use for the first time."
8. THE CAT, Its History and Diseases, with Method of Administering
Medicine. By the Honourable LADY CUST.
9. ELOCUTION MADE EASY for Clergymen, Public Speakers, and Readers,
Lecturers, Actors. Theatrical Amateurs, and all who wish to speak well
and effectively in Public or Private. By CHARLES HARTLEY. 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 Composition of Speeches. By
CHARLES HARTLEY. Contents: Introduction, Power of Art, Various Kinds
of Oratory, Prepared Speech, Constructing a Speech, Short Speeches,
Command of Language, Reading and Thinking, Style, Hasty Composition,
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 Pronouns, Regular and
Irregular Verbs, Shall and Will, The Adverb, Misapplication of Words,
Division of Words, Capital Letters, Rules for Spelling Double _l_ and
_p_, A Short Syntax, Punctuation, etc.
12. THE CANARY. Its History, Varieties, Management, 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 Purchase 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
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