TABLE OF CONTENTS

Principles ofReading[1-35]
Importance of Oral Reading[1]
Mechanical Side of Oral Reading[2]
Correct Pronunciation, DistinctArticulation.
Expression[3]
Concrete Thinking, Abstract Thinking,Emotion.
Elements of Vocal Expression[7]
Pause, Grouping, Time, Inflection, Pitch, Force,Stress, Emphasis, Shading, Perspective, Quality.
Selections[36-305]

The Banner of St. George

Shapcott Wensley[36]

Jean Valjean and the Bishop

Victor Hugo[38]

The Well of St. Keyne

Robert Southey[43]

Faith, Hope and Charity

Bible[46]

The Legend Beautiful

Henry W. Longfellow[47]

The Vicar's Family Use Art

Oliver Goldsmith[52]

The Soldier's Dream

Oliver Goldsmith[58]

Van Elsen

Frederick George Scott[60]

Pibroch of Donuil Dhu

Sir Walter Scott[61]

The Day is Done

Henry W. Longfellow[63]

The Schoolmaster and the Boys

Charles Dickens[65]

The Knights' Chorus

Alfred, Lord Tennyson[70]

The Northern Star

Unknown[71]

The Indigo Bird

Ethelwyn Wetherald[72]

The Pasture Field

Ethelwyn Wetherald[73]

Shipwrecked

Robert Louis Stevenson[75]

On His Blindness

John Milton[80]

Briggs in Luck

William M. Thackeray[81]

The Laughing Sally

Charles G. D. Roberts[84]

The Prodigal Son

Bible[88]

Christmas at Sea

Robert Louis Stevenson[90]

The Evening Wind

William Cullen Bryant[93]

Paradise and the Peri

Thomas Moore[95]

The Lady of Shalott

Alfred, Lord Tennyson[100]

Home they brought her Warrior dead

Alfred, Lord Tennyson[107]

The Sky

John Ruskin[108]

The Return of the Swallows

Edmund W. Gosse[111]

Barbara Frietchie

John Greenleaf Whittier[113]

Bless the Lord, O My Soul

Bible[116]

The Eternal Goodness

John Greenleaf Whittier[118]

The King of Glory

Bible[119]

The Four-Horse Race

"Ralph Connor"[121]

Mrs. Malaprop's Views

Richard B. Sheridan[126]

The Glove and the Lions

Leigh Hunt[131]

The Fickleness of a Roman Mob

William Shakespeare[133]

Sir Peter and Lady Teazle

Richard B. Sheridan[136]

The Parting of Marmion and Douglas

Sir Walter Scott[140]

Columbus

Joaquin Miller[143]

From the "Apology" of Socrates

Benjamin Jowett[145]

Highland Hospitality

Sir Walter Scott[151]

The Outlaw

Sir Walter Scott[154]

Of Studies

Francis, Lord Bacon[157]

The Influence of Athens

Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay[159]

National Morality

John Bright[161]

Hamlet's Advice to the Players

William Shakespeare[164]

Rosabelle

Sir Walter Scott[166]

The Island of the Scots

William E. Aytoun[168]

Cranford Society

Mrs. Gaskell[178]

Sir Galahad

Alfred, Lord Tennyson[182]

Song for Saint Cecilia's Day

John Dryden[186]

The Day was Lingering

Charles Heavysege[189]

On First Looking into Chapman's Homer

John Keats[189]

Great Things Were Ne'er Begotten in anHour

Sir Daniel Wilson[190]

A Wood Lyric

William Wilfred Campbell[191]

To Night

Percy Bysshe Shelley[193]

The Opening Scene at the Trial of WarrenHastings

Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay[194]

Peroration of Opening Speech against WarrenHastings

Edmund Burke[201]

The Song My Paddle Sings

E. Pauline Johnson[203]

The Defence of the Bridge

Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay[206]

On the Death of King Edward VII

Sir Herbert Henry Asquith[217]

The Heroes of Magersfontein

The London Daily News[221]

Funeral of Julius Cæsar

William Shakespeare[225]

The Revenge

Alfred, Lord Tennyson[234]

Hervé Riel

Robert Browning[241]

The Handwriting on the Wall

Bible[248]

Paul's Defence before King Agrippa

Bible[251]

The Stranded Ship

Charles G. D. Roberts[254]

Sir Patrick Spens

Old Ballad[258]

King John and the Abbot of Canterbury

Old Ballad[262]

The Key to Human Happiness

George Eliot[266]

The Vision of Sir Launfal

James Russell Lowell[271]

On the Death of Gladstone

Sir Wilfrid Laurier[278]

The Downfall of Wolsey

William Shakespeare[286]

The Italian in England

Robert Browning[290]

Advantages of Imperial Federation

George Monro Grant[296]

Collect for Dominion Day

Charles G. D. Roberts[305]
Appendix

A. Exercises in Vocalization and Articulation

[306]

B. Physical Exercises

[312]

C. List of Reference Books

[314]