THE

ART OF DISCOURSE:

A SYSTEM OF RHETORIC

ADAPTED FOR USE IN COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES,
AND ALSO FOR PRIVATE STUDY.

BY

HENRY N. DAY

AUTHOR OF LOGIO; GRAMMATICAL SYNTHESIS, OR ART OF ENGLISH COMPOSITION ;
RHETORICAL PRAXIS, ETC.

«True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.”.

-

Pope.

"I hope ultimately to advance so far that art shall become a second nature,
as polished manners are to well-bred mon; then Imagination shall regain her
former freedom, and submit to none but voluntary limitations.". - Schiller.

SECOND EDITION.

NEW YORK:

CHARLES SCRIBNER AND COMPANY.

1870.