CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

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General Observations on the Arts of Reading and Speaking, 9

Accent,

16

Emphasis,

18

Pauses,

23

Gesture,

30

On the Reading or Recitation of different Species of Prose

and Poetry,

26

Examples of our Saviour,

Importance of a serious examination of Christianity, Paley. 55

Religion contrasted with unbelief,

Christianity an internal principle,

Just distribution of Nature,

The point of honor,

The Corporal,

Advantages of novelty,

Pleasures of the imagination,

Addison. 64

Cultivation of memory,

Diversity of views and passions,

A provision for the poor,

Golden age,

Responsibility of men of genius,

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General correctness of the public estimate of talents, Wirt. 72

Means of perpetuating the memory of the illustrious, Smith. 74

Happiness,

National pride,

Literary retirement,

Declension of literary taste,

Addison. 75

Addison's Spectator,

Thompson's Seasons,

Stockdale. 82

Female education,

Hopkinson. 83

Eloquence,

Hints on the eloquence of the bar,

H. K. White. 86

Art of printing,

Geography,

Passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge in Vir-.

ginia,

Jefferson. 90%

Falls of Niagara,

White Mountains in New-Hampshire,

Mount Etna,

Earthquakes,

Comets,

Apostrophe to the Ocean,

Belknap... 92

New Edinburgh Encyclopedia. 93

Port Folio.

94

to the Sun,

Ruins of Palmyra,

Conflagration of a Cottage,

Hamet, a tale,

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,

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Extract from Mr. Curran's Speech on the trial of Rowan, 151

Extract from Mr. Curran's Speech on the trial of Finerty, 154

Extract from Mr. Wart's Speech on the trial of Aaron Burr,

156.

for high treason,

Extract from Mr. Russell's Oration on American Indepen-

dence,

160

Extract from a Sermon on the resurrection of our Sav...

Scene from Campbell's Gertrude of Wyoming,

178

Happy power of love, and advice to cherish it,

The soldier of the Alps,

Port Folio.

181

American Scenery,

rarely described by the muse, Wilson.

186

The Susquehanna,

Means of education in the United States,

The Schoolmaster,

A Vision,

Shenstone. 189

Castle of fancy,

Mr. Cooke's address on the Philadelphia stage, Port Folio. 193