:

THE

HISTORY OF ORATORY

FROM THE

AGE OF PERICLES TO THE
PRESENT TIME

BY

LORENZO SEARS, L. H. D.

PROFESSOR IN BROWN UNIVERSITY

CHICAGO

S. C. GRIGGS AND COMPANY

H.

ΤΟ

CYRUS NORTHROP, LL. D.,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA,

AND SOMETIME

PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH LITERATURE

IN YALE COLLEGE,

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED

IN PLEASANT MEMORY OF ACADEMIC YEARS.