John Thelwall’s Writings on Elocution

1802aSelections and original articles, read and recited in illustration of Mr. Thelwall’s Lectures on the science and practice of Elocution. York, UK: A. Bartholoman.Lecture outline
1802bGeneral plan and outline of Mr. Thelwall’s course of lectures on the science and practice of elocution/delivered and about to be delivered. Birmingham: J. Belcher (8pps)Lecture outline
1803Elocution and oratory: general plan and outline of Mr. Thelwall’s course of lectures, on the science and practice of elocution; delivered and about to be delivered, in the principal cities and towns of England, Scotland, etc. Manchester: R. & W. Dean (12pps)Lecture outline
1804aMr. Thelwall and Mr. Gough on the voice. Monthly Magazine, 17, 9-11.Voice
1804bCase of a child blind and speechless, apparently from the operation of the inoculated small-pox. Monthly Magazine, 17, 516-519.Diagnosis
1804cA letter to Francis Jeffrey, Esq., on certain calumnies and misrepresentations in the Edinburgh Review; the conduct of certain individuals on the night of Mr. Thelwall’s probationary lecture at Bernard’s Rooms Edinburgh and the ignorance of the new critical junto of the simplest elements of English composition and English Grammar, with an appendix, containing outlines of a course of lectures on the science and practice of elocution. Edinburgh Review. Printed for the author by John Turnbull.Lecture outline
1804dMr. Thelwall’s reply to the calumnies, misrepresentations, and literary forgeries contained in the anonymous observations on his letter to the editor of the Edinburgh Review; With a further exposition of the ungrammatical ignorance of the writers and vindicators of that defamatory journal. Glasgow, W. Lang 
1805aOn cutting the bridle of the tongue. The Medical and Physical Journal, 14, 256-259.Surgery
1805bIntroductory discourse on the nature and objects of elocutionary science; and the studies and accomplishments connected with the cultivation of the faculty of oral expression: with outlines of a course of lectures on the science and practice of elocution. London: Ponterfact.Lecture outline
1805cLetter to the editor of the Medical and Physical Journal, 13, 450-455. (Announcement of the opening of his “College for the Cure of all Impediments of Speech” and advertising for his Course of Lectures in London. Also includes some of Thelwall’s classification of speech impediments.)Practice
1805dThe Trident of Albion, an epic effusion; and an oration on the influence of elocution on martial enthusiasm; with an address to the Shade of Nelson, delivered at the Lyceum, Liverpool. on occasion of the late glorious naval victory. To which is prefixed an introductory discourse on the nature and objects of elocutionary science. Liverpool: G. F. Harris.General
1806aThelwall, J. (1806a). On difficulty of speech. Medical and Physical Journal, 15, 172-175. (Article publicizing and responding to a therapy of Wallis for a Mr. Thomas Wood to compensate for his long tongue that produced speech problems.)Surgery
1806bThelwall, J. (1806b). Selections and original articles, for Mr. Thelwall’s Lectures on the science and practice of elocution; together with the Introductory Discourse and Outlines. Birmingham, UK: J. Belcher & Son.Lecture outline  
1807aThelwall, J. (1807a). On the musical properties of English syllables. Letter to editor. Monthly Magazine, 23, 28-31 (An article on Thelwall’s prosodic theory).Prosody
1807bCorrection of mistakes in relation to Abbe de l’Eppe. Monthly Magazine, 24, 442-445. (a response to Mr. Mann’s article in the Monthly Magazine on l’Eppe’s attitude on speech education for the deaf)Deaf
1807cFurther particulars of the public exhibition of pupils at Mr. Thelwall’s institution for the cure of impediments of speech. Monthly Magazine, 24, 41-42.Practice
1808aMr Thelwall’s plan and terms of tuition, etc.: Institution for the cure of impediments of speech, instruction of foreigners, cultivation of oratory, English composition and polite literature, and the preparation of youth for the more liberal departments of active life.Practice
1808bOn the treatment of impediments and of the deaf and dumb. Letter to the editor. Monthly Magazine, 25, 202-205.Deaf
1809aElement in the science of elocution.  Volume 12, Part 2 of Rees, Abraham The new cyclopaedia : or, Universal dictionary of arts and sciences: formed upon a more enlarged plan of arrangement than the dictionary of Mr. Chambers, comprehending the various articles of that work, with additions and improvements, together with the new subjects of biography, geography, and history, and adapted to the present state of literature and science. Philadelphia: Robert Carr and John Conrad.General
1809bHistorical and oratorical society at Mr. Thelwall’s institution. Monthly Magazine, 28, 152-157.Practice
1810aA letter to Henry Cline, Esq. on imperfect development of the faculties mental and moral as well as constitutional and organic and on the treatment of impediments of speech. London: Richard Taylor & Co.General Practice
1810bThe vestibule of eloquence. Original articles, oratorical and poetical, intended as exercises in recitation, at the institution, Bedford Place,, Russell Square.. London. J. McCreery.Practice
1810cOn the application of the principles of musical proportion in the treatment of impediments of speech. Monthly Magazine, 30, 104-108. (Thelwall accuses a Mr. Odell of plagiarism. He also describes what he sees as his contributions and expertise in the area of prosody and what he has borrowed from Joshua Steele).Prosody
1810dMr. Thelwall’s reply to Mr. Smart. Monthly Magazine, 30, 301-303. (Thelwall responds to a previous article in Monthly Magazine saying that his contributions are nothing new.)Prosody
1812Selections for the illustration of a course of instructions on the rhythmus and utterance of the English language: with an introductory essay on the application of rhythmical science to the treatment of impediments, and the improvement of our national oratory; and an elementary analysis of the science and practice of elocution, composition, etc. London: J. McCreery.Prosody
1813Defence of Mr. Thelwall on the criticisms against his three publications in the Monthly Review. New Review, 1, 689-693 
1814Results of experience in the treatment of cases of defective utterance, from deficiencies in the roof of the mouth and other mal-conformations of the organs of speech, with observations on cases of amentia and tardy and imperfect developments of the faculties. London: J. McCreery.Practice/ Diagnosis
1825aMr Thelwall’s lecture on the enunicative organs and forma tion of the literal elements. Monthly Magazine, 60, 113-117.Lecture outline
1825bCritique of Erasmus Darwin Monthly Magazine, 60, 5-8 
1825cMonthly Magazine, 60, 202-204 
1825dMonthly Magazine, 60, 305-308 
1826aMr. Thelwall’s lecture. On the harmonic qualities of the literal elements, and their classification according to their musical and other inherent properties. Panoramic Miscellany, 1, 41-47.Prosody
1826bMr. Thelwall’s lecture on the elements of euphony, Panoramic Miscellany, 1, 193-198Prosody
1826cMr. Thelwall’s lecture on the articulation and qualities of syllables and the educational causes of impediments of speech, Panoramic Miscellany, 1, 347-354Diagnosis Prosody Phonetics  
1826dPanoramic Miscellany, 635-642 
1826ePanoramic Miscellany, 796