SUBJECTS FOR INVENTION. 347 · Impulse and Principle. New England and Old England. Effects of the Discovery of America. Proceedings of a Public Meeting called to consider the propriety of building a new School-house. Report of a Committee appointed to draft Resolutions at a Meeting held to prevent Intemperance. A Petition addressed to the Legislature of this State for the enactment of a Law the more effectually to prevent Gambling. Report of a Committee appointed to visit the Schools of this State, and to examine their Condition, and suggest what Improvements are needed. Reform Schools: their Character and Usefulness. The Telescope and the Microscope. Prospects of the English Language. The Chinese in America. The Effects of Music and Painting compared. Importance of Agricultural Colleges. A Poem: America in the 19th Century. A Poem: The Last Red Man. A Poem: The Submarine Telegraph. PROPRIETY OF THE STUDY OF ELOCUTION. 1. Definition.-ELOCUTION teaches how most effectively to pronounce or speak any production, original or borrowed. In a practical Rhetoric we are compelled often to observe the distinction between productions that are designed to be printed and read, and those which are designed to be spoken. The former must be written, the latter may be pronounced either with or without having been written. 2. How to make a Production impressive.-An author's interest in his productions does not usually cease with their creation; he desires to introduce them favorably. If they are to be printed, much depends on the vehicle chosen. Shall they be published as a book, or in some periodical? Shall they be illustrated by pictures? Shall they appear in an expensive or cheap form? A poor production may borrow a temporary popularity from an attractive dress, or from undeserved eulogy, and a meritorious work might sink into obliv ion from an unfavorable presentation. The art of publishing, however, can not here be investigated. But Elocution, the art of speaking well, claims attention in a treatise on Rhetoric, and is intrinsically valuable. 3. Opposite erroneous Views on the Power of Elocu |