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A System of Elocution. By Andrew Comstock, M. D. Philadelphia: Butler and Williams, 1844. The American Elocutionist; comprising “Lessons in Enunciation,”; “Exercises in Elocution”;, and “Rudiments of Gesture”; with a selection of new pieces for practice in Reading and Declamation; and engraved Illustrations in Attitude and Action. By William Russell. Boston, Jenks and Palmer, 1844. Orthophony; or the Cultivation of the Voice in Elocution. A Manual of Elementary‐Exercises, adapted to Dr. Rush's “Philosophy of the Human Voice”;, and the system of Vocal Culture Introduced by Mr. James E. Murdock. Designed as an Introduction to Russell's “American Elocutionist.”; Compiled by William Russell. With a Supplement on Purity of Tone, by G. J. Webb, Prof. Boston Academy of Music. Thirty‐Seventh Edition. Boston, 1870. Pulpit Elocution; comprising Suggestions on the Importance of Study; Remarks on the Effect of Manner in Speaking; the Rules of Reading Exemplified from the Scriptures, Hymns, and Sermons; Observations on the Principles of Gesture; and a Selection of Pieces for Practice in Reading and Speaking. By William Russell. Andover, 1846. Jugemens des Savans sur les Auteurs qui ont traité de la Rhetorique, avec un Precis de la Doctrine de ces Auteurs. Par M. Gibert, ancien Recteur de l'Université & Professeur de Rhetorique au College de Mazarin. Amsterdam, 1725, Pp. xv, 408

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