THIRD EDITION. In the present Edition the whole of the Notations have been revised, and many new paragraphs have been added in each Division of the Work. The Introductory Essay and the Section on EMPHASIS are entirely new, and a large number of additional Exercises and Illustrations have been given under the various Heads of Inflexion, Expressive Exercises, Gesture. The Work will now, it is hoped, be found still more worthy of the flattering encomiums it has received from the Press and the Professional Public. Edinburgh, 1859. FOURTH EDITION. The Third Edition of the "ELOCUTIONARY MANUAL" having been for some time out of print, and the work being still in steady demand, the Author has been induced to prepare a New Edition, with the improvements suggested by his long experience. Such a duty he cannot hope to be again called on to undertake; and, as his "PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION"-first published in 1849have had a manifest influence on subsequent elocutionary literature, he desires to extend and perpetuate that influence by final revision of the Theories and Exercises, which were the fruit of original study and observation thirty years ago. TUTELO HEIGHTS, BRANTFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA, July, 1878. FIFTH EDITION. In this fifth edition of the "PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION all the directions and exercises have been again revised, and to a great extent re-written. Much new matter has also been added, including the entire series of "READING EXERCISES MARKED FOR EMPHASIS, CLAUSE, AND PITCH" (pp. 145 to 156). work is now as perfect as the Author's best efforts can make it. In this form, therefore, it has been for the first time electrotyped in preparation for continued and extended use. 1525 THIRTY-fifth Street, WASHINGTON, D. C., The SIXTH EDITION. An outline of the Principles detailed in this volume constitutes the first section of the "STANDARD ELOCUTIONIST"-a book of which upwards of one hundred and fifty thousand copies have been sold. The present is the SIXTH EDITION of the parent Work. This will be found improved in quality of paper, &c.; and a portrait of the Author has been added. WASHINGTON, D. C., May, 1893. CONTENTS. The relation of breath to speech The acts of inspiration and expiration Par. Page. Oral modifications of quality 32-33 Tones constitute a natural language. II. MECHANISM OF THE INFLEXIONS Simple and compound inflexions Pitch and extent of the inflexions Analysis of compound inflexions Diagram of compound inflexions III. NOTATION OF THE INFLEXIONS Plaintive tones V. EXPRESSIVENESS OF THE INFLEXIONS VI. EXERCISES ON THE INFLEXIONS Words with pre-accentual syllables FLEXIONS 5. Auxiliary verbs 6. Adverbs with adjectives or adverbs 7. Adjectives with nouns . 8. Conjunctions 9. The verb "to be |