Blair's Lectures On Rhetoric And Belles-Letters is a book written by Hugh Blair in 1822. The book is a collection of lectures that Blair gave on the subjects of rhetoric and belles-lettres (beautiful letters) during his tenure as a professor of rhetoric and belles-lettres at the University of Edinburgh. The book is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the principles of rhetoric, including the nature of language, the principles of style,...