Address to the National Association of Elocutionists
Washington DC: The Volta Bureau, 1895. First edition, 8vo, pp. 25, [3]; printed paper self-wrappers; light soiling to covers with tipped in slip reading "compliments of The Volta Bureau." A speech covering errors in elocution, education, and a brief aside on Bell's universal system of visible speech. Alexander Melville Bell, father of the more famous Alexander Graham Bell, was a scientist and inventor in his own right, and is aside from being a prominent teacher of elocution invented the precursor to the international phonetic alphabet, called the Universal System of Visible Speech. A scarce piece of neographic history. One of two variants, the other lacking the slip and with the cover title reset to include "With the Author's Compliments." Item #53862
Price: $150.00
