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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Narrative, Descriptive, Pathetic
  3. Solemn, Reverential, Sublime
  4. Patriotic, Heroic, Oratorical
  5. Gay, Humorous, Comic
  6. Scenes from the Drama
  7. The Arena Scene from "Quo Vadis"
  8. The Arrow and the Song
  9. Aux Italiens
  10. Bobby Shafto
  11. Carcassonne
  12. The Child-Wife
  13. Count Gismond
  14. The Death of Arbaces
  15. Dora
  16. An Easter with Parepa
  17. Those Evening Bells
  18. Ginevra
  19. The High Tide at Lincolnshire
  20. How Did You Die?
  21. The Indigo Bird
  22. The Jackdaw of Rheims
  23. Jaffar
  24. Jim Bludsoe
  25. King Robert of Sicily
  26. The Lady of Shalott
  27. A Legend of Service
  28. Little Boy Blue
  29. Mary's Night Ride
  30. Nydia, the Blind Girl
  31. O Captain, My Captain!
  32. On the Other Train
  33. The Pansy
  34. "The Revenge"
  35. The Rider of the Black Horse
  36. Sailing Beyond Seas
  37. The Sands of Dee
  38. The School of Squeers
  39. The Secret of Death
  40. Shamus O'Brien
  41. My Ships
  42. The Soldier's Reprieve
  43. The Song
  44. The Stirrup Cup
  45. The Swan-Song
  46. Sweet Afton
  47. Violet's Blue
  48. To a Waterfowl
  49. The Wedding-Gown
  50. When the Snow Sifts Through
  51. To a Wild Flower
  52. The Fate of Zoroaster
  53. Centennial Hymn
  54. The Chambered Nautilus
  55. Crossing the Bar
  56. The Destruction of Sennacherib
  57. Each and All
  58. Laus Deo!
  59. The Pilgrim Fathers
  60. The Present Crisis
  61. The Recessional
  62. The Sacredness of Work
  63. What's Hallowed Ground?
  64. The Seven Great Orators of the World
  65. I. Demosthenes
  66. II. Marcus Tullius Cicero
  67. III. Saint John Chrysostom
  68. IV. Jacques Bénigne Bossuet
  69. V. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
  70. VI. Edmund Burke
  71. VII. Daniel Webster
  72. Six Great Triumphs in the History of American Oratory
  73. I. The Call to Arms
  74. II. Coercion of Delinquent States
  75. III. The Reply to Hayne
  76. IV. The Murder of Lovejoy
  77. V. The Slavery Issue
  78. VI. Moral Aspect of the American War
  79. Abolition of War
  80. The American Flag
  81. The American People
  82. The American Question
  83. America's Relation to Missions
  84. American Slavery
  85. The Armenian Massacres
  86. Battle Hymn of the Republic
  87. The Blue and the Gray
  88. Corruption of Prelates
  89. The Cross of Gold
  90. Death of Congressman Burnes
  91. The Death of Garfield
  92. Death of Toussaint L'Overture
  93. The Dedication of Gettysburg Cemetery
  94. The Fallen Heroes of Japan
  95. Secession
  96. The Death of Grady
  97. The Glory of Peace
  98. The Hope of the Republic
  99. Hungarian Heroism
  100. International Relations
  101. Irish Home Rule
  102. Abraham Lincoln
  103. Abraham Lincoln
  104. Louisiana Purchase Exposition
  105. The Man with the Muck-Rake
  106. Message to the Squadron
  107. The Minute Man
  108. A More Perfect Union
  109. Napoleon
  110. Napoleon
  111. National Control of Corporations
  112. The Negro
  113. New England
  114. The New South
  115. Daniel O'Connell
  116. The Open Door
  117. Organization of the World
  118. The Permanency of Empire
  119. The Pilgrims
  120. Principles of the Founders
  121. The Responsibility of War
  122. Scotland
  123. Second Inaugural Address
  124. Slavery and the Union
  125. Subjugation of the Filipino
  126. Sufferings and Destiny of the Pilgrims
  127. To Arms
  128. True American Patriotism
  129. A Vision of War
  130. War in the Twentieth Century
  131. George Washington
  132. A Boy's Mother
  133. Almost Beyond Endurance
  134. Breaking the Charm
  135. Candle-Lightin' Time
  136. A Bird in the Hand
  137. "The Day of Judgment"
  138. De Appile Tree
  139. Mr. Dooley on La Grippe Microbes
  140. A Doctrinal Discussion
  141. Finnigin to Flannigan
  142. Gavroche and the Elephant
  143. The Hazing of Valiant
  144. The Hindoo's Paradise
  145. If I Knew
  146. The Imaginary Invalid
  147. Jane Jones
  148. Knee-Deep in June
  149. Little Breeches
  150. The Low-Backed Car
  151. Mammy's Pickanin'
  152. Mandalay
  153. Mister Coon and Mister Rabbit
  154. Money Musk
  155. The One-Legged Goose
  156. The Pessimist
  157. Schneider Sees Leah
  158. The Superfluous Man
  159. The Usual Way
  160. The Wedding Fee
  161. When Malindy Sings
  162. When the Cows Come Home
  163. The Confessional
  164. Jean Valjean and the Good Bishop
  165. Lasca
  166. Michael Strogoff, Courier of the Czar
  167. Mrs. Tree
  168. The Portrait
  169. A Murderer's Confession
  170. The Uncle
  171. Scenes from the Drama
  172. The Bells
  173. The Lady of Lyons
  174. Rip Van Winkle
  175. The Rivals
  176. Beau Brummell
  177. The Set of Turquoise
  178. She Stoops to Conquer
  179. Pygmalion and Galatea
  180. Index of Authors
  181. Essentials of Public Speaking
  182. British and American Eloquence
  183. Standard Selections
  184. Extempore Speaking
  185. Masterpieces of Modern Oratory
  186. Vocal Expression in Speech
  187. The Making of Arguments
  188. The Principles of Argumentation
  189. Oral English
  190. Elements of Public Speaking
  191. The Brief-Maker's Notebook

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