A Pronouncing Manual, containing about Three Thousand Five Hundred Words, including a considerable Number of the Names of Foreign Authors, Artists, etc., that are often mispronounced. By Alfred Ayres. Fourteenth edition. 18mo, cloth, extra. Price, $1.00.
"It gives us pleasure to say that we think the author in the treatment of this very difficult and intricate subject, English pronunciation, gives proof of not only an unusual degree of orthoëpical knowledge, but also, for the most part, of rare judgment and taste."—Joseph Thomas, LL. D., in Literary World.
The Verbalist:
A Manual devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words, and to some other Matters of Interest to those who would Speak and Write with Propriety, including a Treatise on Punctuation. By Alfred Ayres, author of "The Orthoëpist." Ninth edition. 18mo, cloth, extra. Price, $1.00.
"We remain shackled by timidity till we have learned to speak with propriety."—Johnson.
Errors in the Use of English.
By the late William B. Hodgson, LL. D.,
Professor of Political Economy in the University of Edinburgh. American revised edition. 12mo, cloth. Price, $1.50.