Edgar A. Poe. 454 97. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. Gray. 435 100. THE RAVEN ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The publishers desire to thank Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Harper & Brothers, Charles Scribner's Sons, and S. C. Griggs & Co., for permission to use some of their valuable copyright matter in this book. LIST OF ALLEN, MARY W., 71. CARY, ALICE, 197. CHANNING, W. E., 459. AUTHORS. Gosse, P. H., 193. LUBBOCK, SIR JOHN, 49, 53. O'HARA, THEODORE, 367. OSGOOD, KATE P., 164. ROBBINS, MRS. R. D. C., 120. SHAKSPEARE, WILLIAM, 422, 458, 460. SMITH, HERBERT H., 396. STEELE, MRS. J. D., 335. 354, 419. TENNYSON, ALFRED, 248, 459. THORPE, ROSA H., 209. TOMSON, JAMES, 458. TYNDALL, JOHN, 370. WALLACE, A. R., 96, 100, 128. ELOCUTION. Elocution is the art of using the voice for the proper expression of thought. The divisions under which Elocution will be considered are Pronunciation and Expression. Before undertaking to put in application any system of rules for delivery, we must thoroughly understand the thoughts to be expressed. To listen to good reading will educate us for the expression of thought; but in no sense is it true that elocution can be learned by exact imitation. Our observation of another's performance may give us the general theory of expression; but our own improvement must depend altogether upon our own labors. “Practice makes perfect" is the motto constantly to be borne in mind yet it must be intelligent practice, and not blind imitation, which can result only in making mechanical readers. PRONUNCIATION. Pronunciation treats of the Elementary Sounds of the Language, Articulation, Syllabication, and Accent. The Phonic Chart on page 32 contains a list of the elementary sounds with their equivalents; and the continued practice upon syllabication and accent in all the books of this series, makes it unnecessary to repeat in abstract form what has already been mastered by experience. |