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Copyright, 1907, by
R. I. Fulton, T. C. Trueblood, and E. P. Trueblood
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PREFACE

The purpose of the compilers of this volume is:—

First, to provide some new material in poetry and eloquence that has never before appeared in books of this character, in addition to many standard selections familiar to the general public;

Second, to furnish selections that will stand the test of literary criticism and at the same time prove to be popular and successful for public entertainment;

Third, to offer for the use of classes in public speaking such carefully selected literature of varied scope as will be helpful and stimulating in the practice of reading aloud and profitable in acquiring power of vocal interpretation;

Fourth, to stimulate interest in the works of the authors from whom we have chosen and in the speeches or books from which extracts have been taken;

Fifth, to present as models for students in public speaking notable specimens of eloquence, among which are masterpieces of the seven great orators of the world and from the six great triumphs in the history of American oratory;

Sixth, to provide carefully chosen scenes from a few standard, modern dramas for class-room and platform use. In these scenes the attempt has been made to preserve the spirit and unity of the plays, to shorten them to practical length, and to adapt them to the demands of the public audience.

To avoid reprinting material which is already universally accessible, we have inserted no scenes from Shakespeare; but the reader is referred to Fulton and Trueblood's "Choice Readings" (published by Ginn and Company), which contains copious Indexes to choice scenes from Shakespeare, the Bible, and hymn-books. The two volumes include a wide field of literature best suited for public speaking.

The selections throughout the book are arranged under six different classes and cover a wide range of thought and emotion. While many shades of feeling may be found in the same selection, it has been our aim to place each one under the division with which, as a whole, it is most closely allied.

We are grateful to the many authors and publishers who have courteously permitted us to use their publications. Instead of naming them in the preface we have chosen to make due acknowledgment in a footnote wherever their selections appear in the volume.

F. and T.

CONTENTS

[PREFACE]

[I]

NARRATIVE, DESCRIPTIVE, PATHETIC

[Arena Scene from "Quo Vadis?" The] Sienkiewicz.
[Arrow and the Song, The]Longfellow..
[Aux Italiens]Lytton.
[Bobby Shafto]Henry.
[Carcassonne]Nadaud.
[Child-wife, The]Dickens.
[Count Gismond]Browning.
[Death of Arbaces, The]Lytton.
[Dora]Tennyson.
[Easter with Parepa, An]Delano.
[Evening Bells, Those]Moore.
[Ginevra]Coolidge.
[High Tide at Lincolnshire, The]Ingelow.
[How Did You Die?]Cooke.
[Indigo Bird, The]Burroughs.
[Jackdaw of Rheims, The]Barham.
[Jaffar]Hunt.
[Jim Bludsoe]Hay.
[King Robert of Sicily]Longfellow.
[Lady of Shalott, The]Tennyson.
[Legend of Service, A]Van Dyke.
[Little Boy Blue]Field.
[Mary's Night Ride]Cable.
[Nydia, the Blind Girl]Lytton.
[O Captain, My Captain!]Whitman.
[On the Other Train]Anon.
[Pansy, The]Anon.
["Revenge," The]Tennyson.
[Rider of the Black Horse, The]Lippard.
[Sailing beyond Seas]Ingelow.
[Sands of Dee, The]Kingsley.
[School of Squeers, The]Dickens.
[Secret of Death, The]Arnold.
[Shamus O'Brien]Le Fanu.
[Ships, My]Wilcox.
[Soldier's Reprieve, The]Robbins.
[Song, The]Scott.
[Stirrup Cup, The]Hay.
[Swan-song, The]Brooks.
[Sweet Afton]Burns.
[Violet's Blue]Henry.
[Waterfowl, To a]Bryant.
[Wedding Gown, The]Pierce.
[When the Snow Sifts Through]Gillilan.
[Wild Flower, To a]Thompson.
[Zoroaster, The Fate of]Crawford.

[II]

SOLEMN, REVERENTIAL, SUBLIME

[Centennial Hymn]Whittier.
[Chambered Nautilus, The]Holmes.
[Crossing the Bar]Tennyson.
[Destruction of Sennacherib, The] Byron.
[Each and All]Emerson.
[Laus Deo!]Whittier.
[Pilgrim Fathers, The]Hemans.
[Present Crisis, The]Lowell.
[Recessional, The]Kipling.
[Sacredness of Work, The]Carlyle.
[What's Hallowed Ground?]Campbell.

