the same great object continues to be pursued, by faithful endeavours to cultivate the understandings of youth, and by a steady attention to discipline, it is hoped that you will have the satisfaction to observe the same effects produced, and that the scene will be realised, which our POETESS has so beautifully described When this, this little group their Country calls I am, With sincere respect and gratitude, DEAR SIR, most obedient servant, WILLIAM ENFIELD. Warrington Academy. ADVERTISEMENT. DR. ENFIELD'S “Speaker” has long been a favourite Manual of Instruction in Reading, Elocution, and Recitation. This popularity is in a great measure owing to the good taste and discrimination evinced in the selections. But as it was felt that a few of the most beautiful pieces in our more modern literature would be a valuable accession in themselves, and strictly in unison with the original design, the publishers have availed themselves of the services of the Rev. James Pycroft in making an appropriate selection, and they trust that the care bestowed upon the present Edition will secure for the work a larger share of public favour than it has even hitherto enjoyed. In addition to passages from Shakespeare, Dr. Johnson, and Cowper, the publishers have been enabled, by the kind permission of the proprietors of the respective copyrights, to add a few of those choice pieces which are too widely scattered, and in too expensive a form, to be generally available in the instruction of youth. Such are--"The Spanish Armada,” by T. B. Macaulay ; “Hohenlinden,” by Campbell; Bishop Heber's “Hymn in India ; " " The Homes of England,” by Mrs. Hemans; and the favourite “Monody on the Death of Sir John Moore.” Chap. Page Pope, 36 Ib. 16 15. Edwin and Emma, Mallet, 38 3. Avarice and Luxury Ib. 17 16, Celadon and Amelia, Thomson, 41 4. Pleasure and Pain Ib. 18 17. Junio and Theana, Grainger, 42 World, 20 18. Douglas to L. Randolph, Home, 46 6. The Old Man and his Ass, Ib. 21 19. Othello's Apology, Shakspeare, 47 Darwin, 48 8. Pity . . Mrs. Barbauld, 24 21. The Moralizer Corrected, Ib. 27 22. The Faithful Friend Ib. 29 23. Pairing Time Anticipated, Ib. 53 12. The Chameleon Merrick, 33 24. The Needless Alarm . 16. 55 13. The Youth and the Philoso- . 1. On Modesty Spectator, 61 7. On the Advantages of Unit- 2. On Cheerfulness Ib. 63 ing Gentleness of Manners 3. On Sincerity Tillotson, 66 with Firmness of Mind, 11. Hamlet's Instructions to the 20. Elegy to a Young Nobleman, 12. The Present Condition of 21. On the Miseries of Human 13. On the Order of Nature Ib. 83 22. Reflections 14. The Origin of Superstition Ib. 87 24. The Pain arising from Vir- Ib. 89 tuous Emotions attended strong, 92 26. The Pleasures arising from a Holland, 1091 4. On the Immortality of the 2. Virtue our Highest Interest, 1. Junius Brutus over the dead body of Lucretia Livy, 121 Stephen Lord Lyttelton, 134 2. Hannibal to his Soldiers Ib. 122 8. Mr. Pulteney's Speech on the 3. C. Marius to the Romans, on him General in the Expe- 9. Sir John St. Aubin's Speech Extraction Sallust, 125 10. Sir Robert Walpole's Reply 146 11. Lord Lyttelton's Speech on Ib. 129 12. In Praise of Virtue 6. Galgacus, the General of the 13. The Speech of Brutus on the Death of Cæsar, Shakspeare 155 gainst the Romans, Tacitus, 131 14. Gloucester's Speech to the 7. The Earl of Arundel's Speech proposing an Accommoda- 15. Henry V. to his Soldiers, Ib. 157 |