745. PRIDE OF PROFESSION. We are very apt to be fond of that which we excel in ourselves, and to underrate the acquirements and powers of others in a different sphere, without reflecting that the field of human thought and occupation is broad, and that a man may carefully cultivate one part without being in the least acquainted with the products of another. With what contempt a skillful musician sometimes regards one who cannot turn a tune, but who, perhaps, is an excellent book-keeper, or an adroit shipbuilder! What a conscious pride and pomp of erudition a profound linguist betrays while quoting familiarly from Homer and Horace, Dante, or Lopez de Vega, before a simple student, only master of his mother tongue, and who in turn sneers at the mistakes made by others in speaking of natural philosophy and astronomy. I never suffer myself to be led away thus by a man's accidental accomplishments or attainments. If I find a sensible good-hearted fellow (as I frequently do,) who has never even read Milton and Shakspeare, I respect him notwithstanding; for I say to myself, it is probable he is an adept at something besides literature, where perhaps I should require a similar indulgence from him.-Fay. 746. ODE FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY. Not a stripe is torn-from the broad array,— And the eagle, with unruffled plume, [plain, Not a leaf-is pluck'd from the branch he bears: In shedding rich perfume, A sound was heard-like the ocean's roar, Or sudden flash-from a passing storm- But it died away, and the sound of doves That form the golden chain, And peace, and plenty-smile around, How feeble-is language,-how cold-is the lay, Aye, waving proud, and high, No rent-in all its ample folds; No stain-of crimson dye: And the eagle-spreads his pinions fair, Nature, in her productions slow, aspires, 747. MARIA. Her early youth-passed away in sorrow: she grew up in tears, a stranger to the amusements of youth, and its more delightful schemes, and imaginations. She was not, however, unhappy; she attrib uted, indeed, no merit to herself for her virtues, but for that reason-were they the more her reward. The peace which passeth all understanding, disclosed itself in all her looks, and movements. It lay on her countenance, like a steady, unshadowed moonlight; and her voice, which was naturally at once sweet and subtle, came from her, like the fine flute-tones of a masterly performer, which, still floating at some uncertain distance, seem to be created by the player, rather than to proceed from the instrument. If you had listened to it, in one of those brief sabbaths of the soul, when the activity and discursiveness of the thoughts are suspended, and the mind, quietly eddies round, instead of flowing onward--(as at late evening, in the spring, I have seen a bat, wheel in silent circles round and round a fruit-tree, in full blossom, in the midst of which, as within a close tent, of the purest white, an unseen nightingale was piping its sweetest notes)--in such a mood, you might have half-fancied, half-felt, that her voice had a separate being of its own--that it was a living something, whose mode of existence was for the early only: so deep was resignation, so entirely had it become the unconscious habit of her nature, and in all she did, or said, so perfectly were both her movements, and her utterance, without effort, and without the appearance of effort.-Coleridge. 748. PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. There is a philosophy--hollow, unsound, To matter-confining its false speculation; Whose flight is confin'd within Nature's dull round, Its pinions--the web-of sophistic persuasion. And, there's a philosophy-truly Divine, That traces effects-to-spiritual causes, Determines the link-of the chain where they join, And soars-to an infinite height-ere it pauses. That-meanly debases-the image of God, To rank with the brute-in the scale of creation; This raises the tenant of light-from the sod, And bears him to heaven-his primitive station. Hail science--of angels! Theosophy-hail! That shows us the regions of bliss by reflection; Removes from creation's broad mirror-the vail, Where spirit-and matter appear in connection. It breaks on the soul-in an ocean of light, [ions, She starts from her lethargy-stretches her pinBeholds a new world-bursting forth on her sight, And--soaring in ecstasy--claims her dominions. A sense of original, dignified worth, Her bosom expands-with sublime exaltation; She