Book - The Young Speaker
Lovell, John. E. The Young Speaker: An Introduction to the United States Speaker; designed to furnish exercises in both reading and speaking, for pupils between the ages of six and fourteen; comprising selections in prose, poetry, and dialogue, and a variety of figures, illustrating principles of position and gesture ... Twelfth Edition. New Haven: Published by Durrie & Peck. Philadelphia: Horace C. Peck. 1850.
1850 (Date published)
Lovell, John. E. The Young Speaker: An Introduction to the United States Speaker; designed to furnish exercises in both reading and speaking, for pupils between the ages of six and fourteen; comprising selections in prose, poetry, and dialogue, and a variety of figures, illustrating principles of position and gesture ... Twelfth Edition. New Haven: Published by Durrie & Peck. Philadelphia: Horace C. Peck. 1850.
12mo (178 x 115 mm), pp. 300, with engraved frontispiece, 11 pp. of adverts. in rear. Bound in contemporary sheep with black calf label, gilt, to spine. Modern bookplate of MHS to front pastedown with ink inscription ("Gift of Herbert Knowles"), along with modern ink stamp of Herbert Foster Knowles to front free endpaper. Above is the name Daniel Hand in early ink.
Once in the possession of Daniel Hand, this book was published for students to learn the art of oratory. The importance of pronunciation, inflection, emphasis and voice are discussed, and many examples are given, complete with wood-engraved illustrations of accompanying gestures and movements. At this time, oratory would have been an essential part of a young student's curriculum.
12mo (178 x 115 mm), pp. 300, with engraved frontispiece, 11 pp. of adverts. in rear. Bound in contemporary sheep with black calf label, gilt, to spine. Modern bookplate of MHS to front pastedown with ink inscription ("Gift of Herbert Knowles"), along with modern ink stamp of Herbert Foster Knowles to front free endpaper. Above is the name Daniel Hand in early ink.
Once in the possession of Daniel Hand, this book was published for students to learn the art of oratory. The importance of pronunciation, inflection, emphasis and voice are discussed, and many examples are given, complete with wood-engraved illustrations of accompanying gestures and movements. At this time, oratory would have been an essential part of a young student's curriculum.
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