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HOW TO SPEAK WELL in Public and Private. 



By Charles Hartley. A most useful aid to Clergy- 

 men, Public Speakers, Readers, Theatrical Amateurs, 

 Members of Corporations, Local Parliaments and 

 Debating Societies, and all those who desire to express 

 their views clearly and effectively, either on the plat- 

 form or at the fireside. Contents : — Power of Oratory, 

 Various Kinds of Oratory, Prepared Speech, Con- 

 structing a Speech, Short Sj)eeches, Command of 

 Language, Reading and Thinking, Style, Hasty 

 Composition, Forming a Style, Copiousness and Con- 

 ciseness, 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 



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 Irre^lar Verbs, Shall and Will, 

 The Adverb, Misapplication of Words, Division of 

 Words, Capital Letters, Rules for Spelling Double I 

 and jt>, A Short Syntax, Punctuation, etc. 



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