Recitations for the Social Circle. Selected and Original

by Unknown

CONTENTS.

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A Dream of the Universe. By Jean Paul Richter, [95]
A Friend of the Fly, [173]
After-Dinner Speech by a Frenchman, [287]
America for God. By T. DeWitt Talmage, [74]
An Affectionate Letter, [198]
An Appeal for Liberty. By Joseph Story, [296]
An Hour of Horror, [218]
Annie and Willie's Prayer. By Sophia P. Snow, [275]
Answered Prayers, By Ella Wheeler Wilcox, [175]
An Unaccountable Mystery. By Paul Denton, [80]
A Rainy Day, [260]
A Reasonable Request, [194]
At the Stage Door. By James Clarence Harvey, [16]
At the Stamp Window, [110]
Becalmed. By Samuel K. Cowan, [182]
Banford's Burglar Alarm, [314]
Behind Time. By Freeman Hunt, [77]
Bessie Kendrick's Journey. By Mrs. Annie E. Preston, [253]
Better Things, [319]
Bicycle Ride. By James Clarence Harvey, [236]
By Special Request. By Frank Castles, [47]
Charity, [308]
Cut Behind. By T. DeWitt Talmage, [14]
Daughter of the Desert. By James Clarence Harvey, [65]
De Pint Wid Ole Pete, [215]
Destiny of Our Country. By R. C. Winthrop, [188]
Eloquence, the Study of. By Cicero, [11]
Emulation (Up to Date). By James Clarence Harvey, [187]

Extract from Blaine's Oration on James A. Garfield, [208]
Fashionable, [261]
Fast Mail and the Stage. By John H. Yates, [230]
Frenchman and the Landlord. Anonymous, [18]
Gentle Alice Brown. By W. S. Gilbert, [149]
Get Acquainted With Yourself. By R. J. Burdette, [119]
God in the Constitution. By T. DeWitt Talmage, [176]
Good Old Way, [207]
Good Reading. By John S. Hart, L.L.D., [41]
Go Vay, Becky Miller, Go Vay, [220]
Guild's Signal. By Francis Bret Harte, [21]
His Last Court, [104]
Hornets. By Bill Nye, [70]
How "Old Mose" Counted Eggs, [272]
How Shall I Love You? By Will C. Ferril, [212]
Imperfectus. By James Clarence Harvey, [83]
In Arabia. By James Berry Bensel, [37]
In the Bottom Drawer, [185]
It is a Winter Night. By Richard Henry Stoddard, [221]
I Wonder. By James Clarence Harvey, [159]
Katrina's Visit to New York, [138]
Keenan's Charge. By George P. Lathrop, [97]
Kittens and Babies. By Lizzie M. Hadley, [80]
Land of Our Birth. By Lillie E. Barr, [239]
Legend of the Ivy. By James Clarence Harvey, [34]
Let Us Give Thanks, [258]
Literary Attractions of the Bible. By Dr. Hamilton, [88]
Little Brown Curl, [213]
Little Feet, [259]
Little Jim. By George R. Sims, [118]
Little White Hearse. By J. W. Riley, [121]
Lullaby, [114]
Maid of Orleans. By J. E. Sagebeer, [144]
Mark Twain and the Interviewer, [22]
Mother, Home and Heaven, [56]
Mother's Doughnuts. By Charles F. Adams, [87]
Mother's Fool, [217]
Mr. Winkle Puts on Skates. By Charles Dickens, [281]
Mutation. By James Clarence Harvey, [164]
My Mother's Bible. By George P. Morris, [286]
New Year Ledger. By Amelia E. Barr, [39]
No Objection to Children, [309]
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, [51]
Old Uncle Jake, [298]
Only a Song, [235]
Our Own. By Margaret E. Sangster, [76]
Our Heroes Shall Live. By Henry Ward Beecher, [113]
Paul Revere's Ride. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, [43]
Penning a Pig. By James A. Bailey, [115]
Praying for Papa, [180]
Praying for Shoes. By Paul Hamilton Hayne, [58]
Puzzled Dutchman, [227]
Queen Vashti. By T. DeWitt Talmage, [131]
Rabbi and the Prince. By James Clarence Harvey, [143]
Resignation. By Longfellow, [196]
Resurgam. By Eben E. Rexford, [262]
Roman Legend. By James Clarence Harvey, [170]
Rum's Devastation and Destiny. By William Sullivan, [60]
Serenade. By Thomas Hood, [129]
She Cuts His Hair, [294]
Shwate Kittie Kehoe. By James Clarence Harvey, [155]
Since She Went Home. By R. J. Burdette, [72]
Six Love Letters, [165]
Speech of Patrick Henry, [160]
Story of the Little Rid Hin. By Mrs. Whitney, [232]
Supporting the Guns, [30]
The American Union. By Daniel Webster, [52]
The Black Horse and His Rider. By Charles Sheppard, [290]
The Book Canvasser. By Max Adeler, [264]
The Children. By Charles Dickens, [306]
The Children We Keep, [73]
The Christmas Baby. By Will Carleton, [92]
The Country's Greatest Evil, [156]
The Crowded Street. By William Cullen Bryant, [252]
The Dead Doll. By Margaret Vandegrift, [108]
The Doorstep. By E. C. Stedman, [270]
The Enchanted Shirt. By John Hay, [177]
The Fatal Glass. By Laura U. Case, [137]
The Fault of the Age. By Ella Wheeler Wilcox, [263]
The Hot Axle. By T. DeWitt Talmage, [303]
The Minister's Grievances, [204]
The Misnomer. By Josie C. Malott, [269]
The Modern Belle, [226]
The Nameless Guest. By James Clarence Harvey, [112]
The Old Oaken Bucket. By Samuel Woodworth, [279]
The Pilot. By John B. Gough, [135]
The Poppy Land Limited Express. By Edgar Wade Abbot, [55]
The Prime of Life. By Ella Wheeler Wilcox, [29]
There is a Tongue in Every Leaf, [257]
There'll Be Room in Heaven, [122]
The Retort Dis-courteous. By James Clarence Harvey, [125]
The Teacher's Diadem, [240]
The United States. By Daniel Webster, [35]
The Whirling Wheel. By Tudor Jenks, [288]
The Whistling Regiment. By James Clarence Harvey, [199]
Tobe's Monument. By Elizabeth Kilham, [243]
Useful Precepts for Girls, [100]
W'en de Darky am A-whis'lin'. By S. Q. Lapius, [134]
We're Building Two a Day! By Rev. Alfred J. Hough, [224]
What the Little Girl Said, [221]
Widder Budd, [102]
Wind and Sea. By Bayard Taylor, [13]
Woman's Pocket. By James M. Bailey, [84]
Women of Mumbles Head. By Clement Scott, [190]
Young America, [153]
Zenobia's Defence. By William Ware, [126]

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