The modern reader and speaker : a selection of poetry and prose from the writings of eminent authors, with copious extracts for recitation; preceded by the principles of elocution. comprising a variety of exercises, from the simplest articulation to the utmost extent of vocal expression : with a system of gesture, illustrated by diagrams and a plan of notation.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2421
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.251.15
- Call Number
- 808.5 BEL
- Edition
- 65th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Publisher
- M.H Gill & Son
- Publication Date
- 1885
- Physical Description
- 544 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "W. Grimes," [printed in black ink on a paper label adered to endpaper] "6H" [printed in green ink on a paper label adhered to endpaper with tape] Back endpaper: "W. Grimes," [printed in black ink on a paper label adered to endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Elocution
- Recitations
- Speeches, addresses, etc., English
- Names
- Grimes, Wilfred Thomas
- Object History
- Volume owned by Wilfred Thomas Grimes of Halley Avenue in South Burnaby, ca. 1890-1940.
- Notes
- "Revised and Enlarged" -- t.p.
The new century perfect speaker : a complete encyclopedia of elocution, oratory and etiquette : including portraits and biographies of the most distinguished statesmen, diplomarts, divines and public speakers of Canada, Great Britain and the United States ; also the complete etiquette of home, social, public and official life and a special department for children
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2964
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Call Number
- 808.5 COO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.113.1
- Call Number
- 808.5 COO
- Place of Publication
- Guelph, Ont.
- Publisher
- World Pub. Co.
- Physical Description
- xx, 658 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Elocution
- Etiquette
- Manners and customs
- Reading
- Oratory
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates: Cooper, John Alexander, 1868-1956