{"product_id":"new-science-of-elocution-the-elements-and-principles-of-vocal-expression-in-lessons-with-exercises-and-selections-systematically-arranged-for-acquiring-the-art-of-reading-and-speaking","title":"New Science of Elocution: The Elements and Principles of Vocal Expression in Lessons, with Exercises and Selections Systematically Arranged for Acquiring the Art of Reading and Speaking","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Phillips \u0026amp; Hunt ; Cincinnati: Cranston \u0026amp; Stowe, 1886. First revised edition (no additoinal dates to copyright page; only 1886). Octavo in maroon stamped boards with gilt spine; 382p, including initial section of testimonials A remakably crisp and tight copy; about near fine(-). Very small \"Historical Documents of Education Foundation\" stamp to front free endpaper; personal owner signature to title page. Hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA revised and expanded reworking of author's earlier Science of Elocution. A  late-Victorian American elocution manual — a descendant of the eighteenth-century mechanical school of Sheridan and Walker, and contemporary of the Delsartean vogue then sweeping the country's schools and lyceums. Hamill's method is the characteristic one of its moment: treat delivery as a science with analyzable components — breathing, articulation, quality and force of voice, pitch, inflection, emphasis, pause, and gesture — drill each through graded exercises, then apply the whole to a large anthology of reading selections. That arrangement made the book useful to normal schools, seminaries, and self-improvers alike, and it stayed in print through the 1880s and beyond (later issues bear the Eaton \u0026amp; Mains imprint). Today its interest is mainly historical: it documents a period when reading aloud was a core civic and pedagogical skill, and when the prosody of English verse and oratory was taught as a set of notatable, teachable physical habits — a tradition that faded fast once silent reading and the microphone changed what a speaking voice was for. -- Sources: Princeton Prosody Archive, Internet Archive. | Self-Help; Education, Oratory\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hamill, S. S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48336813293826,"sku":"106707","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/106707.jpg?v=1786807856","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/new-science-of-elocution-the-elements-and-principles-of-vocal-expression-in-lessons-with-exercises-and-selections-systematically-arranged-for-acquiring-the-art-of-reading-and-speaking","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}