The Academic Speaker A System Of Elocution Designed For Schools And Self Instruction And A Copious Selection Of Extracts From The Best Authors Etc

Author : J. H. McIlvaine
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330293638
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Elocution the Sources and Elements of Its Power written by J. H. McIlvaine and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-14 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Elocution the Sources and Elements of Its Power: A Textbook for Schools and Colleges, and a Book for Every Public Speaker, and Student of the English Language The author of this work has been engaged in the practice of public speaking, almost without interruption, for thirty years; during the last ten of which, he has also been a systematic student and teacher of the art of elocution. When he accepted the chair of Belles Lettres in Princeton College, in 1860, he received a special request from the Board of Trustees to work up this much neglected department of education although it was not properly included in the duties of his professorship; and with this object in view, they gave him a laborious and faithful assistant in Prof. S. G Peabody. The notes and criticisms, which gradually accumulated upon his hands in successive courses of instruction and training, are here offered to the public in a systematic form, now that his work in the College is drawing to a close. The attention of teachers and students of this art, is requested, in appreciation of the following points. 1. Nearly one half of the work consists in the exhibition of the intellectual, moral, esthetical and physical sources of power in delivery, which, it is believed, have never before been treated of as included in the art of elocution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.