tastes immortality-even on earth, In light, that eclipses-the sun's emanation. The man th't's resolute, and just, CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION. 317 ery of Glass, 78; Disease of the Throat, 149; Disinterestedness, 158; Diogenes, 17; Dismissing, 207; Distraction, 207; Dr. Faustus and the Devil, 183; Division of Prose and Poetry, 79, 164; Doctor 'm, 38; Down with your Dust, 141; Dorsal and Abdominal Muscles, 37; Dr. and Paver, 106; Don't know him, 119; Double Meaning, 78; Dotage, 207; Don't Swear, 208; Dress, 101; Dramatic, 153; Drunkard, 113; Draco's Laws, 151; Dyspepsia, 104; Dueling, 122; Duties, 30; Dying but once, 81; Dynamics, 140-2; Dying Christian, 123. A-its Sounds, 17, 18, 19, 20-2-4-7-9: Ab-95; Difference 55, 64; Difficulty, 201; Discovstract Questions. 134-5: Action and Reaction, 82: Accent, 69, 80: Accommodating, 24: Acute Pain, 196: Admiration, 179, 198: Admonition, 199, 201: Advice to a Traveler, 151: Afraid to do Ill, 143: Afraid of Work, 80: Affectation, 202: Affectuous and Heart, 71: A Fool, 192: Afirming, 200: Agriculture, 96: Agrippa's Promise kept, 186: A get off, 33: Alderman's great Toe, 147: Alexander and the Pirate, 110: All the Pauses, 93: All the World a Stage, 154: All the Vowel sounds, 33: Amazement, 188, 201: Amusements, 52: Anecdote on every page: Analysis and Synthesis, 24-9, &c.: Analogies, 27, 72: Anger, 154, E-its Sounds, 21-2-4-9, 57-8, 17; Eat Bacon, 180-2: Anthony's Challenge, 89: Anxiety, 217: 203; Ecstasy, 175; Educators, 25; Education, 18, Application, 102: Appropriate Sign, 148: Archi-25, 76, 143-7, 162, 180, 236; Effects of Knowtecture, 103: Arab and Foot-prints, 86: Arbitra-ledge, 138; Effective Style, 162; Effects of Sucry Rules, 162: Articulation, 24, 56: Arms, 224–9: cess, 204; Eliza's wise Choice, 207; Elocution, A Scold, 55: Association of Ideas, 169: Aspi- 18, 28, 33-9, 45, 156; Elocutionist, 37; Eloquence, rates, 65: Attention, 187: Astonishment, 198: 126, 163-4; Emmet's Betrothed, 76; End, Cause, Attitudes, 10, 236: Au, 25-6: Authority, 44, Effect, 124-8, 132; Emphasis, 98, 118; by Stress, 202: Autumn, 75, 96: Awkwardness, 237: Aver-101-2-3; by Changing it, 102-4-5; by higher Pitch, sion, 179. 106; by Quantity, 107-8-9; by a Pause, 113; B-one Sound, 35: Base Character, 145: Beau- Enjoyment, 94; Eau, Ew, 25; Enunciation, 61; ty, Wit and Gold, 142: Beautiful World, 197: Encouraging, 208; Envy, 152; Epitaph, 129; EnBeauty, 136, 154: In the Deep, 164: Be earnest, vy and Jealousy, 166; Earnestness of Manner, 139, 152: Beware of relying too much on Inflec- 151; Error and Truth, 24; Equality, 51; Etertions, 169: Bible, 17, 128, 146: Birth Day, 71:nal Joy, 28; Eternal Progress, 37; Etiquette of Bigots, 102: Blood Globules, 10: Boasting, 210: Stairs, and of Riding, 191; Evening Bells, 27; Blushing, 40: Boards or Sheep, 85: Bound in Ethics, 106; Eve's Lament, 137; Everything calf, not lettered, 220: Botany, 93: Book-keep- Useful, 214; Eve, 233; Experience, 87, 144; Exing, 36: Blundering on the Truth, 72: Boys and clamation, 90; Extemporizing, 138, 156; ExploFrogs, 97: Botany Bay Patriots, 160: Blind sion and Expulsion, the difference, 26, 63; Exman's Rose, 169: Blown up Lieutenant, 71: Bo-tremes, 208; Eyes, 228. dy and Mind, 70: Bonaparte's Check, 52: Boun- F-its Sounds, 42-3; Face, 227; Faults in Ardaries of Knowledge, 56: Boundless Nature of ticulation, 43; Fatigue, 209; Far West, 88; Feet Oratory, 66: Book of Nature, 203: Bourdaloue, and Hands, 11, 225-6, 236; Female Education, 171: Braying, 223: Breathing, 9, 69, 87: Brough- 137; Fear, 191; Fisherman, 115; Finishing one's am's Eye, 45: Brotherly Love, 190: Bruce and Studies, 67; Force of Habit, 115; Folly and Wisthe Spider, 213: Brutus, 32: Buffoonery, 204: dom, 97; Flying from and to the Church, 117; Bunyan's Indictment, 211: Butterfly, 117. Forehead, 232; Free to do Good, 192; Freedom, C-its Sounds, 36-7-8-9; Cadence, 139; Catch-28, 78; Franklin's Epitaph, 204; Freedom of ing a Tartar, 27; Causes of Greek Perfection, Thought, 45; Free Schools, 173; 44 Sounds, 63; 27; Cause and Effect, 32, 99; Census of 1840, Frederick the Great, 47; Friendship, 171; Free156; Ch. 37-9, 59; Changes, 40; Change, of Ac-dom of the Press, 148; Forming Theories, 232; cent, 71-2; Characteristics of Man, 119; Chil- Fright, 183; Fury, 180. dren and Animals, 121; Chinese, 33; Chinese Physicians, 136; Cheerfulness, 172; Child of Promise, 198; Christian Character, 53; Choice of a Husband, 135; Chemistry, 95; Cicero, 