ELOCUTIONIST:

A SELECTION OF PIECES

IN

Prose and Verse,

TO EXEMPLIFY

THE ART OF READING;

Accompanied with

EXERCISES AND NOTES,

And preceded by

AN INTRODUCTION,

CONTAINING A NEW VIEW OF THE CAUSE OF INFLECTION

From which Mr. Walker's System of Rules

IS SHOWN TO BE ERRONEOUS.

By JOHN WHITE, A. M.

TEACHER OF ELOCUTION, GRAMMAR, ETC. ABERDEEN.

ABERDEEN:

PRINTED FOR G. CLARK; J. THOMSON, EDINBURGH; ROBERTSON & ATKINSON, GLASGOW; AND LONGMAN & CO. LONDON.

M. DCCC. XXVI.

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FRANCIS JEFFREY, Esq.

SIR,

I BEG leave to dedicate this Compilation to you. For the satisfaction of the inquisitive, I say that, respect for your character and opinions, the instruction and pleasure which I have derived from your Works, your attention to Education in general, and to Elocution in particular, your desire to give every literary subject a candid hearing, are The motives which have urged me to trespass upon your attention. Had it been a work of much greater importance than it really can pretend to be, I should in so far have derived an additional pleasure in subscribing myself,

SIR,

With much respect,

Your most obedient Servant,

J. W.