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Part I. Pathetic Selections
Pathos 13
Death of Paul Dombey Charles Dickens 15
Tears, Idle Tears Alfred Tennyson 17
Pictures of Memory Alice Cart 18
Little Jim Anonymous 19
Those Evening Bells Thomas Moore 20
The Isle of Long Ago Benjamin F. Taylor . . 21
The Bridge of Sighs Thomas Hood 22
Break, Break, Break Alfred Tennyson 25
Bingen on the Rhine Caroline E. Norton . . 25
How Sleep the Brave William Collins 27
The Banks o' Doon Robert Burns 28
A Death-Bed James Aldrich 28
We Watched her Breathing Thomas Hood 29
"Rock of Ages " Anonymous 29
Old Ralph Hoyt 31
The Song of the Camp Bayard Taylor 33
The Lost Steamship Fitz- James O'Brien. . . 35
T is the Last Rose of Summer Thomas Moore 37
Death of Poor Jo Charles Dickens 38
The Volunteer's Wife M. A. Dennisgn 41
Our Folks Ethel Lynn 42
The Landlady's Daughter (Tr.) Uhland — J. S. Dwight, 44
Auld Robin Gray Lady Anxe Barnard . . 45
John Anderson, my Jo Robert Burns 46
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Part II. Solemn Selections
Solemnity 47
The Old Clock on the Stairs Henry W. Longfellow 47
The Last Leaf Oliver W. Holmes 49
Thauatopsis William C. Bryant ... 51
The Rainy Day Henry W. Longfellow 53
The Blue and the Gray F. M. Finch 53
The Day is Done Henry W. Longfellow 55
The Bridge — Henry W. Longfellow 56
Sorrow for the Dead Washington Irying. . . 58
Funeral Hymn James Montgomery ... 60
Part III. Selections Of Serenity, Beauty, Love
Serenity, Beauty, Love 61
Endymion Henry W. Longfellow 61
The Vale of Cashmere Thomas Moore 62
The Bells of Shandon Francis Mahony 63
Drifting T. Buchanan Read. ... 65
Dickens in Camp Bret H arte 67
Evangeline on the Prairie Henry W. Longfellow 69
The Soldier's Dream Thomas Campbell 70
The Reaper's Dream T. Buchanan Read 71
Passing Away John Pierpont 74
Sleep s E. B. Browning 76
Sandalphon Henry W. Longfellow 77
When the Kye Come Hame James Hogg 79
Part IV. Narrative Selections
Narrative, Descriptive and Didactic Styles 81
A Child's Dream of a Star Charles Dickens 82
Trial and Execution of Charles I Oliver Goldsmith . . . ; 85
Execution of Mary Queen of Scots John Lingard 89
The Pilot ' John B. Gough 91
Hannah Jane D. R. Locke 93
Connor .Anonymous 97
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DESCRIPTIVE SELECTIONS.
The Cheap Jack Charles Dickens 103
Farmyard Song J. T. Trowbridge 106
Scene at Dr. Blimber's Charles Dickens 108
The Child- Wife .Charles Dickens Ill
The Charcoal Man J. T. Trowbridge 116
Scene at the Natural Bridge Elihu Burritt 118
DIDACTIC SELECTIONS.
Hamlet's Instructions to the Players. ..William Shakespeare 121
Happiness Walter Colton 122
Come it will Thomas Chalmers 123
Books Francis Bacon 124
The Sky John Ruskin 125
Part V. Gay And Animated Selections
Gatett 127
Daffodils Willtam Wordsworth 127
The Fairies - William Allingham . . 128
Fezziwig's Ball Charles Dickens 129
Kissing 's no Sin Anonymous 131
SoDg of the Brook'. Alfred Tennyson 132
The Boys Oliver W. Holmes 133
Praise of Little Women (Tr.) De Hita — Longfellow 135
Cupid Swallowed Leigh Hunt 136
Part VI. Humorous Selections
Humor 137
A Senator Entangled James De Mille 137
The Gridiron Samuel Lover 141
The Stuttering Lass John G. Saxe 144
Henry V. 's Wooing William Shakespeare 145
The Charity Dinner Litchfield Mosley . . . 149
Irish Astronomy Charles G. Halpine . . 155
Widow Malone " Charles Lever 156
Words and their Uses Frank Clive 157
The One-Hoss Shay Oliver W. Holmes 159
The Canal-Boat Harriet B. Stowe 162
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Sam Weller's Valentine Charles Dickens 167
The Ballad of the Oysterinan Oliver W. Holmes 172
The Low-Backed Car Samuel Loyer 173
Kitty of Coleraine Charles D. Shanly . . . 175
Jupiter and Ten James T. Fields 175
The Courtin' James Russell Lowell 176
Misadventures at Margate Richard H. Barham. . . 179
The Lost Heir Thomas Hood 183
Our Guide in Genoa and Rome Samuel L. Clemens. . . 185
The Subscription List Samuel Loyer 189
The Spectre Pig Olivjer W. Holmes 196
Darius Green and his Flying-Machine. J. T. Trowbridge 200
A Frenchman on Macbeth Anonymous 207
The White Squall William M. Thackeray 207
Nocturnal Sketch Thomas Hood 211
French and English Thomas Hood 212
Prince Henry and Falstaff .William Shakespeare 214
Pyramus and Thisbe John G. Saxe 217
Handy Andy at the Post Office Samuel Loyer 219
The Aged Stranger Bret Harte 223
Part VII. Grand, Sublime And Reverential Selections
Ototund Voice 225
Effusive Orotund 226
Hymn to Mont Blanc Samuel T. Coleridge. 227
The Burial of Moses Mrs. C. F. Alexander. 229
Apostrophe to the Ocean Lord Byron 231
The Lost Chord Adelaide A. Procter. 233
Hymn to the Night Henry W. Longfellow 234
Part VIII. Oratorical Selections
Expulsive Orotund 235
South Carolina Robert Young Hayne. 236
New England Caleb Cushing 237
South Carolina and Massachusetts Daniel Webster 239
Crime its own Detecter Daniel Webster 240
Extract from Oration on O'Connell Wendell Phillips 242
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Webster's Speech in Reply to Hayne . .Charles W. March 245
Eulogy on Charles Sumner Carl Schurz 24S
Idols Wendell Phillips ... 250
Toussaint L'Ouverture Wendell Phillips 252
Impeachment of Warren Hastings Edmund Burke 254
Character of Washington Edward Eyerett 256
Eulogy on Lafayette Edward Everett 259
Grattan's. Reply to Mr. Corry Henry Grattan 262
Spartacus to the Gladiators Elijah Kellogg- 263
Address at Gettysburg Cemetery Abraham Lincoln 266
Part IX. Selections Of Bold Address, Anger, Hurry And Commotion, Etc
Explosive Orotund 267
Marmion and Douglas Sir Walter Scott 268
The Battle of Beal' an Duine Sir Walter Scott 269
The Burial-March of Dundee William E. Aytoun. . . 272
Standish's Encounter with the Indians. Henry W. Longfellow 275
The Battle of lyry Lord Macaulay 278
Charge of the Light Brigade Alfred Tennyson 280
Battle of Fontenoy Thomas Davis 282
Herve Riel Robert Browning 284
Warren's Address John Pierpont 289
The Seminole's Reply George W. Patten 289
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