32, 74, 118, 166, 233; Clay, 149; Clemency to Ruffians, 210, 215; Clergyman in Lent, 63; Classification of Consonants, 64-5-7-8; Client's Bones, 145; Cobler, 122; Colon, 87; Colonel, his own trumpeter, 118; Coincidences, 87; Combinations of Waves, 130; Common Opinions, 55; Common Sense, 107; Compassion, 117, 123; Compressions and Contractions, 21; Commendation, 205; Conciseness, 164; Conduct towards Swearers, 125; Confidence,-Courage, 210; Confinement of Debtors, 139; Contentment, 83; Conquering Love, 168; Conjunction, 168; Contrary, 157; Cons derate Minister, 46; Contempt, 190; Construction of Houses, 105; Contrasts, 33; Consonant Sounds, 35; Constitutional Law, 115; Cottage for the Poor, 226; Cure for Sore Eyes, 223; Curran, 19; his Daughter, 76. D-its Sounds, 40-1; Day of Life, 84; Dandy Officer, 155: Dandies and Puppies, 221; Dangerous Biting, 76; Dangers of bad Company, 131; Dear Wife, 28; Delivery and Painting, 94; Death of a Heart-Friend, 97; Dead and Living Temples, 201; Deformed Chest, 9; Debt, 118; Deceiver, 145; Declamatory and Hortatory, 153; Dead Languages, 221; Departed Year, 45; Death and Idleness, 137: Demosthenes, 32, 74, 145, 166, 233; Denying, 206; Despair, 185, 213; Delight, 173; Despotism, 126; Delivery, 150-8; Diaphragm, 10; Devotion, 189; Desire, 178; Diatonic Scale, 34, 154; Diphthongs, 31-2; Discretion, 177; Discovery of a Beauty, 229; Disobedience to Deceased Parents, 227; Dissimulation, G-its Sounds, 44-5-6; Gambling. 153; General Intelligence, 23; Geography, 101; Garrick 175, 224; he sat for Fielding's portrait, 219; Gentleman and Tenant, 88; Genius. 219; Gestures, 231; Gh, 42-5; Giving, Granting, 210; Glottis, 11; Goblin full of Wrath, 126; Good Sense, 84; Goodness of Providence, 81; Good Works, 126; Goldsmith's Gold Pill. 121; Good Name, 128; Good Example, 149; Government, 116, 139; Grand Objects, 56; Gradations, 50; Gratitude, 163, 211; Gravity, 209: Greek and Irish, 101; Great Mistake, 231; Grief, 184, 213; Grumblers, 151; H-47, 62-3-5-8; Half Murder, 127; Hamlet's Instructions on Delivery, 157; Hands and Feet, 11, 224-9; Habits of Thought, 19; Habits, 29; Hatred. 179, 182; Happiness, 204; Hard Questions, 223; Harrison and Sunday School Teacher, 41; Half Mourning, 61; Hally and Newton, 65; Heart and Lungs, 10; Head, 227: Hanging for Fashion's Sake, 91; Hearing and Speaking, 168; Heathens going to Heaven, 133; Historian, 194; Too High or too Low, 133; Home, 41, 166; Hope, 157, 178; Honesty, 174; Honor, 49, 193, 209; Howard, 59, 25, 226; Hoarseness-Cause, and Cure. 62; Horticulture, 98: Holding one's own, 69; Horace, 74; How to Prize good Fortune, 209; How to Succeed, 146, 236; How to get rid of Admirers, 149; How to produce Sounds, 18; Human Form Clothed, 8; Human Nature, 178; Human Testimony, 181; Humbugs, 108; Humanity Rewarded, 33. I-its Sounds, 23-4; 21-2-9, 58; Important Considerations, 73, 108; Ideas, 159; Ignorance and Error, 160-9; and Willfulness, 161: Impatience, 210; Importance of Early Principles 168; 318 CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION. Imagination, 166: Inadequacy of Language, 85; | Independence Forever, 104, 132; Indian Virtue, 235; Injuring Others, 205; Inflections, 119, 125, 169; Inducing Disease, 127; Influence, 79, 160; Importance of Observation, 86; Inconsistency, 145; Industry, 99, 164; Innocent and Guilty, 28; In the Truth, 48; Interrogation, 89; Intellectual, 71; Intentions, 71; Intuition, 157; Invalids, 122; Involuntary efforts, 99; Investigation of Thought, 190; Irresolution, 172, 217; It looked so Pretty, 129. J-its Sounds, 44, 58; Jaw Breakers, 61, and from 17-62; Jealousy, 214. 224; Joy, 173; Jolly Laughter, 174; Judging, 215; Jury and the Liar, 120; Justice, 92; Just Aristides, 134. K-its Sound, 37; Keel Hauling. 75; Keeping Time from Eternity, 64; King and his Fool, 231; Kinds of Poetry, 99; King of Poland in France, 207; King's Evil, 31; Kingly Dinner, 151; Kings and their Trade, 156; Kirwan, 27; Known by the Fruits, 77; Kosciusko, 96. Orator's Field, 165-how they are made, 68; Origin of Language, 66; Oratorical and Poetical Actions and Gestures, 11, 12, 13, 14. 