CONTENTS.

DRAMATIC.
PAGE
Ballad of Breakneck, The,[134]
Ben Hassan’s Dream,[234]
Ben-Hur’s Chariot Race,[301]
Corsican, The,[277]
Dream of Aldarin, The,[368]
Dream of Eugene Aram, The,[337]
Dying to Win,[10]
Felon’s Wife, The,[127]
Fra Giacomo,[271]
Jingles,[158]
Lost in the Mountains,[195]
Mad,[358]
Nell,[292]
Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii,[333]
Old Actor’s Story, The,[227]
Sir Rupert’s Wife,[22]
Spanish Mother, The,[59]
Swore Off,[376]
Uncle Ned’s Tale,[254]
Woman’s Vengeance, A,[363]
PATHETIC.
Back to Griggsby’s,[154]
Crazy Nell,[21]
Dead Letter, The,[4]
Death of Uncle Tom, The,[371]
Dog Story, A,[122]
Dolores,[308]
Dukite Snake, The,[354]
Enguerrande’s Child,[209]
Ivy-Clad Ruin,[265]
Mary, Queen of Scots,[73]
Moon, The,[125]
New Mother, A,[166]
Not in the Ranks,[225]
Old Spinster, The,[156]
One Day Solitary,[346]
Roderick Lee,[51]
Suicide, The,[126]
Tommy’s Death-Bed,[82]
Waiting for the Mail,[300]
Wayward Life, A,[140]
Why She Didn’t Stay in the Poor-House,[144]
Yes, I’m Guilty,[266]
HUMOROUS.
Book-Agent Beats the Bandit, The,[223]
Charlie’s Story,[237]
Chemist to His Love, The,[138]
Engineer’s Ride on a Piano, The,[64]
Experience with a Refractory Cow,[70]
Going to Market,[85]
Holding a Baby,[57]
How “Ruby” Played,[327]
Humors of Elocution,[41]
I’m Getting Too Big to Kiss,[299]
Lecture by One of the Sex,[206]
Little Torment, The,[142]
Meeting at Wendletown, The,[178]
Merry Mike,[220]
Pa,[8]
Reason Why, The,[43]
Ruling Passion, The,[297]
Studying for the Contest,[19]
Thora,[317]
Village Choir, The,[222]
Wanted, a Wife,[153]
Yankee Still Ahead, The,[79]
PATRIOTIC.
Gallant Fifty-first, The,[3]
Last Salute, The,[17]
Proud Flag of Freedom, The,[194]
Soldier’s Offering, A,[296]
Unknown Speaker, The,[380]
Valley Forge,[325]
World’s Hero, The,[66]
DIALOGUES AND DRAMAS.
All Wrong,[283]
Civilization,[30]
Crowning of the Sunday-School Angel,[88]
Dorothy Clyde,[102]
Getting Ready,[32]
Meg Merrilies,[350]
Merry Sunflower,[86]
Months, The,[238]
Petruchio’s Widow,[181]
Scene from “Merchant of Venice,”[313]
JUVENILES.
Boy and The Boot, The,[387]
Elf-Child, The,[411]
Farewell, Old Shoe,[388]
For a Little Girl,[391]
Johnny’s Soliloquy,[394]
Katie’s Wants,[401]
Little Foxes,[390]
Little Millie’s Declamation,[407]
Little Tommie’s First Smoke,[410]
Lulu’s Complaint,[409]
New Baby, The,[400]
Nobody’s Dog,[393]
Nose Out of Joint, The,[404]
Only Child, The,[408]
Oration for a Boy, An,[408]
Presentation Speech,[406]
Queer Little Stitches,[402]
Richard Dingle’s Speech,[175]
Speckled Hen, The,[397]
Tale of a Dog and a Bee,[389]
They Say,[392]
Unfinished Prayer, The,412
Valedictory,[405]
Wind in a Frolic, The,[396]
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bill, the Engineer,[146]
Calls of The Bells, The,[99]
Contrasts in Shakespeare,[215]
Coquette, The,[67]
Echo and the Ferry,[46]
Enchanted Shirt, The,[268]
Exercise in Pronunciation,[124]
Go Fan Yourself,[291]
Grain of Truth, A,[276]
Hints on Expression,[87]
King’s Kiss, The,[214]
Legend of the Wissahickon,[161]
Little Brown Eyes,[12]
Little Christel,[131]
Maiden Song,[201]
Notation of Gestures,[2]
Nothing to Wear,[44]
Read This if You Can,[262]
Six O’Clock,[236]
Stars, The,[143]
True Remedy, The,[151]
Word Pictures,[176]

Transcriber’s Note

This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated below. Dialect and misspelled words were not corrected, unless indicated below.

“The Unfinished Prayer,” listed in the Contents on page 412, was not included in the original book.

Illustrations were moved to the nearest break between works. Obvious printing errors, such as backwards, upside down, missing or partially printed letters, were corrected. Apostrophes and diacriticals were adjusted as needed. Final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were added. Duplicate letters at line endings or page breaks were removed.

Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to the end of the work to which they pertain. Anchors [1], [305], and [332] were not printed in the original. There are two anchors [456] and [781]. Footnotes resolve to the first of each. Anchor [1151] was added to title of “One Day Solitary” as the footnote applies to whole poem. There are two footnotes numbered [356]; the second is noted [356a], without a link. Duplicate of footnote [646] was deleted.

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