Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. PREFACE. THIS work is prepared with three objects in view: com pleteness, that nothing be wanting to assist the teacher or student of reading; correctness, that nothing erroneous be learned; and brevity, that its price be within the means of every person desiring it. To teach reading properly, we must possess the knowledge or avail ourselves of the assistance of the following works, viz.: a work on Calisthenics, or chest development; Orthophony, or voice-training; Elocution, as a science; Gesture, or action; and Rhetoric, in order to review the selections which are read in class from time to time. This Manual is intended to combine all the essentia qualities of these books. Part First contains Orthophony, or Voice-training, including Calisthenics; Part Second, the most popular and practical Class Methods, both primary and advanced; Part Third, Gesture; and Part Fourth, Elocution, including a chapter on Rhetoric. The following works have been consulted during its preparation: Dr. Rush on the Voice, "Bell's Anatomy of Expression," Webster's and Worcester's Dictionaries, Vandenhoff's "Art of Elocution," and Murdoch's and Russell's "Vocal Culture.” Thanking William A. Wheeler, of Boston, and Miss Emily A. Rice, formerly of the Normal and Training School in Oswego, N. Y., now principal of a ladies' school in Darien, Conn., for valuable suggestions, this little work is respectfully submitted to the public. |