New Century Speaker and Writer: Being a Standard Work on Composition and Oratory
BEING
A Standard Work on Composition and Oratory
CONTAINING
RULES FOR EXPRESSING WRITTEN THOUGHT IN A CORRECT AND ELEGANT MANNER; MODEL SELECTIONS FROM THE MOST FAMOUS AUTHORS; SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITIONS AND HOW TO TREAT THEM; USE OF ILLUSTRATIONS; DESCRIPTIVE, PATHETIC AND HUMOROUS WRITINGS, ETC., ETC.
TOGETHER WITH A
Peerless Collection of Readings and Recitations, Including Programmes for Special Occasions
FROM AUTHORS OF WORLD-WIDE RENOWN, FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES, COLLEGES, LODGES, SUNDAY-SCHOOL AND SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENTS
THE WHOLE FORMING AN
UNRIVALED SELF-EDUCATOR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
by Henry Davenport Northrop Author of “Delsarte Manual of Oratory,” “Golden Gleanings of Poetry, Prose and Song,” etc., etc.
Embellished with a Galaxy of Charming Engravings
Henry Davenport Northrop
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Preface.
CONTENTS.
WHAT TO DO, AND HOW TO DO IT.
READING AND THINKING.
HOW TO ACQUIRE A CAPTIVATING STYLE.
THE CHOICE OF LANGUAGE.
PUTTING WORDS INTO SENTENCES.
ERRORS TO BE AVOIDED.
Exercises in Composition.
Exercises in Easy Narratives.
Use of Illustrations.
How to Compose and Write Letters.
Subjects for Compositions.
Synonyms and Antonyms.
Noms De Plume of Authors
HOW TO READ AND RECITE.
Recitations with Lesson Talks.
Recitations with Music.
Patriotic Recitations.
Descriptive and Dramatic Recitations
Orations by Famous Orators.
Humorous Recitations.
THE DUEL.
Pathetic Recitations.
Recitations for Children.
Recitations for the Sunday-school.
PROGRAMME NO. 1 FOR FOURTH OF JULY.
PROGRAMME NO. 2, FOR FOURTH OF JULY.
PROGRAMME FOR A CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT.
PROGRAMME FOR DECORATION DAY.
PROGRAMME FOR WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY.
PROGRAMME FOR ARBOR DAY.
PROGRAMME FOR A HARVEST HOME.
PROGRAMME FOR LYCEUM OR PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT.
PROGRAMME FOR THANKSGIVING.
PROGRAMME FOR FLOWER DAY.
Dialogues for Schools and Lyceums.
IN WANT OF A SERVANT.
THE UNWELCOME GUEST.
AUNTY PUZZLED.
THE POOR LITTLE RICH BOY.
COLLOQUY.
THE GOSSIPS.
FARMER HANKS WANTS A DIVORCE.
TAKING THE CENSUS.
ELDER SNIFFLES’ COURTSHIP
THE MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENT.
MRS. MALAPROP AND CAPTAIN ABSOLUTE.
WINNING A WIDOW.
Miscellaneous Selections
UNCLE PETE.
PAT’S EXCUSE.
THE DUEL.
READING THE WILL.
THE DEBTOR AND THE DUN.
THE DISAGREEABLE MEDDLER.
SPARTACUS AND JOVIUS.
HOW THE MONEY GOES.
THE SALUTATORIAN’S DIFFICULTIES.
PYGMALION AND GALATEA.
QUARREL OF BRUTUS AND CASSIUS.
SCENE BETWEEN HAMLET AND THE QUEEN.
LOCHIEL’S WARNING.
MARY STUART, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND.
A CASE OF INDIGESTION.
MR. CROSS AND SERVANT JOHN.
HOW TO BREAK BAD NEWS.
CONSTITUTION.
BY-LAWS.
SUGGESTED SUBJECTS FOR DEBATE
TABLEAUX FOR PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS.
JOAN OF ARC AT THE STAKE.
WINTER IN THE LAP OF SPRING.
THERE’S NO ROSE WITHOUT A THORN.
A NUN AT HER DEVOTIONS.
TABLEAU WITH RECITALS.
CINDERELLA’S SLIPPER.
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