_A COMPANION TO BAKER'S READING CLUB._
ELOCUTION SIMPLIFIED;
WITH
AN APPENDIX ON LISPING, STAMMERING, STUTTERING,
AND OTHER DEFECTS OF SPEECH.
BY
WALTER K. FOBES,
GRADUATE OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ORATORY.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY
GEORGE M. BAKER,
AUTHOR OF THE READING-CLUB SERIES, ETC.
BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.
NEW YORK:
CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM.
1877.
COPYRIGHT.
1877,
BY WALTER K. FOBES.
THIS LITTLE BOOK
IS DEDICATED TO
PROF. LEWIS B. MONROE,
IN TESTIMONY OF APPRECIATION OF HIS MANY QUALIFICATIONS AS A
TEACHER OF THIS ART, AND OF THE RESPECT AND AFFECTION
WITH WHICH HE WILL EVER BE
REGARDED BY HIS FRIEND
AND PUPIL,
THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE.
"Why write this book?" say you.
"Because it is needed," say I.
There is no "digest" of elocution that is both methodical and practical,
and that is low in price, now in the market.
This book is an epitome of the science of elocution, containing nothing
that is not necessary for you to know, if you wish to make yourself a
good reader or speaker.
You who will thoroughly study and digest this book, and then put in
practice what you here have learned, will have started on the road, the
goal of which is Oratory.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
PREFACE 5
INTRODUCTION 11
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 15
METHOD OF STUDY OF ELOCUTION 15
PART I.
PHYSICAL GYMNASTICS 17
ATTITUDE 17
Standing Position 17
Speaker's Position 18
Sitting Position 18
Changing Position 18
Poise of Body 18
Rising on Toes 19
Holding the Book 19
Note on Attitude 19
CHEST EXPANSION 19
Active and Passive Chest 19
Arms at Side 19
Fore-arm Vertical 20
Full-arm Percussion 20
Hand Percussion 20
BODY MOVEMENTS 21
Bend Forward and Back 21
Bend Right and Left 21
Turn Right and Left 21
NECK MOVEMENTS 21
Bend Forward and Back 21
Bend Right and Left 21
Turn Right and Left 21
Note on Physical Gymnastics 21