Clegg's Elocutionist. A text-book on the art of elocution, etc

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__ THE SAME AUTHOR. 236 pages, Crown 8vo, Price Two Shillings. Elocutionary Specimens FROM MODERN POETS AND PROSE WRITERS. " Mr. Clegg*s specimens are more novel to us than those contained in any book we know of a similar character. "—Educational Review. " It is an excellent book of its kind."— Liverpool Courier. " The selection is uncommonly fresh and vigorous, consisting mainly of new compositions or selections from first-class works of humour, imagination, or classic sublimity."— Methodist Recorder, " Contains a fine choice of selections taken from more modern authors."— The Independent. Publishers : Geokge Philip & Sos, Lond>n and Liverpool. CLEG G'S Elocutionist A TEXT-BOOK ON THE ART OF ELOCUTION (WITH A FULL SCHEME OF VOCAL EXERCISES) FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, AND FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND ELOCUTION CLASSES.

INCLUDING A WIDE AND CHOICE SELECTION OF POETBY AND PBOSE FOB BEADING AND RECITATION. BY CHARLES E. CLEGG, < Lecturer on Elocution at Yorkshire United College, Bradford, and Lancashire College, Manchester, and Lecturer on English Literature and Elocution at the Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association. LONDON : GEORGE PHILIP & SON, 32 FLEET STREET, E.C. 45 TO 51 SOUTH CASTLE STREET, LIVERPOOL. 1896. [All Rights Reserved.]

Preface

. The present volume is divided into two parts : the first deals with the principles of delivery ; and the second consists in a number of literary selections, which are intended to serve as exercises of those principles. Proceeding to some extent on lines elsewhere laid down, I have enforced that side of the subject which it seemed to me could be most usefully enlarged upon, namely, the literary. This appears to be an aspect too much neglected, in favour of mere rules of speech, by many treatises on Elocution. Aspirants to public speaking have been considered in a special chapter, which should in all instances be supplemented by the one on Voice Training, and the one on Gesture. Elocution classes, such as meet in various Public Institu tions, will no doubt find the specimens of Prose and Verse well adapted to their requirements, and to students of these classes a study of the introductory argument will hardly be superfluous.

The needs of High Schools and Colleges — especially of pupils from the age of about twelve forward — have been carefully kept in view, the several departments of literature represented providing ample scope for class-reading, and again for public recitation at annual Prize-givings, Speech-days, &c. Although most phases of Elocution are considered in the pages devoted to the Theory of the art, and the treatment more or less organized and proportioned, yet this work is

PREFACE.

. IV advanced simply as suggestive of the limits and complexity of the subject, and in no way as exhaustive. For the exercise on Sub and A-tonics I am indebted to an old master and friend. Ungrudging thanks are accorded to authors and to pub lishers who have kindly given permission for certain copyright pieces to be inserted in this collection. E. Nesbit ("The Singing of the Magnificat "), E. F. Turner (" My Dentist "), and R. Blatchford ("A Lifeboat Episode"); and Messrs. MacMillan and Co. (selection from Sir Francis Doyle's " Poems "), Messrs. Triibner and Co. (extract from Sir Edwin Arnold's " Light of Asia "), Messrs. Blackwood and Sons (passage from George Eliot's " Silas Marner "), and J. W. Arrowsmith (selection from J. K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat "), are entitled to the heartiest thanks for their courtesy.

It remains for me to say that, should any pieces appear for which due sanction has not been obtained, I offer sincere apology to those concerned, and assure them that no wilful liberty has been taken. If any poem has been inserted without proper permission, it has only been after vain efforts to discover the address of the Author or the Publisher. C. E. C. r>s. Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, January 1st, 1896. CONTENTS. r,U*E Preface ... ... 3 Historic Outline ... .9 The Art of Elocution (Introductory) ..... 13 Part 1. The Instrument: Its Structure, Use, Development, Preservation. Vocal Exercises . . . . .14 2. Elocution in Relation to Literature: Modern and Bidlii'al 22 3. ,, Applied to Public Speaking . . . .38 4. Gesture and its Associated Mode of Expression . 42 5. Naturalness ....... 44 6.

