THE ELEMENTS OF COMPOSITION, BELLES-LETTRES, AND ORATORY. BY AUGUSTUS LAYRES, PROFESSOR OF VARIOUS LANGUAGES, RHETORIC AND SCIENCES. SAN FRANCISCO: A. ROMAN & Co., Nos. 417 AND 419 MONTGOMERY STREET. 1867. First Book, "THE ELEMENTS OF COMPOSITION," entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, BY AUGUSTUS LAYRES, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of California. Printed by DEWEY & CO., MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS BOOK AND JOB OFFICE, THE ELEMENTS OF COMPOSITION, BELLES-LETTRES, AND ORATORY, COMPRISED IN THREE BOOKS, A WORK PROFESSEDLY WRITTEN FOR THE INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND RESPECTFULLLY DEDICATED ΤΟ THE DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTRUCTION, ΤΟ THE PATRONS OF THE AUTHOR, AND TO ALL THE FRIENDS OF LITERATURE, BY AUGUSTUS LAYRES, PROFESSOR OF VARIOUS LANGUAGES, RHETORIC AND SCIENCES. |