[III]

PATRIOTIC, HEROIC, ORATORICAL

[Abolition of War]Sumner.
[American Flag, The]Beecher.
[American People, The]Beveridge.
[American Question, The]Bright.
[America's Relation to Missions]Angell.
[American Slavery]Bright.
[Armenian Massacres, The]Gladstone.
[Battle Hymn of the Republic]Howe.
[Blue and the Gray, The]Lodge.
[Corruption of Prelates]Savonarola.
[Cross of Gold, The]Bryan.
[Death of Congressman Burnes]Ingalls.
[Death of Garfield, The]Blaine.
[Death of Grady, The]Graves.
[Death of Toussaint L'Ouverture]Phillips.
[Dedication of Gettysburg Cemetery, The] Lincoln.
[Fallen Heroes of Japan, The]Togo.
[Glory of Peace, The]Sumner.
[Hope of the Republic, The]Grady.
[Hungarian Heroism]Kossuth.
[International Relations]McKinley.
[Irish Home Rule]Gladstone.
[Lincoln]Castelar.
[Lincoln]Garfield.
[Louisiana Purchase Exposition]Hay.
[Man with the Muck-rake, The]Roosevelt.
[Message to the Squadron]Togo.
[Minute Man, The]Curtis.
[More Perfect Union, A]Curtis.
[Napoleon]Corwin.
[Napoleon]Ingersoll.
[National Control of Corporations]Roosevelt.
[Negro, The]Grady.
[New England]Quincy.
[New South, The]Grady.
[O'Connell]Phillips.
[Open Door, The]Henry.
[Organization of the World]Mead.
[Permanency of Empire, The]Phillips.
[Pilgrims, The]Phillips.
[Principles of the Founders]Mead.
[Responsibility of War, The]Channing.
[Scotland]Flagg.
[Secession]Stephens.
[Second Inaugural Address]Lincoln.
[Slavery and the Union]Lincoln.
[Subjugation of the Filipino]Hoar.
[Sufferings and Destiny of the Pilgrims]Everett.
[To Arms]Kossuth.
[True American Patriotism]Cockran.
[Vision of War]Ingersoll.
[War in the Twentieth Century]Mead.
[Washington]Phillips.

[IV]

GAY, HUMOROUS, COMIC

[A Boy's Mother]Riley.
[Almost beyond Endurance]Riley.
[Bird in the Hand, A]Weatherly.
[Breaking the Charm]Dunbar.
[Candle Lightin' Time]Dunbar.
["Day of Judgment, The"]Phelps.
[De Appile Tree]Harris.
[Dooley on La Grippe Microbes] Dunne.
[Doctrinal Discussion, A]Edwards.
[Finnigin to Flannigan]Gillilan.
[Gavroche and the Elephant]Hugo.
[Hazing of Valiant, The]Anon.
[Hindoo's Paradise, The]Anon.
[If I Knew]Anon.
[Imaginary Invalid, The]Jerome.
[Jane Jones]King.
[Knee-deep in June]Riley.
[Little Breeches]Hay.
[Low-Backed Car, The]Lover.
[Mammy's Pickanin']Jenkins.
[Mandalay]Kipling.
[Mr. Coon and Mr. Rabbit]Harris.
[Money Musk]Taylor.
[One-legged Goose, The]Smith.
[Pessimist, The]King.
[Schneider Sees Leah]Anon.
[Superfluous Man, The]Saxe.
[Usual Way, The]Anon.
[Wedding Fee, The]Streeter.
[When Malindy Sings]Dunbar.
[When the Cows Come Home]Mitchell.

[V]

DRAMATIC, NOT IN THE DRAMA

[Confessional, The]Anon.
[Jean Valjean and the Good Bishop] Hugo.
[Lasca]Anon.
[Michael Strogoff]Verne.
[Mrs. Tree]Richards.
[Portrait, The]Lytton.
[Tell-tale Heart, The]Poe.
[Uncle, The]Bell.

[VI]

SCENES FROM THE DRAMA

[Beau Brummell, Act I, Scene I; Act II, Scene 3]Jerrold.
[Bells, The, Act III, Scene I]Williams.
[Lady of Lyons, The, Act II, Scene I; Act III Scene 2]Lytton.
[Pygmalion and Galatea, Act I, Scene I; Act II, Scene I]Gilbert.
[Rip Van Winkle, Act I, Scene I; Act II, Scene I]Irving.
[Rivals, The, Act I, Scene 2; Act II, Scene I; Act III, Scene I; Act IV, Scene 2]Sheridan.
[Set of Turquoise, The, Act I, Scene I; Act I, Scene 2]Aldrich.
[She Stoops to Conquer, Act II, Scene I]Goldsmith.
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