Brief Studies ....... 48 SELECTIONS— POETRY. (A) Dramatic. As You Like It, Act 2, scene 5 . . . . Shakspere 119 Act 3, scene 2 ..... ,,92 Hamlet, Act 2, scene 2 ..... ,,96 ,, Act 3, scene 1 ..... . ,,95 Act 5, scene 2 . ..... ,, 1*35 Henry the Fourth, Part I., Act 2, scene 4 . . ,, 82 ,,,.... ,, 106 Henry the Fifth, Act 2, scene 2 . . . . . ,,112 Henry the Eighth, Act 3, scene 2 .... ,,85 Julius Cæsar, Act 2, scene 2 ..... . -34 ,, Act 3, scene 2 . ,67 ,, Act 4, scene 3 ..... ,74 King John, Act 3, scene 3 . . . . X10 King Lear, Act 1, scene 1 ..... . . 127 .Macbeth, Act 3, scene 1 ..... ,,78 Much. Ado about Nothing, Act 3, scene 3 . ... ,, 117 Othello, Act 1, scene 3 . . . . . . ,, 51 Richard the Third, Act 4, scene 2 . . . . . ,, 99 Richard the Second, Act 5, scene 2 .... ,, 109 The Merchant of Venice, Act 1, scene 3 .... „ 102 Act 4, scene 1 . . . ,,55 The Tempest, Act 4, scene 1 .... . ,, 123 Speeches, &c. Gloster's Soliloquy ...... ,, 141 Henry the Fifth before the Battle of Agincourt ... 143 Queen Mab ....... .,140 contents.

PAGE PAGE Prose Dialogues. Singing of the Magnificat, The, E. Nesbit 170 Bubbles of the Day, Scene from, Story of the Faithful Soul, The, Jerrold 158 A. A. Proctor 175 She Stoops to Conquer, Scene from, Goldsmith 155 (C) Lyrics, Idylls, Ballads, &c. The Hunchback, Scene from, Knowles 144 Above and Below . . Lowell 229 The Rivals, Scene from . Sheridan 151 At Last . . . Whittier 219 (B) Narrative— Poetry. Bivouac Fire, The . S. K. Cowan 223 Captain of the " NorthHeet," The, Bishop Hatto . . Southey 165 Baby in Church . M. M. Gow 183 Barbara Frietchie . Whittier 197 Gerald Massey 205 David Livingstone . Punch 232 Forlorn, The . . Lowell 214 First Snowfall, The . Lowell 216 In Schooldays . . Whittier 219 Lost Found, The . Longfellow 209 Maids of Attitash, The . Whittier 206 Minister's Daughter, The, Whittier 221 Passions, The .

W. Collins 33 Feast of Belshazzar, The, Sir Edwin Arnold 180 Ginevra . . . S. Rogers 200 Grace Darling . . Wordsworth 163 Grenville's Last Fight, Gerald Massey 167 Last Shot, The . /. R. Reid 188 Legend of Bregenz, A, Red Thread of Honour, The, A. A. Proctor 162 Sir F. Doyle 226 Little Golden-Hair . W. Carleton 160 Mary Queen of Scots . H. G. Bell 184 Maud Miiller . . Whittier 198 Rock of Ages . . Anon. 217 Sandalphon . . Longfellow 203 Song of the Camp, The, Paradise and The Peri, Bayard Taylor 213 Thomas Moore 201 Song for Stout Workers, A, Ride of Paul Revere, The, J. S. Blackie 281 Longfellow 178 Singers, The . . Longfellow 229 Three Preachers, The . C. Mackay 224 Singing Leaves, The . Lowell 194 UNCLASSIFIED POETRY. (A) Various. Marit and I. . . . Anon. 243 Old Schoolmaster, The, A Character .

