CONTENTS.

CHAPTER 1.

THE BATTLE-FIELDS OF EARLY AMERICAN ELO-

QUENCE.

II.

JAMES OTIS,

ORATOR OF INTREPID PASSION.

III.

SAMUEL ADAMS,

LAST OF THE PURITANS.

IV.

JOSIAH QUINCY,

ORATOR OF REFINED ENTHUSIASM.

V.

JOHN HANCOCK,

DIGNIFIED CAVALIER OF LIBERTY.

VI.

JOSEPH WARREN,

TYPE OF OUR MARTIAL ELOQUENCE.

XV.

THOMAS ADDIS EMMET,

THE ORATOR OF DEEP FEELING.

XVI.

JOHN RANDOLPH,

THE IMPERSONATION OF SARCASM.