Art of Discourse

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Exercises have been subjoined to the several de partments of Invention and Style, as fully as seemed desirable. They will be found sufficient for private study. In classes under permanent instructors the selections of exercises must necessarily be left to a great extent with the instructor. In the author's Rhetorical Praxis may be found two thousand or more themes, with rudimental exercises in all rhetorical processes. His Art of Composition contains the principles of proper sentence-construction, presented in p1ogres31ve method, including an introduction to the use of imagery or rhetorical symbols and to the ele mentary processes in the unfolding of thought, and accompanied throughout with copious exercises.