M. B. Smedley 240 Charming Woman, The, Lee O. Harris 238 Only a Wee Bit Bairn . A non. 241 Robert of Lincoln . W. C. Bryant 236 Lady Dufferin 246 Creeds of the Bells . /. Bungay 237 Fool's Prayer, The, Scandal .... Anon. 245 Atlantic Monthly 242 Great Renunciation, The, (B) Satire and Humour. Amen Corner, The . W. Carleton 248 Altruism . J. T. Trowbridge 267 Sir Edwin Arnold CONTENTS. 7 PAGF, page Aunt Tabitha . 0. W. Holmes 248 Catching the Cat . M. Vandergrift 271 Dora's Soliloquy . . Anon. 266 In Nevada . . C. Leland 264 John Day . . . Hood 254 Little. Quaker Sinner, The . Anon. 250 Lay of Real Life, A Hood 256 Little Boy Blue . As. Carey 259 Nine Suitors, The . . Anon. 253 On the Doorstep . E. 0. Stedman 252 Our Village . . . Hood 261 Owl Critic, The . F. T. Fields 263 Philosopher and Her Father, The, Shirley Brooks 258 SELECTIONS !— PROSE.

(A) Serious. Gregsbury and the Deputation, Blank Bible, The . //. Rogers 272 Chariot Race, The . W. Wallace 288 Death of Colonel Newcome, The, Uickens 316 Ill-bred Hospitality . Dean Swift 325 Membranous Croup . Mark Twain 339 Mr. Flutter and the Tea Party, Thackeray 275 Lifeboat Episode, A, R. Blatchford 277 Long Path, The . 0. W. Holmes 283 Noble Revenge . De Quincey 282 Poetry of the Bible . G. Gilfillan 38 Tale of Terror, A . . Hood 296 Anon. 331 My Dentist . E. F. Turner 346 Sam Weller's Examination, Dickens 319 Stage Coach, The . W. Irving 299 Towing Incidents, Jerome K. Jerome 335 (B) Humorous. Art of Proposing, The . Dickens 322 Artless Prattle of Childhood, The . 303 Briary Villas . . Anon. 307 Discussion at the " Rainbow," A, (C) Eloquence. The Wonders of Creation, Dr. T. Chalmers 349 George Eliot 309 The Devastation of Oude, R. Ji.

Sheridan 351 Getting into Society . Thackeray LIST OF AUTHORS. PAGE PAGE Arnold, Sir Edwin . 180, 233 Atlantic Monthly . . 242 Longfellow. H. W., 178, 203, 209, 229 Lowell, J. R. . 194, 214, 216, 229 Anonymous, 217, 241, 243, 245, 250, 253, 266, 307, 331 Leland, C. . . . . 264 Moore, T. . . . 201 Massey, Gerald . 167, 205 Bell, H. G. . . 184 Blackie, J. S. . . 231 Mackay, C. . . . 224 Bryant, W. C. . . . 236 Nesbit, E. . . . . 170 Bdngay, I. 237 Punch . . . .232 Blatchford, R. . . . 277 Proctor, A. A. 162, 175 Brooks, Shirley . . 258 Quin'cey, De . . 282 Carey, M. . . . . 259 Reid, J. R. .... 183 Carleton, W. . 160, 248 Rogers, Samuel . . 200 Cowan, S. K. 223 Rogers, Henry . . . 272 Shakspere, W. '. 51 to 143 Collins, W. . . . 33 Chalmers, Dr. T. . . . 349 Sheridan, R. B. . 151, 351 Doyle, Sir F. . . . 226 Swift, Dean . . . 325 Dufferin, Lady . . 246 Stedman, E. C. . . . 252 Dickens, C. . . 316, 319, 322 Southey, R. . . . 165 Eliot, George . . . 309 Smedley, M. B. . . . 240 Fields, F. T. . . . 263 Taylor, Bayard . . 213 Goldsmith, O. . . . 155 Thackeray, W. M. . 275, 327 Gow, M. M. . . . 183 Turner, E. F. . . . 346 Gilfillan, G. . . .38 Twain, Mark . . . 339 Harris, Lee O. . .. 238 Trowbridge, J. T. . . 267 Holmes, O. W. . . 248, 283 Hood, T. 254, 256,261, 296 Vandergrift, M. . . . 271 Wordsworth, W. . . 163 Irving, W. ... 299 Whittier, J. G., 197, 198, 206. Jerrold, D. . . . 158 219, 221 Jerome, J. K. . . . 335 Wallace, W. . . . 283 Knowles, S. . . .