WORKS OF S. S. CURRY, PH.D., LITT.D. Of eminent value. - DR. LYMAN ABBOTT. Both method and spirit practically without precedent. — J. M. LEVEQUE, Editor Morning World, New Orleans. PROVINCE OF EXPRESSION. A study of the general problems regarding delivery and the principles underlying its development. $1.50; to teachers, $1.20. The work of a highly intellectual man who thinks and feels deeply, who is in earnest and whose words are entitled to the most thoughtful consideration. WILLIAM WINTER. LESSONS IN VOCAL EXPRESSION. Study of the modulations of the voice as caused by action of the mind. It is the best book on expression I ever read, far ahead of anything published. -PROF. GEORGE A. VINTON, Chicago. IMAGINATION AND DRAMATIC INSTINCT. Creative action of the mind, insight, sympathy, and assimilation in vocal expression. The best book ever published on elocution. A prominent teacher and public reader. VOCAL AND LITERARY INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE. Deserves the attention of everyone. -The Scotsman, Edinboro. Will serve to abolish "hardshell" reading where "hardshell" preaching is no longer tolerated. - DR. LYMAN ABBOTT. FOUNDATIONS OF EXPRESSION. Principles and fundamental steps in the training of the mind, body, and voice in speaking. In "By its aid I have accomplished double the usual results." BROWNING AND THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE. troduction to Browning's poetry and dramatic platform art. Studies of some later phases of dramatic expression. $1.25; to teachers, $1.10 postpaid. CLASSICS FOR VOCAL EXPRESSION. $1.25; to teachers, $1.10 postpaid. OTHER BOOKS IN PREPARATION. Join the Expression League by sending the names of three persons interested, and information will be sent you regarding all these books. Address THE EXPRESSION LEAGUE Room 308, Pierce Building, Copley Sq. BOSTON, MASS. AND DRAMATIC INSTINCT. SOME PRACTICAL STEPS FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT. By S. S. CURRY, PH.D. Author of "The Province of Expression;" "Lessons in Vocal Expression;" BOSTON: THE EXPRESSION COMPANY, PIERCE BUILDING, COPLEY Square. PREFACE. THIS book is a study of vocal expression, as the direct revelation of the processes of the mind in thinking and feeling; and as the manifestation of the elliptic relations of thought which words cannot symbolize, such as the convictions, the beliefs, the interest, and the purpose of the speaker. According to this view, vocal expression is a significant, not a symbolic language, and is more subjective, complex, and nearer to Nature than words, and hence cannot be developed in the same way as a symbolic or representative language, nor be made subject to the same mechanical rules. The work is meant to furnish simple and practical suggestions. In nearly every case a poem or selection is placed before the mind of the student, and the remarks made are intended to aid in the study of the extract, and especially in its interpretation by the living voice. "To know a thing, we must do it" is a fundamental principle of education. The mind must be brought directly into contact with nature. Experiment is the true method of scientific study, but the principle applies even more to literary or artistic work. The student must be set to doing, explanation must be subordinate, and only for guidance in the discovery or study of the principles for himself in practice. This book is an endeavor to furnish a practical means of studying and training the Imagination and Dramatic Instinct. It aims to bring the mind of the student into direct contact with the noble works of Literature, not |