Excerpt from The Juvenile Speaker: Comprising Elementary Rules and Exercises in Declamation, With a Selection of Pieces for Practice The reference above is not made as claiming originality of method. The author would acknowledge himself indebted, for Whatever merit his system possesses, to the elaborate theory of Dr. Rush, in his Philosophy of the Human Voice, - to the personal instructions, also, of Mr. J ames E. Murdoch, While that gentleman was engaged in the business of training the vocal organs, for the practice of public speaking, and to the superin tendence and directions of the compiler's father, Mr. William Russel], whose modes of instruction are developed in his various works on the subject of elocution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.