366
91. SPRING, GARDINER 186 110. WOODWORTH, SAMUEL 67
92. SUMNER 148 111. WORDSWORTH 440

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. (10)
Page Drawn by Engraved by

GINEVRA Frontspiece H. F. Farney. Timothy Cole.

DUKE OF NEWCASTLE 65 H. F. Farney. F.Juengling

GRAY'S ELEGY 112 Thomas Moran. Henry Bogert.

MARMION 177 C. S. Reinhart. J. G. Smithwick.

THE QUACK 240 Howard Pyle. J. P. Davis.

DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND 272 Alfred Kappes. Timothy Cole.

THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS 321 H. F. Farney. Smithwick and French.

HERCULANEUM 401 Charles D. Sauerwein. Francis S. King.

INTRODUCTION. (11)

The subject of Elocution, so far as it is deemed applicable to a work of
this kind, will be considered under the following heads, viz:

1. ARTICULATION. 4. READING VERSE.
2. INFLECTION. 5. THE VOICE.
3. ACCENT AND EMPHASIS. 6. GESTURE.

I. ARTICULATION. (11)

Articulation is the utterance of the elementary sounds of a language, and
of their combinations.

As words consist of one or more elementary sounds, the first object of the
student should he to acquire the power of uttering those sounds with
distinctness, smoothness, and force. This result can be secured only by
careful practice, which must be persevered in until the learner has
acquired a perfect control of his organs of speech.

ELEMENTARY SOUNDS. (12)

An Elementary Sound is a simple, distinct sound made by the organs of
speech.

The Elementary Sounds of the English language are divided into Vocals,
Subvocals, and Aspirates.

VOCALS. (12)

Vocals are sounds which consist of pure tone only. They are the most
prominent elements of all words, and it is proper that they should first
receive attention. A vocal may be represented by one letter, as in the
word hat, or by two or more letters, as in heat, beauty. A diphthong is a
union of two vocals, commencing with one and ending with the other. It is
usually represented by two letters, as in the words oil, boy, out, now.

Each of these can he uttered with great force, so as to give a distinct
expression of its sound, although the voice be suddenly suspended, the
moment the sound is produced. This is done by putting the lips, teeth,
ton