ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION
DEBATES AND CAMPAIGN SPEECHES
On Retaining the Philippine Islands George F. Hoar
On Retaining the Philippine Islands William McKinley
Debate on the Tariff…………… Thomas B. Reed
Debate on the Tariff…………… Charles F. Crisp
South Carolina and Massachusetts… Robert Y. Hayne
South Carolina and Massachusetts… Daniel Webster
The Republican Party…………… John Hay
Nominating Ulysses S. Grant…….. Roscoe Conkling
The Choice of a Party………….. Roscoe Conkling
Nominating John Sherman………… James A. Garfield
The Democratic Party…………… William E. Russell
The Call to Democrats………….. Alton B. Parker
Nominating Woodrow Wilson………. John W. Wescott
Democratic Faith………………. William E. Russell
England and America……………. John Bright
On Home Rule in Ireland………… William E. Gladstone
THE LEGAL PLEA
The Dartmouth College Case……… Daniel Webster
In Defense of the Kennistons……. Daniel Webster
In Defense of the Kennistons, II… Daniel Webster
In Defense of John E. Cook……… D. W. Voorhees
In Defense of the Soldiers……… Josiah Quincy, Jr.
In Defense of the Soldiers, II….. Josiah Quincy, Jr.
In Defense of the Soldiers, III…. Josiah Quincy, Jr.
In Defense of Lord George Gordon… Lord Thomas Erskine
Pronouncing Sentence for High Treason
…………………………….. Sir Alfred Wills
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.. George S. Boutwell
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.. William M. Evarts
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, II
…………………………….. William M. Evarts
THE AFTER-DINNER SPEECH
At a University Club Dinner…….. Henry E. Howland
The Evacuation of New York……… Joseph H. Choate
Ties of Kinship……………….. Sir Edwin Arnold
Canada, England and the United States
…………………………….. Sir Wilfred Laurier
Monsieur and Madame……………. Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell)
The Typical American…………… Henry W. Grady
The Pilgrim Mothers……………. Joseph H. Choate
Bright Land to Westward………… E. O. Wolcott
Woman………………………… Theodore Tilton
Abraham Lincoln……………….. Horace Porter
To Athletic Victors……………. Henry E. Howland
THE OCCASIONAL POEM
Charles Dickens……………….. William Watson
The Mariners of England………… Thomas Campbell
Class Poem……………………. Langdon Warner
A Troop of the Guard…………… Hermann Hagedorn, Jr.
The Boys……………………… Oliver Wendell Holmes
THE ANECDOTE
The Mob Conquered……………… George William Curtis
An Example of Faith……………. Henry W. Grady
The Rail-Splitter……………… H. L. Williams
O'Connell's Wit……………….. Wendell Phillips
A Reliable Team……………….. Theodore Roosevelt
Meg's Marriage………………… Robert Collyer
Outdoing Mrs. Partington……….. Sidney Smith
Circumstance not a Cause……….. Sidney Smith
More Terrible than the Lions……. A. A. McCormick
Irving, the Actor……………… John De Morgan
Wendell Phillips's Tact………… James Burton Pond
Baked Beans and Culture………… Eugene Field
Secretary Chase's Chin-Fly……… F. B. Carpenter