A

GRAMMAR OF ELOCUTION:

ADAPTED TO THE

USE OF TEACHERS AND LEARNERS

IN THE

Art of Reading;

BEING

A DIGEST OF THE PRINCIPLES OF VOCAL DELIVERY.

AN INDUCTIVE SYSTEM, IN THREE PARTS:

ARTICULATION, INTONATION, AND MEASURE.

AS TAUGHT AT THE VOCAL INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA.

BY

H. O. APTHORP, A. M., M. D.,

PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION.

Istis quicunque laborat

Edico propere ingenuas descendere ad artes.

Luc.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY H. COWPERTHWAIT & CO.

BOSTON:

SHEPARD, CLARK & BROWN.