Walker Critical and Pronouncing Dictionary. 8vo. The same, abridged. 12mo. Webster: American Dictionary of the English Language. NewYork, 1828. 2 vols. 4to. Webster: Dissertations on the English Language, with Notes, Historical and Critical; to which is added, by way of Appendix, a Reformed Mode of Spelling, with Dr. Franklin's Arguments on that Subject. Boston, 1789. 8vo. To the above, Richardson's Dictionary, which is even better than Johnson's for all literary uses, should certainly be added. Of Webster's, the rival which America has given to both of them, it is impossible to speak with praise. For the main purposes of a dictionary, the ascertaining of a language's elegant speech and its historic changes, nothing can be more unfit. A good grammar our language cannot be said to possess. Skinner and Junius are the main original elucidators of English etymology. In Anglo-Saxon, Hickes and Lye stood somewhat alone, till the late Danish, Swedish, and German school of inquirers into the tongue arose, headed by Raske. Jameson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language; Shaw's of Gaelic and English ; O'Brien's Irish-English; Vallancey's Grammar of Irish, should here be mentioned. Grose has given, besides his slang-dictionary, one, of the provincialisms of England. To this Pegge has added another volume. Nare's Glossary of words chiefly Shakspearian is also valuable. Alexander Murray and Whiter have distinguished themselves by two wild attempts in etymology: the former tracing back all European and Asiatic dialects to nine primitive syllables, of Ag, Bag, Wag, Rag, Dag, Snag, &c.; and the latter having an hypothesis of nearly like extravagance. Both are, nevertheless, performances in which much learning and even philosophy appear, though tributary, everywhere, to great absurdities. CHAPTER CXXXVIII. Rhetoric and Rhetorical Collections. Adam Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory. Cambridge, 1810. 2 vols. 8vo. American Commonplace Book of Prose. 12mo. American Orator's Own Book; or, the Art of Extemporaneous Public Speaking. Philadelphia, 1835. 12mo. Aristotle Rhetoric; translated, with an Introduction, by John Gillies. London, 1823. 8vo. Barber, Jonathan: Introduction to the Grammar of Elocution. Boston, 1834. 12mo. : Grammar of Elocution. Boston, 1815. 12mo. : The same. New-Haven, 1832. 12mo. Blair: Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. New-York, 1817. 8vo. : The same. Brooklyn, 1812. 2 vols. 8vo The same, abridged. New-York, 1814. 12mo. : The same; to which are added Copious Questions, and an Analysis of each Lecture, by Abraham Mills. New-York, 1829. 8vo. Blair: Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. London, 1825. Burke: The Sublime and Beautiful. --: The same. 12mo. 8vo. Capmany Filosofia de la Elocuencia. Gerona, 1822. 2 vols. Cicero: On Oratory and Orators; translated, with Notes. London, 1808. 2 vols. 8vo. Deseze L'Abeille Française. New-York, 1821. 12mo. Fenelon Dialogues on Eloquence; with his Letters on Rhetoric, &c.; translated, with Notes. London, 1808. 12mo. Frish: Nouveau Dictionnaire de Passages, François-Allemand et Harris: Philological Inquiries. Vols. 4 and 5, Works. 8vo. Kaimes: Elements of Criticism. 2 vols. 8vo. : The same, abridged. 12mo. Longini, Dionysii : De Sublimitate, Commentarius; cum nova Ver- Loginus on the Sublime; a New and Literal Translation. 12mo. : Sequel to the English Reader. New-York. 12mo. New Elegant Extracts from the most Eminent British Writers, Prose and Poetry. Chiswick, 1827. 12 vols. 12mo. Oxford: English Prize Essays, down to 1836. Oxford, 1836. 5 vols. 8vo. Porter: Rhetorical Grammar. 12mo. Rapin, Le Père: Critical Works, translated. London, 1706. 2 vols. 8vo. Rush, William Philosophy of the Human Voice. Sheridan on Elocution. 12mo. Tacitus: For a Translation of his De Claris Oratoribus, see Murphy's Tacitus, in Polygraphs. Its authorship has some uncertainty, and has been by some attributed to Quinctilian. Walker: Rhetorical Grammar. Boston, 1822. 8vo. Webster, Noah: American Selections of Lessons in Reading and Speaking. Philadelphia, 1809. 12mo. Whateley Rhetoric. Oxford, 1830. 8vo. Worcester: Friend of Youth; or, Selections in Prose and Verse. CHAPTER CXXXIX. Orations. American Oratory; or, Selections from the Speeches of Eminent Americans. Philadelphia, 1836. 8vo. 12mo. Bossuet: Oraisons Funebres. Paris, 1815. Canning, George: Select Speeches; with Biographical Sketch, and Extracts from his Writings, by Robert Walsh. Philadelphia, 1836. 8vo. Chapman, Dr.: Select Speeches. New-York, 1811. 2 vols. 8vo. Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Orations, translated by Duncan. See Family Classical Library, vols. 42, 43, Polygraphs. : Last Two Pleadings against Verres, translated by Charles Kelsall. London, 1812. 8vo. : Orations, translated by Guthrie. London, 1820. 2 vols. 8vo. Commonplace Book of British Eloquence, &c. London, 1827. 