15, 16; and from 172 onwards; Orthography, 64-5-6-7, 81; One Thing at a Time, 114; Orthoepy, 81; Ou, 26; Ou and Ow, 32; Osseus or Bony System, 7; Our Country, 151; Our Food, 31; Our Book, 237; Ourselves and others, 43; Our Sight, 134. P-52; Parenthesis, 91; Party Spirit, 35; Patience and Perseverance, 42; Patrick Henry's Treason, 143; Passions and Actions, 170-1, 206, 212; Pardoning, 217; Patience won't have me, 66; Parish Clerk and the Banns, 84; Painting, 208; Painter and the King, 92; Patriots, 133; Pelayo, 186; Pauses, 85, &c.; Period, 88; Perseverance, 146; Perplexity, 217; Peter the Great 217; Peter Pricker Prandle, 52; Philosophy of Mind, 98, 123, &c.; Philosopher Outdone, 195; Philosophy, 121; Physiological Ignorance, 203; Phrenology. 228; Philosophy and Love. 57; Play on Words, 174; Perspiration, &c., 8; Pitch, 123, 143-4-7; Pitt, 31, 88; Ph, 42-3; Pleasures of Piety, 217; Plato, 17; Play on X's, 56; Poor Priest and the King at Prayer, 208; Political Economy, 111; Position of Body, 17; Polyglot of Body and Mind, 230; Poisoned Cup and Cyrus; 188; Pioneers, 150; Position in Bed, 79; PoliteFund, 200; Point of Law. 132; Pope and the ?, 159; Pots and all gone, 173; Principles of Elocution, from 17-237; Prejudice, 140; Precept and Example, 141; Precipitancy, 62; Pride, 154, 218, 219; Prize of Immortality, 184; Preceding Principles, 125, &c.; Position of Feet and Hands, 11; Progress of Society, 119; Prayer to the Congregation, 39; Proverbs on every page, Promises, 124; Promising, 219; Principal and Interest, 59; Powerful Stimulus, 145; Punning, 172; Pronunciation, 81, 84; Provincialisms, 83; Prolongation of Sound, 70, 73; Providence, 117; Pity, 177, 225, 83; Public Speakers should live longest, 149; Pursuit of Knowledge, 168; Pupil and Apprentice, 46; Pulpit and Theatres. 132; Punc tual Hearers, 139; Punishments, 218; Pulpit Flattery, 189; Pungent Preaching, 212. L-48; Labor, 72; Language (two kinds), 21; Laconics, often; Law, 109; Last words of Marmion, 115; Lafayette, 94; Language of Feeling, 222; Laughing Scientifically, 77; Lawyer's Fiat, 22; Lawyers' Mistake, 29; Lawyer and Physician, 90; Lawyer and Client, 107, 176; Learning, 148; Legendary Tales, 106; Listening, 187; Liv-ness, 142; Polycarp and his Lord, 153; Poor ing Temples, 89: Lisping, 36; Logic, 156; Loins of the Mind, 63; Look at Home, 175; Lost Purse, 206; Long Enough, 49; Lord Thurlow's Speech from the Woolsack, 200; Love, 176, 187, 189, 217; Love of Justice, 186; Love and Liberty, 140; Love and Alcohol, 125; Love on the Scaffold, 232; Love and the Stars, 109: Lovely Qualities, 233; Luxury, 171; Lying, 155; Lycurgus, 51; Lyceums, 148. Q-37; Quack, 82: Qualifications of Teachers, 20: Quaker Presents, 199: Qualities. 22: Quantity, 70: Qualities of Voice, 140, 142: Quaker and Soldier, 128: Question Direct, 89: Queen's Reprimand to her Daughter, 224: Queen Elizabeth and her Ladies, 195: Quinctillian, 229. M-49; Management of the Breath, 97; Man a Microcosm, 88, 203; Making Resolutions, 203; Madness, 231; Making Game of a Lady, 113; Material of all Sounds, 47; Means of Happiness, 95; Mahomet and the Hill, 112; Malice, 216; Matter and Manner, 50, 131, 158, 161; Mathematics, 54; Mark to Hit, 113; Means of getting a Living, 105; Mediums, 20-1; Male and Female Voices, 147; Maxims, everywhere; Mercy, 177; Mathematical Honor, 68; Matrimony, 56; Melancholy, 216; Means to be used, 19; Men and Brutes, 38; Merchants and Pigeons, 111; Mental Violence, 57; Mediocrity, 137; Melody, 135-6; Miser, 87; Mineralogy, 91; Mirth, 174; Minor Passions, 199; Ministry of Angels, 171; Mock Trial of a King, 205; Moon Eclipsed. 93; Mono- R-53-4: Rainbow, 175: Ranges of Voice, tone, 119; Mourners, 187; Movement of Voice, 134: Raising Rent, 70: Rage, 180: Rapture, 175: 138; Modulation, 143-4; Modes of Spelling, 67; Reading. 33, 57, 103, 120: Reading Rooms, 46: Mother's Injunction and Bible, 82; Mouthing, Range of Knowledge, 66: Railery, 192, 220: 116; Mother perishing in a Snow Storm, 111; Reasoning, 202: Recitations, 166: from 237-316: Mother and Daughter in Prison, 185; Modesty, Recipients, 32: Reading by vowel sounds, 33: 218, 223; Mouth, 229; Mr. Psalter. 36; Music, Religious Persecutions. 187: Reading Discours101, 163,-4-5; Mummy, 23; Muscle Breakers, 43, es, 71: Remorse, 184, 220: Refusing, 219: Rea52, and among the Letters; My Mother, 210; son, 131, 227: Reproach, 182: Reproving, 221: Musical Pun, 34; Muscular System, 7; Muscular Revision, 117: Refinement, 93: Rhetoric. 156: Action, 9, and elsewhere; Mutual Mistake, 89. Rhetorical Pause, 92, 108: Rhetorical Action, N-50-1; Nature always True, 159. 