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Practical Elements of Elocution, Designed as a Text-Book for the Guidance of Teachers and Students of Expression, by Robert I. Fulton, and Thomas C. Trueblood, with an Appendix on Truth, Personality, and Art in Oratory, by James W. Bashford, published by Ginn & Company, Publishers, Boston, MA, 1893, First Edition — 464 pages — illustrated — measures: 5" x 7 1/2"

Contents:

Preface, August 16, 1893
Introduction

Part I: The Psychic Being ; Voice ; Pronunciation ; Emphasis

Chapter I. Man's Triune Nature
Chapter II. The Vocal Apparatus
Chapter III. Respiration
Chapter IV. Cultivation of the Voice
Chapter V. Pronunciation
Chapter VI. Emphasis

Part II. The Elements of Vocal Expression. Harmony of Rush and Delsarte

Chapter I. Quality

Section I. Normal
Section II. Orotund
Section III. Oral
Section IV. Aspirate
Section V. Guttural
Section VI. Pectoral
Section VII. Nasal
Section VIII. Falsetto

Chapter II. Force

Section I. Form
Section II. Degree
Section III. Stress

Chapter III. Pitch

Section I. Degree
Section II. Change
Section III. Melody

Chapter IV. Time

Section I. Quantity
Section II. Pause
Section III. Movement

Part III. The Elements of Action

Introduction
Chapter I. Cultivation of the Body

Section I. Physical Education
Section II. Æsthetic Physical Culture

Chapter II. Principles of Action

Section I. Zones, Positions and Attitudes of the Body
Section II. Inflection of the Body

Chapter III. Technique of Action

Section I. Positions
Section II. Attitudes
Section III. Gestures

Appendix

Oratory

Chapter I. Art
Chapter II. Truth
Chapter III. Personality

Conclusion
Outline of the Book