SCIENTIFIC READER AND PRACTICAL ELOCUTIONIST; CONTAINING ORIGINAL READINGS IN THE SCIENCES; IMBODYING A LARGE FUND OF PHILOSOPHICAL INFORMATION. NEW COLLECTION A OF MODERN POETRY, ORATIONS, AND DRAMATIC SCENES ; ACCOMPANIED BY AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRACTICE OF ELOCUTION, VERSIFICATION, &c. TOGETHER WITH A Copious Glossary of Scientific Terms, AND A SERIES OF MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION ON THE SCIENCES. INTENDED AS A COMPANION TO THE RHETORICAL SPEAKER. BY R. T. LINNINGTON, Author of the "Rhetorical Speaker," "Compendium of Astronomy," &c. LONDON: J. SOUTER, SCHOOL LIBRARY, 3989. 1837. e. 36. TO THE REVEREND DOCTOR VALE, CAM HOUSE, PIMLICO. MY DEAR DOCTOR, It was with no small pleasure that I learned your approbation of the plan of this little work. Your well-known scientific attainments, together with the extensive practice you have had in the tuition of youth have, therefore, induced me to rely on your judgment, and to offer it to the world. If it be found useful to the more juvenile branches of society, in impressing on their minds philosophical facts, and inspiring them with a taste for study and research, its object will be fully answered, and the greatest satisfaction experienced by, My dear Doctor, Your affectionate Brother, THE AUTHOR. |