THE ART OF SPEAKING

To be Published Shortly.

A STANDARD RECITER,

WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES UPON

SPEAKING, READING, and RECITATION,

BY

ERNEST PERTWEE,

Author of "The Art of Speaking."

THIS work will include, in addition to Standard Recitations, a large number of modern copyright poems and prose selections which have not hitherto been published in other Reciters. A feature of the book will be the inclusion of scenes from the plays of Dramatists of the day.

It is hoped that Teachers of Elocution and their pupils will find the work of especial value as containing a comprehensive field for study.

Professor of Elocution, City of London School, etc

GENERAL

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.-Introductory consideration of subject, 9.

Imitation of Speech, 10.
Schools and Colleges, 11.

CHAPTER II.-Respiration, 13.

Children's

Necessity for Speech Study in
What can be definitely taught, II.

The Lungs, Trachea and Larynx,

13. Thorax, 14. Rib Muscles, 14. Regulation of Breath

dependent on control of Rib Muscles, 15. Necessity of

Frequent Inspiration, 16. Clavicular Breathing, 16. Costal

Breathing, 16. Abdominal Breathing, 17. Superiority of

Costal Breathing, 17. Advantages of Inhalation of Air

through Nostrils, 19. The Nose, 20. Mouth Breathing, 20.

CHAPTER III.-The Development of the

Laryngeal Sound, 23. Laryngoscope,

bre, 26.
Use of ordinary Mirror, 24.

tion of Mouth in reference to Vowels

The Soft Palate, 25. The Tongue, 26.

Physical Defects, 27.

Speaking Voice, 22.

23. Quality or Tim-

Necessity of Observa-

and Consonants, 25.

Nasal Resonance, 26.

CHAPTER IV.-Inflection, Modulation, Pitch and Change of Key, 28.

Vocal Expression, 28. Study of Singing an Aid to Speech

and vice versa, 29. Vocal Practise, 29. The Pitch of the

Voice, 30. The Differences of Speech and Song, 32. Change

of Key, 33. Vocal Quantity, 34. Value of a Gentle com-

mencement, 34. Travelling Quality of a Voice, 35. The

Tones of a Voice, 35. Voice to rest upon Breath, 36. Re-

sonance, 37.

Difficult

CHAPTER V.-Articulation, 38. The Use of the Mouth and Lips

in enunciation, 38. Eighteen Vowel Sounds, 40.

Sentences, 41. Indistinctness, 41. Nasal Intonation, 42.

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