12mo. Curran's Speeches. Philadelphia, 1808. 2 vols. 8vo. Demosthenes: Harangues, translated by Leland. See Family Classical Library, vols. 1, 2, Polygraphs. Of Demosthenes and the other Attic orators, the most esteemed edition in the It is become a scarce original is that of Reiske, Leipsig, 1770-5, 12 vols. 8vo. and dear book. There are subsequent editions of the same collection by Bekker and Dobson, but much less esteemed. Isocrates, however, it must be remarked, is omitted by Reiske. Everett, Edward: Oration pronounced at Cambridge before the Society of Phi Beta Kappa, August 20, 1825; together with William Wirt's Address delivered before the Peithess Ophian and Philoclean Societies of Rutger's College. 8vo. : Orations and Speeches on various Occasions. Boston, Harper's Speeches. Brooklyn, 1810. 2 vols. 8vo. Hazlitt's Eloquence of the British Senate. 2 vols. 8vo. Huskisson, William: Speeches; with a Biographical Memoir. London, 1831. 3 vols. 8vo. Leland: Demosthenes. 2 vols. 8vo. The same. (Family Library.) New-York. 2 vols. 18mo. Pamphlets, Orations, &c., 1 vol. 8vo: Daniel Webster's on laying the Corner Stone of Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, 1825: Edward Everett's at Concord, April 19, 1825: J. J. Man ger's, 4th July, 1819, Charleston, S. C.: David Ramsay on the Phillips's, Curran's, and Grattan's Speeches. 8vo. Phillips Specimens of Irish Eloquence. 8vo. : Speeches, viz. Joseph Kent, of Maryland, in Support of an Amendment of the Constitution to Restrain the Veto Power of the President of the United States, delivered in the Senate on 20th February, 1835: Address of Gabriel Moore to the Freemen of Alabama, in Reply to the Resolution of the General Assembly inviting him to Resign his Seat as one of the Senators in the Congress of the United States: Warren R. 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Tallmadge, on the same, March, 1834: Mr. Kane, of Illinois, on the Motion of Mr. Poindexter, that the Protest of the President of the United States against the Resolutions of Censure passed by the Senate be not received, April 20, 1833 Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the Motion of Mr. Webster for leave to bring in a Bill for prolonging the Charter of the Bank of the United States, March 21, 1834: Mr. Wright, of New-York, on the Removal of the Deposites, March 26, 1834 Hon. Samuel Mardis, on the same: Mr. White, of Tennessee, on the Motion of Mr. Webster for leave, &c., March, 1834: Hon. George M'Duffee, on the Resolutions submitted by the Committee of Ways and Means in relation to the Public Deposites, April 3 and 4, 1834: Hon. Horace Binney, on the Removal, &c., January, 1834: Mr. Wright, of New-York, on the Motion of Mr. Webster for leave, &c., March 20, 1834: Daniel Webster, on Moving for leave to bring in a Bill to Continue the Bank of the United States for six years, March 18, 1834: Mr. Calhoun, on the Removal, &c., January 13, 1834: Mr. M'Duffee, on the Removal, &c., December, 19, 1833: Mr. Grundy, on the Resolutions of Mr. Poindexter, and the Amendment of Mr. Bibb, with Regard to the Protest, April 29, 1834: Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, on the Removal, &c., January, 1834: Mr. Dickson, on the Presentation of a Memorial of 3000 Electors of Ontario County, New-York, with certain Resolutions proposed by him, May 19, 1834: Mr. Osgood, of Massachusetts, in favour of the Restoration of the Deposites, May 5, 1834. Specimens of American Eloquence, &c. Middletown, 1837. 12mo. CHAPTER CXL. Epistles. Abelard and Eloisa: Letters. Translated from the Latin. See, also, in poetry, Pope's well-known paraphrase. Late discoveries in France have brought to light important literary remains of Abeillard. A curious article on him may be found in Bayle's Dictionary-Biography. Berington has given a good life of Abeillard and Eloisa, with translations from their letters. Aikin Letters from a Father to his Son on various Topics relative to Literature and the Conduct of Life. Bentley Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, &c. London, 1836. 2 vols. 8vo. 12mo. Byron, Noel, Lord: Correspondence with a Friend; including his Letters to his Mother. 12mo. See, also, his life, Moore, Biography. Cicero: Epistles to Atticus. Translated by Guthrie. 2 vols. 8vo. The same. London, 1806. 3 vols. 8vo. Letters to his Friends. Translated by Melmoth. Lon don. 3 vols. 8vo. See Tunstall, below. Cowper's Private Correspondence. 12mo. Ferry, F. P.: Art of Epistolary Correspondence. 12mo. Mrs. Elizabeth: Letters. 3 vols. 12mo. Maintenon, Madame de : Secret Correspondence with the Princess des Ursins. Translated. London, 1827. 3 vols. 8vo. Porney Models of Letters, in French and English. 12mo. Randolph Letters to his Nephew. 8vo. Racine Letters to his Nephew. 12mo. Sévigné, Madame de: Lettres à sa Fille et à ses Amis. Paris, 1806. 8 tomes 8vo. |