Public Speaking: Principles and Practice

by Irvah Lester Winter

DEPICTING CHARACTER
A Tale of the Plains…………… Theodore Roosevelt
Gunga Din…………………….. Rudyard Kipling
Address of Sergeant Buzfuz……… Charles Dickens
A Natural Philosopher………….. Maccabe
Response to a Toast……………. Litchfield Moseley
Partridge at the Play………….. Henry Fielding
A Man's a Man for a That……….. Robert Burns
Artemus Ward's Lecture…………. Charles Farrar Brown
Jim Bludso, of the Prairie Belle… John Hay
The Trial of Abner Barrow………. Richard Harding Davis

PART THREE

PLATFORM PRACTICE

THE SPEECH OF FORMAL OCCASION
The Benefits of a College Education Abbott Lawrence Lowell
What the College Gives…………. Le Baron Russell Briggs
Memorial Day Address…………… John D. Long
William McKinley………………. John Hay
Robert E. Lee…………………. John W. Daniel
Farewell Address to the United States Senate.
………………………………Henry Clay
The Death of Garfield………….. James G. Blaine
The Second Inaugural Address……. Abraham Lincoln
The Death of Prince Albert……… Benjamin Disraeli
An Appreciation of Mr. Gladstone… Arthur J. Balfour
William E. Gladstone…………… Lord Rosebery
The Soldier's Creed……………. Horace Porter
Competition in College…………. Abbott Lawrence Lowell

THE PUBLIC LECTURE
A Master of the Situation………. James T. Fields
Wit and Humor…………………. Minot J. Savage
A Message to Garcia……………. Elbert Hubbard
Shakespeare's "Mark Antony"…….. Anonymous
André and Hale………………… Chauncey M. Depew
The Battle of Lexington………… Theodore Parker
The Homes of the People………… Henry W. Grady
General Ulysses S. Grant……….. Canon G. W. Farrar
American Courage………………. Sherman Hoar
The Minutemen of the Revolution…. George William Curtis
Paul Revere's Ride…………….. George William Curtis
The Arts of the Ancients……….. Wendell Phillips
A Man without a Country………… Edward Everett Hale
The Execution of Rodriguez……… Richard Harding Davis

THE INFORMAL DISCUSSION
The Flood of Books…………….. Henry van Dyke
Effectiveness in Speaking………. William Jennings Bryan
Books, Literature and the People… Henry van Dyke
Education for Business…………. Charles William Eliot
The Beginnings of American Oratory. Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Daniel Webster, the Man………… Thomas Wentworth Higginson
The Enduring Value of Speech……. Thomas Wentworth Higginson
To College Girls………………. Le Baron Russell Briggs
The Art of Acting……………… Henry Irving
Address to the Freshman Class at Harvard University
………………………………Charles William Eliot
With Tennyson at Farringford……. By His Son
Notes on Speech-Making…………. Brander Matthews
Hunting the Grizzly……………. Theodore Roosevelt

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