THE ORATOR'S GUIDE,

OR THE

PRACTICE AND POWER OF ELOQUENCE,

COMPRISING

ELOCUTION, COMPOSITION, AND RHETORIC,

FORMING

A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF PURITY AND ELEGANCE OF STYLE IN SPEAKING AND WRITING,

WITH ITS SPECIAL ADAPTATION TO

THE BAR, THE SENATE, AND THE PULPIT,

AUTHOR OF "PARENTAL WISDOM; OR, THE ELEMENTS OF CHARACTER," AND OF "" ESSAYS AND LECTURES ON SOCIAL AND MORAL QUESTIONS OF LEADING INTEREST."

LONDON:

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS,

PATERNOSTER ROW.

1862. h. 150.

250.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P., M.A., ETC.,

CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER,

IN HUMBLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF

THE EXALTED WORTH,

ENLIGHTENED STATESMANSHIP,

AND

MASTERLY ELOQUENCE,

THAT HAVE WON THE ESTEEM AND ADMIRATION OF ENGLISHMEN,

THIS LITTLE WORK,

WITH HIS GRACIOUS PERMISSION,

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY

THE AUTHOR.