Selected from 700 Examination papers used by STATE, COUNTY and CITY SUPERINTENDENTS of EIGHTEEN STATES. Answered in the clearest and briefest manner.

The questions are arranged as nearly as possible according to gradation.

No attempt has been made to multiply questions. The most familiar topics are omitted.

From the great mass of material at hand, the author has selected only those questions and problems which are peculiarly difficult.

Designed for Examiners, Teachers, Pupils, and Institute Conductors.

It is indispensable to the teacher desiring to pass a creditable examination.

The best arranged review for pupils

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ELOCUTION AND ORATORY.

By I. H. BROWN.

A practical and comprehensive Manual of Vocal and Physical Culture, treating the subjects of Respiration, Articulation, Expression, Action, Grouping, Original Discourse and Extemporaneous Speech, from a scientific standpoint.

This is the simplest and clearest presentation of the subjects published. The untrained teacher may, with average zeal, lead a class profitably and pleasantly through the entire text.

Directions for securing the highest vocal and hygienic benefits from Respiratory exercises, distinct and correct Articulation, the several elements of Vocal Expression, an easy, graceful Action of limbs, body and face; a knowledge of the laws of Grouping, and the principles of Original Discourse and Extemporaneous Speech are so plainly stated that with it, even the private student, may acquire skill in the arts of Elocution and Oratory.

The principles are clearly illustrated by carefully prepared cuts and examples from acknowledged masters.

312 pages, elegantly bound, sent postpaid on receipt of $1.

To teachers who desire to examine the "Elocution and Oratory," with a view to its introduction in their schools, the book will be sent, postpaid, at Introduction price, 80 cents.

COMMON SCHOOL

ELOCUTIONARY SELECTIONS.

A large collection of choice pieces adapted to public readings, declamations, and supplementary reading in schools. Each selection is accompanied by a key giving the required elements employed in its appropriate delivery. 216 PAGES. BOUND SAME AS ELOCUTION. PRICE, 60 CENTS.

Liberal discount for first introduction of either book into schools and colleges.

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HOME INDORSEMENT.

The following resolution, adopted by the Board of Education of Edwardsville, Ill., the author's home, shows the appreciation of the work where it is best known:

Oct. 2, 1882.

Resolved, That "BROWN'S COMMON SCHOOL ELOCUTIONARY SERIES" be adopted for the use of the pupils of the VII and VIII grades of this school district from this date.

From Robt. Allyn, LL.D., Pres. Southern Illinois Normal University:

I have examined your "Common School Elocution" with some care, and am well pleased with its plan, and better pleased with its execution. It is a good book, and not its smallest value, to my mind, is its small compass, comparatively. People can afford to buy it and can find time to go through it. I approve it thoroughly.

From E. L. McDowell, Professor of Elocution, Foster's School, St. Louis.

Your "Common School Elocution" is indeed a very ingenious adaption of Elocutionary principles to the wants of schools, colleges and private students. In the hands of good teachers it will prove of inestimable value in forming an effective style of reading and delivery.

From F. A. Fitzpatrick, Supt. City Schools, Leavenworth, Kan.:

I am very much pleased with your "Common School Elocution," its careful gradation, the purity of its selections and its treatment of a subject of which we all know too little. I shall try to make a place for it in our course. You are to be congratulated upon the conception as evinced in the completed work.

From the American Journal of Education, St. Louis:

As we turn the pages of "Common School Elocution" we discover a new departure. The old stereotyped plan is ignored, and a rigid investigation of nature's laws substituted, in which the pupil is led to take an intelligent and responsible part. There appears to be no progress in pages possible until principles are analyzed and mastered. As a scientific work, developing the laws of human expression in a clear and philosophic manner, it deserves a place among the best books ever presented for school and college use. From the Illinois School Journal:

The aim of the author has been that of most men who have written for the "Common School Teacher," namely, to produce a book which can be used to advantage by the untrained teacher without the aid of practical instruction. It is this quality, mainly, that marks the financial success of any school book. That Mr. Brown has been more than ordinarily successful in this, we believe. He shows the skill of the real teacher by holding to one theme until it can hardly be misunderstood. The whole book is devoted to the business in hand, the teaching being continued to the close. An excellent feature is the fact that the author has not selected scraps for examples. Selections as long as those found in readers render the book fit to be used as a reading book. From Geo. A. Boyle, Principal of Marion Schools, Kan.:

I have no hesitation in saying that "Common School Elocution" is the best book of the kind I have ever seen. After an examination of several other works on the subject we have adopted your book in our sixth and seventh grades.