The Southern Orator; Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose, Poetry, and Dialogue; Designed for Exercises in Declamation, or for Occasional Reading in Schools and Families
Montgomery (AL): Printed by Brittan and De Wolf, 1853. First edition. 8vo. 400 pp. Errata slip pasted to a rear endpaper. Includes Richard Henry Lee's funeral oration for George Washington, John Tyler's 1837 oration at Yorktown, two selections from William Lowndes Yancey, and other pieces, almost all of southern interest..... More