A

PRACTICAL RHETORIC

FOR INSTRUCTION IN

ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND REVISION

IN

COLLEGES AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS

BY

J. SCOTT CLARK, A.M.

PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE NORTH-
WESTERN UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1886

BY

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