English as She is Wrote by ANONYMOUS Originally published in 1883 by D. Appleton & Co., 1, 3, & 5 Bond Street, New York USA. This book by an anonymous author provides examples of how the (mis)use of the English language frequently leads to unintended humorous outcomes. It draws its many…
Language by EDWARD SAPIR An Introduction to the Study of Speech Originally published in 1921 by Harcourt Brace (New York, USA) Edward Sapir (26 Jan 1884 – 4 Feb 1939) was an American linguist and anthropologist. He was noted for his research into the relationship between culture and language…
Lectures on Language by WILLIAM STEVENS BALCH As particularly connected with English Grammar Originally published in 1838 by B. Cranston & Co., USA. William Stevens Balch (13 April 1806 – 25 December 1887) was an ordained Universalist preacher, politician, teacher, and historian. He was a prolific writer. His two…
On the Evolution of Language by JOHN WESLEY POWELL As Exhibited In The Specialization of the Grammatic Processes, the Differentiation of the Parts of Speech, and the Integration of the Sentence; From a Study of Indian Languages Originally published in 1881 by Smithsonian Institution – Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, USA.
Stammering: Its Cause and Cure by BENJAMIN NATHANIEL BOGUE Originally published in 1929. A Chronic Stammerer for Almost Twenty Years; Originator of the Bogue Unit Method of Restoring Perfect Speech; Founder of the Bogue Institute for Stammerers and Editor of the “Emancipator,” a magazine devoted to the Interests of Perfect Speech.
The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song by F.W. MOTT Originally published in 1910 The contents of this book formed the subject of three lectures delivered at the Royal Institution by F.W. Mott entitled On the Mechanism of the Human Voice and three London University lectures at King’s College on…
The Canadian Elocutionist by ANNA K. HOWARD, LL.B. Originally published in 1885. Designed for the use of colleges, schools and for self instruction together with a copious selection, in prose and poetry, of pieces adapted for reading, recitation and practice. The principal object the author had in view…
