ABSTRACT

John Thelwall was London Corresponding Society's most prominent orators and was tried for high treason along with Thomas Hardy and John Horne Tooke in 1794. This edition brings together Thelwall's most important political writing ranging from scientific pamphlets and writings on the art of elocution, to political philosophy and journalism.

chapter |13 pages

‘The Phenomena of the Wye’

chapter |41 pages

‘A Pedestrian Excursion’

chapter |33 pages

'Prefatory Memoir'

chapter |16 pages

Elocution and Oratory

chapter |49 pages

'A Letter to Francis Jeffray'

chapter |32 pages

Mr Thelwall's Reply