THE

YOUNG SPEAKER:

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE

UNITED STATES SPEAKER;

DESIGNED TO FURNISH EXERCISES

IN BOTH READING AND SPEAKING,

FOR PUPILS BETWEEN THE AGES

OF SIX AND FOURTEEN;

COMPRISING SELECTIONS IN

PROSE, POETRY, AND DIALOGUE,

AND A VARIETY OF FIGURES,

ILLUSTRATING PRINCIPLES OF

POSITION AND GESTURE.

BY JOHN E. LOVELL,

FORMERLY INSTRUCTOR OF ELOCUTION IN THE MOUNT PLEASANT CLASSICAL
INSTITUTION, AMHERST, MASS.; AND AUTHOR OF THE U. S. SPEAKER,
RHETORICAL DIALOGUES, THE YOUNG PUPIL'S FIRST BOOK,
AND YOUNG PUPIL'S SECOND BOOK, IN READING.

TENTH EDITION.

NEW HAVEN:

PUBLISHED BY DURRIE & PECK.
PHILADELPHIA: HORACE C. PECK.