CONTENTS.
PAGE.
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]
RECITATIONS FOR THE SOCIAL CIRCLE.
THE STUDY OF ELOQUENCE.
BY CICERO.
I cannot conceive anything more excellent, than to be able, by language, to captivate the affections, to charm the understanding, and to impel or restrain the will of whole assemblies, at pleasure. Among every free people, especially in peaceful, settled governments, this single art has always eminently flourished, and always exercised the greatest sway. For what can be more surprising than that, amidst an infinite multitude, one man should appear, who shall be the only, or almost the only man capable of doing what Nature has put in every man's power? Or, can anything impart such exquisite pleasure to the ear and to the intellect, as a speech in which the wisdom and dignity of the sentiments are heightened by the utmost force and beauty of expression?