Woman designed to be Admired and Married, Scene on the First Day of April, ELOCUTION. PART I. THEORETIC AND SCIENTIFIC. SALUTATORY DIALOGUE. TEACHER AND PUPIL. PUPIL. You have spoken of Putnam's Elocution as a textbook for reading and speaking: will our teacher have the goodness to tell us something of Elocution, as a science and art? Teacher. I am happy, my young friends, to answer this reasonable and interesting question. Elocution is a noble and sublime science; and I trust my pupils of both sexes, will take a lively interest in it. The work I have recommended will guide you to nature's teachings, make you happy in its study, and greatly aid you in the most important portion of your education-the art of communicating thought and knowledge. To do this with elegance, force and effect, should be the ambition of every reader or speaker. The advantages you may derive from a persevering study and practice of the science and art, are many and important. They may be mostly included in a single paragraph: A correct Articulation, a full musical Voice, graceful and appropriate Gestures, self-confidence, a reliable knowledge of |