... THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING.* SOME HINTS FROM AMERICA. The Americans are notoriously much better public speakers than we tongue-tied Britons. Any American, without notice or preparation, cat make a neat, finished little speech, with a beginrning, mniddle ...

... SPEAK GENTLY TO THE ERRING. SPEAK gently to the erring- Ye know not all the power With which the dark temptation came In some unguarded hour: Ye may not know how earnestly They struggled, or how well, Until the hour of weakness came, And sadly thus they ...

... MB. GLADSTONE SPEAKING THE TBUTH Mr. Gladstone is evidently of opinion that young men are endowed with a power of swallow- ] ing falsehoods denied tooldermen. His speech at the Eighty Club on Tuesday was, he took pains to show, addressed to his young ...

... SPEAK SOOTHING WORDS AND KIND. Speak soothing words and kind, Breathe tender tones and dear To the afflicted mind, In Sorrow's languid ear: Help sufferhig man across Life's tott'ring bridge of sighs Count all things else mere dross, But gain the heavenly ...

... AN EXPERT ON AFTER-DINNER SPEAKING. IN Mr. Lo,,,ell's last volume of poems there is heartsease as well as rue. The late Minister is an optimist, and he knows it:-- For me Fate gave, whate'er she else denied, A nature sloping to the southern side ...

... MR. CARL ROSA SPEAKS. At the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, a perform. ance of The Star of the North brought the Carl Rosa two months' opera season to a close last Saturday night the house being then crowded to its fullest limits. At the end of the second ...

... THE POPULAR DRAPERS, STOCKTON-ON-TEES. • SPEAKING ONES MIND.*' SPEAK IT! TELL I LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT A¥J 1¥ V ¥¥ TEA. Make up your mind U*te. M-J ¥ A ¥¥ ¥ ONE-AND- SEVEN INIMITABLE TEA. Speak your mind concerning It. EAGLE TEA WARISIIOUSE ...

... SPEAK A GOOD WORD, OR SAY NOTHING AT ALL. There's a species of slander abroad in the world, Against a good neighbour, oh! frequently hurl'd, Not always with nmalico, with envy, or spite, Yet fatal to friendship, good feeling, and right. Remember-and fail ...

... POETRY. SPEAK GENTLY. Spead gently! Itisbetterfar To role by love than fear- Speak gently-let not harsh words mar The good we might do here I Speak gently !-Love doth whisper low The vows that true hearts bind; And gently Friendahif accents dowv; Afrection ...

... G. LEE. Speak gently to the erring- Ye know not all the power wilth which the dark temptation came In some ucgarded hour; not know how earnestly Yeyey struggled, or how well, Utii the hour of weakness came, And sadly thus they fell I Speak kindly of ...

... Bit the great heart of the elect of God, Speaks one sad word amid the tongue-bred i strife. ,.Bide here, and die upon the low earth's sod, l or hope to sEs, in this thy span of life. A. . L. SPEAK BOLDLY: Speak boldly, Freeman ! while to-day i The strife ...

... the great heart of the elect of God, ti Speaks one sad word amid the tongue-bredl a strife. Bide here, and die upon the low earth's sod, Nor hope to iue, in this thy span of life. g A.LI.L. h SPEAK BOLDLY: iI Speak boldly, Freeman ! while to-day it The ...