and strength, increase, it will entirely disappear. In this assertion I am amply borne out, by my experience of success in the most obsti nate cases. It is well known, that many persons, have given large sums for a temporary relief from Stammering, which may be obtained from a few, who are cunning in the use of "Herbs, and plants, and their true qualities;" but, such arrestment of the Impediment, is transitory; for, when the short-lived stimulant, has ceased to operate, a reaction, succeeds, which brings back the enemy with accumulated violence, and blasts all the hopes of unencumbered utterance, which the poor patient, had been led to entertain. It is with the view of overcoming the impressions, naturally enough made, on the minds of persons, who have been often doubly duped, that I have given my system to the public. I wish to make it manifest to all, that the removal of this Impediment, is as practicable, as for the musician, to give a power to the unskilful to execute on the flute, or the violin. London, May 1, 1836. PROFESSOR BELL'S ELOCUTIONARY ROOMS, 30, OLD BOND STREET, PICCADILLY. ELOCUTIONARY INSTRUCTIONS COMPRISE the Use and Discipline of the Vocal Organs-Systematic Respiration-the Principles of Articulation-Modulation of the Voice -Practical Eloquence from the Bible, the Liturgy, Milton, Shakspeare, &c., and the principles of appropriate Gesture. The advantages which emanate from this Scientific System are: freedom from Pulmonary difficulty in Reading and Speaking, Distinct Articulation, and the certainty of acquiring a pleasing and efficient delivery. A Single Course of Instructions (12 Lessons) imparts a very considerable degree of practical power. Clergymen, Members of Parliament, Barristers, and other Classes of Public Speakers, experience the power and ease in delivery which this System ensures. STAMMERING. The First Three Lessons greatly mitigate the Impediment; every subsequent Exercise advances the Improvement, until the complete Eradication of Stammering and all its grievous concomitants. Besides being free from hesitation in their ordinary intercourse with society, the Pupils are able to Read and Recite in an eloquent manner. Mr. Bell's System of Cure repudiates the wanton cruelty of Surgical Operations, which can only inflict unnecessary pain, and terminate in the bitterness of disappointment. Medical or Surgical Treatment cannot vocalize the breath, or adjust the organs of speech to their proper functions. There can be no relapse of Stammering; the principles ensure progressive and permanent improvement. The Pupils, according to their ages and acquirements, are instructed in Reading, Grammar, Geography, Elocution, and Oratory. The TERMS are regulated by the circumstances of the Pupil, and the nature of the Impediment. Children of five years may be received as Pupils. DEFECTIVE ARTICULATION. In this are comprehended Burring-Lisping-Indistinctness of Utterance-Nasal Intonation-and Alphabetical Defects, as in the pronunciation of L, M, N, R, S, Th, H, and W. The following Establishments for Instruction in Elocution, and the Eradication of Stammering, &c., are conducted by MR. BELL'S Sons:DUBLIN......33, Lower Abbey Street... ..by Mr. D. C. BELL EDINBURGH..13, Hope Street, Charlotte Square.. by Mr. A. M. BELL. The New Testament, with the text of the Common Translation urranged in Paragraphs, and illustrated by Rhetorical Punctuation (dedicated, by Permission, to Her Majesty the Queen Dowager); the Practical Elocutionist; a Treatise on the Causes and Cure of Stammering; and The Tongue, a Poem in Two Parts, &c., by Alexander Bell, Professor of Elocution, may be had of the Booksellers. |