CONVERSATION:

ITS FAULTS AND ITS GRACES;

OR,

THE BEST MANNER OF

SPEAKING, WRITING, AND PRONOUNCING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CORRECTLY.

18.

COMPILED BY

REV. ANDREW P. PEABODY, D. D.

NEW EDITION: REVISED, WITH ADDITIONS.

16mo, cloth stamped, marbled

pp 5

Pro Ferdinand Dec Library-Rec'd. Jan. 1, 1970

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS

ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION OF THIS WORK.

"This is an exceedingly interesting little volume, and one which deserves to be carefully read and studied. It is not only a very interesting publication, but a very timely one. There is a tendency, even with people who know better, to use phrases which are far from correct, at first by way of fun, but gradually they come to be incorporated into general use. Dr. Peabody's Address is very beautiful and sensible, and treats of the principle and sentiment of conversation from a high point of view. It is a very valuable compilation, and should have a wide circulation.". -Boston Daily Advertiser.

"This little volume is dedicated to American teachers, but it has words of wisdom worthy the attention of all classes in the community."- Boston Evening Transcript.

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"We welcome this volume as a timely and valuable auxiliary in the cause of polite learning—a branch of the education of the present day which does not receive sufficient attention from our authors and teachers of grammar and rhetoric. It is not, however, a book for teachers alone, but one that is happily adapted to general use. It should be read and consulted by all persons who desire to speak the English language with that elegance which adorns the conversation of ladies and gentlemen of genuine cultivation, of taste, and true refinement of mind."- - Christian Examiner.

"In this work, which is dedicated to American teachers, the editor very judiciously combines the principles which should govern conversation among persons of true refinement,' and points out the besetting vulgarisms of ordinary colloquial intercourse. Many of his suggestions will be found useful and interesting to those who believe it essential to every man and woman, with any pretensions to intelligence and cultivation, to speak the English language with grace and propriety."- Cincinnati Columbian.

"The greatest faults in our conversational habits do indeed require a more deep and vital cure than is to be found in simple external omissions or improvements; and these are admirably treated by the compiler in the address delivered by him before the Newburyport Female High School, which introduces this little volume. We cannot too earnestly commend this Address to the consideration of readers of all ages. The compilation is most judiciously made, and should be widely circulated. We welcome this little volume as indicating the gravest dangers which threaten sometimes to make conversation more of a hinderance than a help, and also as one which in a lively manner will suggest to young people the absurd errors into which so many unconsciously fall."- - Salem Gazette.

"A pure and graceful style of conversation cannot be learned from books; but much may be done in the way of suggestion, which is well done in this volume. It deserves to be studied." Watchman and Reflector.

"CONVERSATION: ITS FAULTS AND ITS GRACES.-A little volume, but instructive and highly valuable." Christian Register.

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