ADAPTED TO DR. RUSH'S - PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN VOICE,"

AND THE SYSTEM OF VOCAL CULTURE INTRODUCED BY

MR. JAMES E. MURDOCH.

DESIGNED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO

RUSSELL'S “ AMERICAN ELOCUTIONIST.”

COMPILED BY
WILLIAM RUSSELL,
AUTHOR OF 6 LESSONS IN ENUNCIATION;" ETC.

WITH A SUPPLEMENT ON PURITY OF TONE,

BY G. J. WEBB,
PROF. BOSTON ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

SIXTH EDITION.

BOSTON:
WILLIAM D. TICKNOR & COMPANY.

MDCCCXLIX.

*Mrs. H. A.Clarkson

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TILDEN FONDATIONS.

1903

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, by

WILLIAM RUSSELL, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED BY
GEORGE A. CURTIS;
NEW ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

TO

DR. JAMES RUSH,

WHOSE WORK ON

THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN VOICE,

HAS BENDERED DEFINITE AND EXACT INSTRUCTION PRACTICABLE IX

ELOCUTION,

THE FOLLOWING MANUAL

IS

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,