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] | ||
PRINCIPLES OF READING
Importance of Oral Reading
There are several reasons why every boy or girl should strive to become a good reader. In the first place, good oral reading is an accomplishment in itself. It affords a great deal of pleasure to others as well as to ourselves. In the second place, it improves our everyday speech and is also a preparation for public speaking; for the one who reads with distinctness and an accent of refinement is likely to speak in the same way, whether in private conversation or on the public platform. Moreover, it is only one step from reading aloud before the class to recitation, and another step from recitation to public speaking. Lastly, oral reading is the best method of bringing out and conveying to others and to oneself all that a piece of literature expresses. For example, the voice is needed to bring out the musical effects of poetry. The following lines will illustrate this point:
But the sea-caves rung, and the wild winds sung The dirge of lovely Rosabelle.