6 [ENLARGED.] A SYSTEM OF VOCAL GYMNASTICS; DESIGNED FOR THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH, CURE OF WITH EXERCISES IN ELOCUTION, VOCAL GYMNASTICS, ARTICULATION, Illustrated with Two Hundred and Sixty-three Engravings, of Figures in various Positions, BY ANDREW COMSTOCK, M.D. TO WHICH IS ADDED A COLLECTION OF GEMS FROM THE WRITINGS EDITED AND SELECTED BY PHILIP LAWRENCE, PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION, AND TEACHER OF READING AND RECITATION IN PHILADELPHIA: T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS; 306 CHESTNUT STREET. 1 MARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF GEORGE ARTHUR PLIMPTON Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. EDITOR'S PREFACE. Ar the request of many of the Principals of Private Schools and Colleges in Philadelphia, I have undertaken the pleasing task of collecting some of the finest productions of ghius, in Verse and Prose, and adding them to the talented work of the late Dr. Comstock (one of the best Teachers for the cultivation of the voice that I ever met with). I hope to produce a Work on Elocution suited to all persons, whether old or young. While I do not hold myself responsible for all the assertions of the talented Doctor, I yet agree with him in most of his remarks, and believe his work can be studied with great advantage. All persons ought to be aware how important it is to attend to the modulation of the voice. The chief beauty of oratory is in the melody of the speaker's utterance. If the orator delivers his own ideas, or those of another, how soon his hearers become indifferent if the speech is delivered in one tone of voice! But, when the speaker whose voice is cultivated and modulated, is heard, every ear listens with delight, every eye beams upon him with pleasure; the feelings of his hearers will be at one time melted into tears by the pathos of his tones, at another roused |