE-BOOK, Home Journal 84. ODE ON SOLITUDE, Pope 85. GETTING THE RIGHT START, _J.G. Holland_
86. THE PRESUMPTION OF YOUTH, Rollin 87. SONG OF THE AMERICAN EAGLE
88 THE ARMY OF REFORM, Sarah Jane Lippincott 89. LAST CRUISE OF THE MONITOR, _Adapted. Grenville M. Weeks_
90. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF WOMEN, Gail Hamilton 91. SCENE FROM WILLIAM TELL, _J. Sheridan Knowles_
92. THE RICH MAN AND THE POOR MAN, Khemnitzer 93. GRANDEUR OF THE OCEAN, Walter Colton 94. A BURIAL AT SEA, Walter Colton 95. THE TREASURES OF THE DEEP, _Mrs. Hemans_
96. THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS, Thomas Hood 97. A REQUIEM
98. VISIT TO MOUNT VERNON, _A.C. Ritchie_
99. LA FAYETTE, Charles Sprague 100. THE MYSTIC WEAVER, _Rev. Dr. Harbaugh_
101. WORK AWAY, _Harpers' Magazine_
102. QUEEN ISABELLA'S RESOLVE, Vinet 103. DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD, Lamartine 104. THE RETURN OF COLUMBUS, Vinet 105. TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO, Grenville Mellen 106. PRESS ON, Park Benjamin 107. THE THREE FORMS OF NATURE, From the French of Michelet 108. THE WHALE AND THE WHALER, From the French of Michelet 109. RIENZI'S ADDRESS TO THE ROMANS, Miss Mitford 110. SONG OF THE FORGE
111. CHOICE EXTRACTS
I. SWIFTNESS OF