205; Nat- 234: Reforms 164: Riches and Talent, 132: ural Theology, 90; Nature and Art, 151; Natu- Right Views, 50: Rythm, 96: Rhymetry and ralists and Realists, 137; Narrow Escape, 25; the Queen, 123 Rusla's Address to the PeruNatural Philosophy, 25; Natural Death, 42; Nat-vians, 153: Rhyme, 167: Rose, 72: Revenge, ural and Spiritual, 18; Natural History, 86; Nail 181: Ruined Debtor's satisfaction, 179: Rum and Fortune's Wheel, 167; Niagara Falls, 167; New Grave Stones, 44: Rouge, 168: Routes, 216. Character, 99; New Field, 68; Nerves of Or- S-36-8-9, 42, 46: Sadness and Sorrow, 186: ganic Life, 5-of Motion and Sense, 6-of Res-Safe now, 222: Satan's Speech, 169: Saving piration, 6; Ng, 51; Nobleman and Beggar Boy, Fuel, 20: Sailor and Countess' Eyes, 35: Sailor 191; Newton and his Dog, 225; Nothing True and Highwayman, 114: Semi-colon, 86: Science, but Heaven, 189; Nothing from Nothing, 167; 114: Scientific Enthusiasm, 181: Servile Imita Number, 155; Nursery, 39. tion, 182: Seasons, 28: Selfishness, 128, 163: Scorn, 190, 222: Seeing Right, 220: Seeing a Wind, 23: Self-love, 73: Sea Lawyers, 77: Sense governs, 129: Sheridan, 107: Shouting, 115: School Teachers, 130: Sight Reading, 57: Skips and Slides. 167: Shame, 223: Schoolmaster and Pupils, 43: Sharp Reply, 163: Slander, 139: Slender Voice, 155: Sinking in the Sto O-25-6-7; 19, 24-9, 30, 57; Obeying Orders, 146; Observe, 205; Oi and Oy, 31; Old and New Methods of Spelling, 65-6-7; Old Habits, 124; Only way to teach Reading, 169; Only Natural Sound, 18; and Notes on, 47; One Tongue enough, 48: Opening the Mouth, 110; Operating Circumstances, 162; Oratory, 27, 74, 110, 156; 1 mach, 92; Sounds, 22; Simple Laughter, 192; Simple Bodily Pain, 195; Speculation like a Cold Bath, 144; Strong Points, 106; Standing, 22; Starry Firmament [Addison], 46; Strength of Voice, 145; Society owes all a Living, 63; Sources of Faults, 235; Socrates and the Tyrants, 102; Speaking the Gauntlet, 116; Student's Poetry, 116; Sommerfield and the Bishop, 138; Standard of Speaking, 152; Sterling Integrity, 154; Style, 148, 151-9, 160-1-2; Stress, 67; Sublimity and Pathos, 22; Striking out Beauties, 177; Stage Regulator, 178; Sowing and Reaping, 180; Suggestions, 154, 235; Surmise, 215; Suspicion, 224; Stupidity, 30; Stretch of Thought, 231; Spinsters, 54; Successful Speaker, 128; Swiss Retort, 127; Swearing King, 103; Standing, 22; Swearing, 167; Surprise, 188, 223; Stages of Progress, 170. T-39, 41; Talent, 120; Tale of Wonder, 226; Tallow and Talent, 158; Telling Stories, 78; To teach Children, 109; Telescope, 91; Terror, 183, 225, 231; Temperance, 198; Teaching, 225; Theology, 19; Tendency of our Language, 157; Theatres, 174; Thinking, 175; Thought and Feeling, 114; Thats, 49; Thistle Sifter, 60; True Wisdom, 34; Triphthongs, 32: Three Essentials in all things, 51: Th, 60-1, True Empire, 76: Three Degrees of Speech, 112: Three modes of Existence, 121: Thorax, 9: Tight Dressing, 9: These are my Jewels, 196: Time in Man, 166: Truth, 171, 192: True Happiness, 172: This World, 202: A fleeting show, 189; True Eloquence, 209: To act a Passion, 212: Too common, 221: True Modesty, 21: To and The, 57: Tough Animal, 79: Truths not Fictions, 170: Too hard, 142: Truth and Nature, 130: To prevent Suicide, 108: Turn Bread into Stones, 202: Tyrolese Songs, 234: Transition, 146: True Philosophy, 135: To succeed, 146: Tremor of Voice, 156: Try again, 156: Tran quillity, 172: Tweedledum and Tweedledee, 228: The Feet, 174: Twilight Dews, 193: Thou art, O God, 188: The Rose, 72: The Union, 55. U-28-9, 30, 22, 24, 55, 58: Ugly Dreams, 165: Unaccented Vowels, 75: Uncertain quantity of Wine, 62: Unwelcome Visitor, 74: Use of Spelling, 68. V-43: Vanity Reproved, 162: Vain Mother, 58: Varieties on every page: Veneration, 189, 226: Ventriloquism, 60: Vehemence of Action, 232: Views of Truth, 211: Virtue the best Treasure, 222: Virtue before Riches, 160: Virtuous Friendship, 237: Vexation, 227: Voice, 166; Vocal Organs, 11; Vocal Gymnastics, 23. W-55, 26; Warren's Address at the Battle of Bunker Hill, paraphrased, 57; War and Truth, 90; Washington and Mother, 194; and W. and the U. S., 100; Wh, 62; What is Ours, 61; Wet Minister, 18; What a Bug! 226; Waves or Circumflexes, 130-3; Weeping Emperor, 218; What the Youth had learned, 115; Who is wrong in the Argument, 122; What for? 150; We love them so, 60; Who rules? 