GROOMBRIDGE'S SHILLING PRACTICAL MANUALS. 



Each Book sent post free for 12 stamps. 



9. ELOCUTION MADE EASY for Clergymen, Public 



Speakers, and Eeadcrs, Lecturers, Actors. Theatrical Ama- 

 teurs, and all who wish to speak well and effectively in Public 

 or Private. By Ciiajiles Hajitley. Contents: Cultivation 

 of the Speaking Voice, Management of the Voice, Pausing, 

 Taking Breath, Pitch, Articulation, Pronunciation, The 

 Aspirate, The Letter E, Emphasis, Tone, Movement, Feeling 

 and Passion, Verse, Scriptural Reading, Stammering and 

 Stuttering, Action, Acting, Reciting, etc. 



10. ORATORY MADE EASY. A Guide to the Composi- 

 tion of Speeches. By Charles Hartley. Contents : Intro- 

 duction, Power of Art, Various Kinds of Oratory, Prepared 

 Speech, Constructing a Speech, Short Speeches, Command 

 of Language, Reading and Thinking, Style, Hasty Composi- 

 tion, Forming a Style, Copiousness and Conciseness, Diction 

 or Language, Purity and Propriety, Misapplied Words, 

 Monosyllables, Specific Terms, Variety of Language, Too 

 Great Care about Words, Epithets, Precision, Synonymes, 

 Perspicuity, Long and Short Sentences, Tropes and Figures, 

 Metaphor, Simile, etc. 



11. THE GRAMMATICAL REMEMBRANCER; or, 



Aids for correct Speaking, Writing, and Spelling, for Adults. 

 By Charles Hartley. Contents : Introduction, Neglect of 

 English Grammar, Divisions of Grammar, Parts of Speech, 

 The Article, The Silent H, Nouns, Formation of the Plural, 

 Genders of Nouns, Cases of Nouns, Comparison of Adjectives, 

 Personal Pronouns, Relative Pronouns, Demonstrative Pro- 

 nouns, Regular and Irregular Verbs, Shall and Will, The Ad- 

 verb, Misapplication of Words, Division of Words, Capital 

 Letters, Rules for Spelling Double Z and i?, A Short Syntax, 

 Punctuation, etc. 



12. THE CANARY. Its History, Varieties, Manage- 

 ment, and Breeding, with Coloured Frontispiece. By Richard 

 Avis. Contains, History of the Canary, Varieties of the 

 Canary, Food and General Management, Cages, Breeding, 

 Education of the Young, Mules, Diseases, etc. 



13. BIRD PRESERVING and Bird Mounting, and the 



Preservation of Birds' Eggs, with a Chapter on Bird Catching. 

 By Richard Avis. 



14. WINE GUIDE ; or, Practical Hints on the Pur- 

 chase and Management of Foreign Wines, their History, and 

 a complete catalogue of all those in present use, together with 

 remarks upon the treatment of Spirits, Bottled Beer, and 

 Cider. To which is appended Instructions for the Cellar, and 

 other information valuable to the Consumer as well as the 

 Dealer. By Fredekick C. Mills. 



GEOOMBRTDGE & SONS, 5, Patehncster Row, London. 



