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DRAMATIC. PAGE Ballad of Breakneck, The, 134 Ben Hassan's Dream, 234 Ben-Hur's Chariot Race, 301 Corsican, The, 277 Dream of Aldarin, The, 368 Dream of Eugene Aram, The, 337 Dying to Win, 10 Felon's Wife, The, 127 Fra Giacomo, 271 Jingles, 158 Lost in the Mountains, 195 Mad, 358 Nell, 292 Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii, 333 Old Actor's Story, The, 227 Sir Rupert's Wife, 22 Spanish Mother, The, 59 Swore Off, 376 Uncle Ned's Tale, 254 Woman's Vengeance, A, 363

PATHETIC.

Back to Griggsby's, 154 Crazy Nell, 21 Dead Letter, The, 4 Death of Uncle Tom, The, 371 Dog Story, A, 122 Dolores, 308 Dukite Snake, The, 354 Enguerrande's Child, 209 Ivy-Clad Ruin, 265 Mary, Queen of Scots, 73 Moon, The, 125 New Mother, A, 166 Not in the Ranks, 225 Old Spinster, The, 156 One Day Solitary, 346 Roderick Lee, 51 Suicide, The, 126 Tommy's Death-Bed, 82 Waiting for the Mail, 300 Wayward Life, A, 140 Why She Didn't Stay in the Poor-House, 144 Yes, I'm Guilty, 266

HUMOROUS.

Book-Agent Beats the Bandit, The, 223 Charlie's Story, 237 Chemist to His Love, The, 138 Engineer's Ride on a Piano, The, 64 Experience with a Refractory Cow, 70 Going to Market, 85 Holding a Baby, 57 How "Ruby" Played, 327 Humors of Elocution, 41 I'm Getting Too Big to Kiss, 299 Lecture by One of the Sex, 206 Little Torment, The, 142 Meeting at Wendletown, The, 178 Merry Mike, 220 Pa, 8 Reason Why, The, 43 Ruling Passion, The, 297 Studying for the Contest, 19 Thora, 317 Village Choir, The, 222 Wanted, a Wife, 153 Yankee Still Ahead, The, 79

PATRIOTIC.

Gallant Fifty-first, The, 3 Last Salute, The, 17 Proud Flag of Freedom, The, 194 Soldier's Offering, A, 296 Unknown Speaker, The, 380 Valley Forge, 325 World's Hero, The, 66

DIALOGUES AND DRAMAS.

All Wrong, 283 Civilization, 30 Crowning of the Sunday-School Angel, 88 Dorothy Clyde, 102 Getting Ready, 32 Meg Merrilies, 350 Merry Sunflower, 86 Months, The, 238 Petruchio's Widow, 181 Scene from "Merchant of Venice," 313

JUVENILES.

Boy and The Boot, The, 387 Elf-Child, The, 411 Farewell, Old Shoe, 388 For a Little Girl, 391 Johnny's Soliloquy, 394 Katie's Wants, 401 Little Foxes, 390 Little Millie's Declamation, 407 Little Tommie's First Smoke, 410 Lulu's Complaint, 409 New Baby, The, 400 Nobody's Dog, 393 Nose Out of Joint, The, 404 Only Child, The, 408 Oration for a Boy, An, 408 Presentation Speech, 406 Queer Little Stitches, 402 Richard Dingle's Speech, 175 Speckled Hen, The, 397 Tale of a Dog and a Bee, 389 They Say, 392 Unfinished Prayer, The, 412 Valedictory, 405 Wind in a Frolic, The, 396

MISCELLANEOUS.

Bill, the Engineer, 146 Calls of The Bells, The, 99 Contrasts in Shakespeare, 215 Coquette, The, 67 Echo and the Ferry, 46 Enchanted Shirt, The, 268 Exercise in Pronunciation, 124 Go Fan Yourself, 291 Grain of Truth, A, 276 Hints on Expression, 87 King's Kiss, The, 214 Legend of the Wissahickon, 161 Little Brown Eyes, 12 Little Christel, 131 Maiden Song, 201 Notation of Gestures, 2 Nothing to Wear, 44 Read This if You Can, 262 Six O'Clock, 236 Stars, The, 143 True Remedy, The, 151 Word Pictures, 176

Transcriber's Note

This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated below. Dialect and misspelled words were not corrected, unless indicated below.

"The Unfinished Prayer," listed in the Contents on page 412, was not included in the original book.

Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to the end of the work to which they pertain. Anchors , , and were not printed in the original. There are two anchors and . Footnotes resolve to the first of each. Anchor was added to title of "One Day Solitary" as the footnote applies to whole poem. There are two footnotes numbered ; the second is noted . Duplicate of footnote was deleted.

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whispers we spoke forgotten it. she lingers Wherefore should not we Our brave commander, Jacques Elocution and Languages Theirs not to reason why nestlings watching them They've wrought their fill crouched beneath the arch

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