53; Whitfield Rambling, 50; Wm. Penn, 37; Wirt, 150; Windpipe, &c., 11; Wife, 153; Wild Oats, 19; Win ter Evenings, 62; Wisdom of our Ancestors, 129: Weeping, 194 William and Lucy, 194: Word Painting, 95, 139, 142: Whipped for making Rhymes, 191: Words, 20: Worth, 65: Woman, 75, 133, 136, 152: Wonder, 188, 226: Woman as she should be, 32: Working a Passage, 98: Wrong Choice, 47: Written Language, 53-4: World not all a fleeting show, 85: Written Page, 230. X-Pages 56, 57, 63, 64, 65, and 38. Y-Pages 58, 22, 23, 24, 29, 63, 64. Z-Pages 38, 46, 63, 67: Zo-ol-o-gy, 7, 104. CONTENTS OF READINGS AND RECITATIONS. A-Accomplished Young Lady, 261; Adams and Jefferson, 273; Advantages of Knowledge, 291; Adherence to Truth, 270; Against the American War, 243; Alexander Selkirk [Cowper), 295; Alexander's Feast, 315; Alexander at Olympia Games, 230; Antony's Oration over Cæsar, 252; America, 277, 280; American Flag, 288; Aspirations of Youth, 246; Atheist and Acorn, 250. B-Baron's Last Banquet, 289; Basque Girl, or Love's Sacrifice, 313; Balance of Happiness, 239; Battle Field, 242; Battle of Waterloo, 264; Beggar's Petition, 275; Benefits of Agriculture, 288; Beauties of Nature, 302; Best Cure for Trouble, 300; Best of Wives, 314; Burr and Blannerhassett, 268; Brutus' Harangue on the death of Cæsar, 261; Burial of Sir John Moore, 242; Byron's Apostrophe to the Ocean, 263. C-Cato's Senate, 276: his Soliloquy, 310; Cassius against Casar, 242; Character of Woman, 248; of Pitt, 297; of Bonaparte, 302; Changing and Unchanging, 239; Chestnut Horse, 249; Charity, 261; Cicero against Verres, 308; Constancy of Woman, 295; Coral Grove, 260; Cure for Hard Times, 285. D-David's Lament over Absalom [Willis), 266; Darkness [Byron], 258; Deserted Wife, 304; Dew Drop, 291; Destruction of Senacharib's Army [Byron], 240; Dignity of Human Nature, 305; Disappointed Ambition, 240; Doctor and his hopeful Pupil, 293; Duty of American Citizens, 311; Douglas' Account of himself, 244, E-Education, 278; Emmet's Vindication, in full, 306; Eulogium on the South (Hayne), 254; Do. on the North (Webster,) 254; Eulogium on Kosciusko, 298; Eve's Love for Adam, 294; Exile of Erin, 273; Eyes, 279. F-Fall of Beauty, 314; Fancied Infallibility, 238; Female Character, 295; Fever Dream, 265; Fireside Happiness, 285; Flight of Xerxes, 241; Fortune Teller, 282; Footsteps of Angels, 278; Freeman, 301; Frenchman and his Host, 281. G-Gambler's Wife, 257; Goodness of God, 256; Games, 259; Ginevra, or Lost Bride (Rogers), 272; Gentleness, 246; Genuine Taste, 257; God in Nature, 276: Good Night (Sands), 282; Groves God's first Temples (Bryant), 283; Grave of the Renowned, 310; Greek Literature, 287. H-Hannibal to his Soldiers, 247; Home, 313; Human Life, 809; Hypocrite (Pollok), 273. I-Immortality of the Soul (Addison), 238; Indian Language, 292; Immortal Mind, 257; Improvement of the Mind, 248; Indian Names, 248; Influence of the Wise and Good, 309; Infant Sleeping in a Garden, 239; Industry and Eloquence, 301; Invalid Abroad, 252. J-John Adams' Speech, on adopting the Declaration of Inde pendence, 245; Justice, 240. L-Land of Rest, 278; Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, 311; Lay of the Mad man, 300; Liberty and Union, 255; Life is Real, 305; Life of a Drunkard, 253; Lord Ullin's Daughter, 290; Lochinvar (Scott), 297; Locke, 293; Loss of National Character, 282; Lucy, 307. M-Maid of Malahide, 267; Maniac, a scene in a Private Mad house (Lewis), 270; Maria taking the Vail, 314; Maria (Cole ridge), 316; Marco Bozzarris, 267; Majesty of the Law, 293; Maternal Affection, 303; Military Insubordination (Clay), 271, Modulation, 285; Moloch's Oration for War, 308; Marseilles Hymn of Liberty, 292; Moonlight and Battlefield, 255; My Country, 250; Moral Effects of Intemperance, 240; Mother's Love, 237. N-National Glory, 241; National Union, 250; Natural History of Love, 264; Nature's Wants are few, 284; Nature of True Eloquence, 286; Needle (Woodworth), 272; Night Scene in Turkey, 246; New Year, 279; No excellence without Labor, 305; Nobility of Labor, 266; Nose and the Man, 265. O-Ode on the Passions (Collins), 249; Ode for the 4th of July, 316; Of Elocution, 244; Old Oaken Bucket (Woodworth), 256; Old Hat, 296; Orator Puff, 315; Ossian's Address to the Moon, 241; Do. to the Sun, 244; Othello's Apology for Marrying, 296. Our Country, 240; Our Toils and their Reward, 238. P-Parts of the Whole, 238; Parrhasius and the Olynthian Captive (Willis), 274; Patrick Henry's Speech, setting in motion the ball of the Revolution, 277; Passing the Rubicon, 290; Passage of the Red Sea (Heber), 286; Patriotic Triumph, 263; Peace and War contrasted, (Hall) 257; Perfect Orator, 279; Perry's Victory on Lake Erie, 260; Physical Education, 284; Philosophy and Religion, 316; Pilgrims and their Destiny, 312; Play-place