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William Russell was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Alexander and Janet (Jamieson) Russell.
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Pulpit elocution: Comprising remarks on the effect of manner in public discourse the elements of elocution, applied to the reading of the Scriptures, hymns, and sermons ...
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A Grammar of Composition: Including a Practical Review of the Principles of Rhetoric, a Series of Exercises in Rhetorical Analysis, and Six Introductory Courses of Composition (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Grammar of Composition: Including a Practical Review of the Principles of Rhetoric, a Series of Exercises in Rhetorical Analysis, and Six Introductory Courses of Composition The subjects selected for exercises, are such as seemed likely to improve the mind; and it is hoped that the pupil, whilst writing his compositions, will thus be at once review ing useful knowledge, and acquiring a facility in communi cating it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Orthophony: Or, Vocal Culture. a Manual of Elementary Exercises for the Cultivation of the Voice in Elocution
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Rudiments of Gesture: Comprising Illustrations of Common Faults in Attitude and Action (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Rudiments of Gesture: Comprising Illustrations of Common Faults in Attitude and Action The common errors of judgment and taste, on this Subject, seem to lie in the supposition that thought and feeling may be separated in their expression. Every day furnishes examples 'of Speakers, who, from the coldness Of their manner, Seem to think that they can succeed in imparting Sentiment without cmotion, - and Of those, whose rhetorical and mechanical warmth appears to-aim, at eloquence by'emotion not founded on thought. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Manual of Mutual Instruction: Consisting of Mr. Fowle's Directions for Introducing in Common Schools the Improved System Adopted in the Monitorial School, Boston (Classic Reprint)
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The American Elocutionist: Comprising "Lessons in Enunciation", "Exercises in Elocution", And "Rudiments of Gesture"; With a Selection of New Pieces ... Engraved Illustrations in Attitude and Action
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Lessons in Enunciation: Comprising a Course of Elementary Exercises, and a Statement of Common Errors in Articulation, with the Rules of Correct Usage ... Rules and Exercises On the Mode of Enunciatio
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Suggestions on Teachers Institutes (Classic Reprint)
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William Russell
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After a period of preparatory study in a local grammar school, he matriculated in 1811 at the University of Glasgow. He did not receive a degree upon completing his studies, because he could not afford the journey to Oxford or Cambridge, which alone had the privilege of granting degrees at that time.
Career
Russell had decided to devote his life to teaching, but before he was able to establish himself in his native city, a pulmonary ailment made it necessary for him to seek a warmer climate. Accordingly, he sailed for Georgia early in 1817. He seems to have improved here sufficiently to take employment as a tutor in the home of Judge John McPherson Berrien of Savannah.
Later in the year he revisited Glasgow, and was convinced that the Scottish climate was too severe for his health. Returning to Savannah in 1818, he conducted a private school for about two years in connection with the Chatham Academy. In 1821 he was appointed principal of the Academy. He went, in 1822, to New Haven, where he conducted a school in the New Township Academy building. In 1825 he became headmaster of the Hopkins Grammar School; he also gave private lessons in elocution and oratory to students at Yale College.
Suffering a recurrence of his ailment, he resigned and moved to Boston, where, for five years, he gave instruction in elocution in several schools and to students attending Harvard College. In 1826 he became first editor of the American Journal of Education, carrying on his editorial work at night. During this period he gave many lectures on educational topics before teachers' institutes, reading circles, and lyceums, and took an active part in the discussions of the Transcendentalists in Boston and neighboring towns.
Late in 1830 he removed to Philadelphia, with Amos Bronson Alcott, and the following year established a school for girls in connection with the academy at Germantown. He organized the first teachers' association in Philadelphia (1831) and founded a Journal of Education there a year later. In 1833 he withdrew from the Germantown academy and established a school for girls in Philadelphia, where he remained until 1838.
Returning then to Boston, he again taught elocution and later, in partnership with James E. Murdoch, opened a school of speech. From 1842 to 1844, he resided in Andover, teaching elocution and oratory at Phillips Academy, the theological seminary, and Abbot Academy. He also lectured at the Theological Institute, East Windsor, Connecticut, a connection which he maintained for about twenty years.
Although he removed to Medford, Massachussets, in 1846, he did not sever his affiliations with these various institutions; in fact, he lectured periodically at others as well, among them Brown University, Union Theological Seminary, and Princeton. In 1849, he founded the Merrimack Normal Institute, at Merrimack, N. H. , a private normal school which he conducted successfully until 1852. The year following he taught in the normal school at Providence, R. I. In response to an invitation from the town of Lancaster, Massachussets, he opened the New England Normal Institute there on May 11, 1853, but because of failing health, closed it in 1855. During the two years of its existence, it became an important center of Pestalozzianism in the United States.
He resided in Lancaster until his death, devoting his later years to lecturing and writing for various teachers' journals.
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Russell was known as the first editor of the "American Journal of Education". He was one of the organizers of the American Institute of Instruction, and did much to further its important work. He was the founder of the schools for girls in Philadelphia, and Germantown; the Merrimack Normal Institute at Merrimack and New England Normal Institute at Lancaster. Russell was also voluminous writer. His publications included: A Grammar of Composition (1823), Suggestions on Education (1823), Manual of Mutual Instruction (1826), Lessons in Enunciation (1830), Rudiments of Gesture (1830), Exercises in Elocution (1841), The American Elocutionist (1844), Orthophony, or the Cultivation of the Voice (1845), Elements of Musical Articulation (1845), Pulpit Elocution (1846), Harper's New York Class Book (1847), Primary Reader (1847), Exercises on Words (1856), Teaching a Profession (1858).
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A Grammar of Composition: Including a Practical Review of the Principles of Rhetoric, a Series of Exercises in Rhetorical Analysis, and Six Introductory Courses of Composition (Classic Reprint)
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The American Elocutionist: Comprising "Lessons in Enunciation", "Exercises in Elocution", And "Rudiments of Gesture"; With a Selection of New Pieces ... Engraved Illustrations in Attitude and Action
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Suggestions on Teachers Institutes (Classic Reprint)
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Rudiments of Gesture: Comprising Illustrations of Common Faults in Attitude and Action (Classic Reprint)
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Orthophony: Or, Vocal Culture. a Manual of Elementary Exercises for the Cultivation of the Voice in Elocution
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Harper's New-York class-book:
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Exercises in Elocution
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Manual of Mutual Instruction: Consisting of Mr. Fowle's Directions for Introducing in Common Schools the Improved System Adopted in the Monitorial School, Boston (Classic Reprint)
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Lessons in Enunciation: Comprising a Course of Elementary Exercises, and a Statement of Common Errors in Articulation, with the Rules of Correct Usage ... Rules and Exercises On the Mode of Enunciatio
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- Pulpit elocution: Comprising remarks on the effect of manner in public discourse the elements of elocution, applied to the reading of the Scriptures, hymns, and sermons ...
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A Grammar of Composition: Including a Practical Review of the Principles of Rhetoric, a Series of Exercises in Rhetorical Analysis, and Six Introductory Courses of Composition (Classic Reprint)
Connections
On August 22, 1821 Russell married Ursula Wood, the daughter of the Rev. Luke and Ann (Pease) Wood of Somers, Connecticut.
