Harmonic Gymnastics and Pantomimic Expression. Marion Lowell. The most elaborate series of exercises ever published for training the body for all forms of emotional expression. Whoever speaks, sings or acts in a professional way; whoever wishes to reach the highest degree of æsthetic physical culture, either for health or for art purposes; whoever would train his body to manifest in the most perfect manner whatever it is capable of expressing, whether in public or in private life, needs this book, which is the highway to æsthetic preeminence. Price, $2.00. Defective Speech and Deafness. Lillie Eginton Warren. A much-needed book by a practical teacher. Treats of the deaf-mute and the stammerer, the very young deaf child, signs, finger-spelling and speech, teaching the dumb to speak, the child suddenly deaf and the child growing deaf slowly, hearing can be improved and developed, how the hard-of-hearing adult may enjoy conversation, dull pupils, invented or "pathological" language, lisping and careless speech in general, stuttering and stammering, cleft palates. Price, $1.00. Americanized Delsarte Culture. Emily M. Bishop. There are exercises to develop the lungs and chest.-Prevent and reduce corpulency.-Allay nervousness.-Promote digestion.-Establish a natural standing poise.-Establish a natural sitting poise.Strengthen the leg muscles and ankles.-Overcome round shoulders.-Secure good carriage.-Relieve insomnia.-Make the back flexible.-Increase and equalize circulation of the blood.-Counteract stooping at the waist.-Make the muscles strong and supple.-Increase power through breathing, also exercises for rest, for muscle freedom, for invigoration, for harmony of movement. Price, $1.00.. Gesture and Pantomimic Action. Florence Fowle Adams. It The first part of the book is devoted to the study of the Delsarte System, made clear and practical. contains the following recitations in pantomime, with full-page illustrations in half-tones: "Sister Helen,' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti; "The Famine," from " Hiawatha," by Longfellow; "The Cathedral Scene," from "Faust," by Goethe; "Story of a Faithful Soul," by Adelaide Procter. The cuts illustrating the recitations in pantomime are of great help to schools wishing to give tableaux, poses, and illustrated recitations. There are twenty full-page illustrations in half-tones, and 100 illustrations in pen and ink, illustrating the various movements of the body, including hands, arms, legs, head, and eyes. Price, $2.50. Helen Potter's Impersonations. Helen Potter. A copiously illustrated book containing elaborate studies of famous orators, lecturers and actors, with the text so printed that their exact inflections, cadences, pitch and style can be reproduced. No book of the kind has ever been issued. Simply indispensable to those interested in the psychology, physiology and potency of the human voice. Price, $1.25. Robert H. Hatch's Recitals. Robert H. Hatch. Mr. Hatch is professor of elocution in the College of the City of New York, and is a popular public reader. All of the pieces in his book have been tested before audiences, and they have made hits. Many of the pieces were written for or leased to Mr. Hatch, and are to be found in no other recitation book. Has portrait of Mr. Hatch. Price, 30 cents. Elocution and Action. F. Townsend Southwick. The "new elocution" text-book; thoroughly up to date. The book is endorsed by educational journals and eminent teachers, and is now in use in the most progressive schools of the United States and of Canada. The "Selections for Practice" are planned for progressive study and are for the elocutionary and dramatic student what etudes are for the musical student. Besides the many " Examples for Practice,' the book contains many "Selections for Practice." Original illustrations. The cheapest (over 250 pages) elocutionary text-book published. Teachers' net price, 75 cents: 60 cents for class use. Delsarte Recitation Book. Including plays, monologues, pieces with music, drills, pieces introducing singing, thirty-two photographs of famous works of art that are best adapted to statue-poses for entertainments, etc., prose and poetry, ranging from simple, childish, to the most dramatic ones, the collection forming an exceptionally excellent all-round book-one in which every reader, no matter what his style may be, will find something suited to him. The book gets its name from several favorite pieces of Delsarte's, from an epigram on every page illustrating or stating some point in the Delsarte System, from a fine medallion portrait of Delsarte embossed on the cover, and from illustrations, pantomimes, and analyses according to Delsartian principles. 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