of early days, 276; Political Corruption, 310; Power of Eloquence (Carey), 280; Press on, 246; Pride of Profession, 316; Progress of Liberty, 256; of Government, 290; Public Faith, 309. -Queen Mab (Shakspeare), 289. R-Razor Seller, 271; Rainy Day, 239; Rejected, 304; Respect to Old Age, 282; Recitations, instead of Theatres (Dr. Channing), 264; Resurrection of the Lord (Hardie), 292; Richard III., 304; Right of Free Discussion (Webster), 256. S-Sailor Boy's Dream, 262; Serpent of the Still, 253; She walks in Beauty (Byron), 238; Ship, 241; Slander, 260, 294, 311; Soul's Defiance, 286; Speech of Belial, 275; of Cataline, 293; Spirit of British Law, 271; Star of Bethlehem, 294; Stag Chase (Scott), 284; Stream of Life, 296; Sublimity of Mountain Scenery, 250; Swear. ing nobly reproved, 193. T-Talents always Ascendant, 269; Thanatopsis (Bryant), 287; Thunder Storm on the Alps, 303; Three Black Crows, 259; The Whiskers, 243; The Hermit (Beattie), 247; The Murderer Knapp (Webster), 251; Tit for Tat, or Coquetry Punished (Woodworth), 263; Tribute to Penn, 312; Do. to Washington, 287; To Mary in Heaven (Burns), 303; To-day and To-morrow, 307; True Friendship, 260. V-Victim Bride and Miser (Harrison), 291; Village Blacksmith (Longfellow), 299; Vulture and Captive Infant, 247. W-Way to be Happy, 278; Wilderness of Mind [Osborne], 258; Wife, Children and Friends, [Spenser], 279; Woolsey's Soli oquy on Ambition, 312; World at a Distance [Cowper], 253; World to Come, 280. Y-Youth and Age, 289. References and Testimonials. subject; his instructions are of vast importance to EXTRACT-From the Faculty of the Hanover Col- public speakers. His appearance, his manner, his lege, Ia. Having attended Prof. Bronson's prelec- voice, and his mode of treating the subject of Elotions to the students of this College, in the art of cution, are altogether original. His Recitations are Elocution, we take great pleasure in bearing testi- well done, and give an agreeable variety to the Lecmony, no less to his laborious fidelity to his pupils, tures. His Instructions must prove of immense than to the soundness of his principles, and his own value. thorough acquaintance with the subject he professes EXTRACT-From the Lexington, Ky. Intelligencer. to teach. Mr. Bronson is no charletan in his pro- Reader, do you ever spend money for sperfluities, fession. Not content with communicating abstract such as balls, circuses, menageries or theatres? I knowledge, nor with exhibiting his own power of so, we are not going quarrel with you, or criticise applying that knowledge, his great aim seems to be your taste. But we are about to say, that a source -to make the student a practical Elocutionist. We of amusement, cheaper, more intellectual, more most cheerfully recommend him to the patronage decidely improving, and at the same time unques. of an enlightened public; and, especially, to the tionably innocent and entertaining, is presented in patrons of public Institutions of Learning. the Lectures on Elocution and Music now in pro EXTRACT-From the Committee of the classes at gress by Professor Bronson. Princeton Theological Seminary. We take plea- PROF. BRONSON is evidently master of his professure in expressing our approbation of the principles sion: he not only understands Oratory theoretically of Prof. Bronson's system, and the manner in and practically, but possesses a most happy faculty which he inculcates them in his practical Lectures. of teaching it. Those who are fond of splendid His model is NATURE; and therefore, his primary specimens of Elocution should not fail of attending object is to bring into active operation all those or- these Lectures. The knowledge obtained from this gans which nature designed to be employed in the system is especially necessary for Mothers, and production of vocal sounds. This object once at-those who have the training of children, or the tained, the beneficial consequences, which follow, teaching of vocal music.-Daily Democrat, (Roare numerous; and, to the Public Speaker, inval- chester,) N. Y. uable. Articulation becomes easy and distinct, the The mere announcement of Prof. Bronson's Lec voice acquires increased clearness, strength, flexi- tures and Recitations, will be sufficient, in Trenton, bility and compass and exhaustion, arising from protracted vocal labor, is avoided; together with to draw a large audience.