11.4illams

A present from,
his grandpa

The W. Ward.

OR, A

SELECTION OF PIECES,

IN

PROSE AND VERSE,

FOR THE

IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH

IN

READING & SPEAKING.

BY WILLIAM SCOTT.

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED

ELEMENTS OF GESTURE.

ILLUSTRATED BY FOUR PLATES; AND RULES FOR
EXPRESSING WITH PROPRIETY, THE VARIOUS
PASSIONS, &c. OF THE MIND.

ALSO, AN

APPENDIX,

CONTAINING LESSONS ON A NEW PLAN.

LEICESTER :

PRINTED BY HORI BROWN,

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
FROM THE ESTATE OF
ARTEMUS WARD
DECEMBER 11, 1931

J

CONTENTS.

1.

ON

INTRODUCTORY LESSONS.

Page.

N the speaking of speeches at schools, Walker, 9

2. On the acting of plays at schools,

ib.

3. Rules for expressing with propriety, the prin-

cipal passions and humors, which occur in

reading or public speaking,

Rules respecting elocution,

20

Burgh,

28

Walker,

46

22. Address to a young student,

Knox,

81

23. Advantages of and motives to cheerfulness, Spectator, 84