-N. J. State Gazette. inflamation of the lungs, and BRONCHITIS-those Among the professors of Elocution of the present fearful forms of disease, which darken the prospects day, perhaps no one has attained the fame of Mr. and curtail the usefulness of so many at the present Bronson. He understands the art of speaking theo day. Mr. B's oral instruction is entirely practical, retically and practically-medically and philoloand well calculated to verify the truth of his theory gically-in every shape and in every form. Such We all join in expressing our high approbation of varied qualifications as he possesses are rarely his system, and our firm conviction that it is well found, and all who read the Herald should hear worthy the attention of all who aim at becoming him.-N. Y Herald. good Singers, Readers, or public Speakers. Professor Bronson's lectures have been listened EXTRACT. From the Classes in the Miami Uni-to by crowded audiences. He has been compelled, versity, Ohio. We take pleasure in expressing our for want of room to leave Masonic Hall, and occu entire satisfaction with him as a teacher, and of his py the Westminister Street Chapel.-Prov. R. I. mode of instruction. By this analysis and exposi-Journal. tion of the elementary principles of language, he EXTRACT. From a letter by MR. LOWELL places within the hands of his pupils a Key to their MASON, Boston, a celebrated composer and teafaults, together with a definite mode of correcting cher of Music. them, and guiding their further efforts to improve "As far as I can judge of your principles, I apin the art of Elocution. By his faithful attention, prove; they appear to me to be founded in truth he has succeeded in giving entire satisfaction to all and nature. "I have introduced something of your who have attended his Lectures. Being convinced system into my classes. Knowing what I now that his plan is founded upon correct philosophical know, I should certainly give the money right over principles, and is adequate to the accomplishment again for the knowledge I acquired; yes, double, of its professed object,--and having every con- were it necessary. Could I command the time fidence in his capability and faithfullness, we cheer- should like to pursue the study much longer with fully recommend Prof. Bronson to all to whom he you; but what I have already acquired I consider may offer his services, as a competent teacher of highly important, and you have my THANKS as well jas my MONEY.'" Elocution. EXTRACT. From some of the Professors in EXTRACT.-From the Journal of Commerce, NY. Rutger's College, New Brunswick, N. J.-Having Mr. Bronson is certainly one of the most original attended Professor Bronson's Course of Lectures, and entertaining men with whom we meet. He we cheerfully bear witness to his COMPETENCY and treats on all matters relating to sound, and its orfaithfulness as an instructor; and are well satis- gans, and illustrates his principles by examples of fied that his system of discipline, if duly followed singing and rhetorical rehearsal of a high charac up, cannot fail to impart distinctness of articula-ter. tion, with an easy and impressive elocution. The Recitations of Prof. Bronson were received EXTRACT-From the students of Jefferson Col-with great satisfaction, by one of the largest assem lege, Canonsburgh, Pa.-We take this opportunity blics that we have ever seen in College Hall. N of expressing our approbation of Prof. Bronson's author need ask more, than to have the delicate system, and of his capability to instruct others in touches of his fancy, and the hidden meaning of his this most important art. He is a perfect master of thought, brought out by the professor-Cincin all he teaches, and the principles on which he bases nati Daily Gazette. his instructions are so accordant with Philosophy Prof. Bronson's Lectures and Recitations have and common sense, as to recommend them to the been received with decided favor in almost every approval of every admirer of elegant enunciation, City in the Union, and in our principal Towns and either in Reading or Oratory. We recommend and Literary Institutions. We heard him some him to all persons who feel desirious of acquiring years since, and derived much instructions and prothe art of Reading and Speaking with science and fit from his original theory of the Human Voice; of effect. the means of strengthening and perfecting it, and d From the Mercantile Journal, Boston. We have curing the prevalent diseases of the vocal organa no doubt but that Prof. Bronson is master of his Bronchitis, &c. N. Y. Daily Tribune. |