INTRODUCTION.


SUBJECT. PAGE
I. ARTICULATION 11
II. INFLECTION 18
III. ACCENT AND EMPHASIS 33
IV. INSTRUCTIONS FOR READING VERSE 39
V. THE VOICE 40
VI. GESTURE 55



SELECTIONS FOR READING. (5)

TITLE. AUTHOR. PAGE.
1. Anecdote of the Duke of Newcastle Blackwood's Magazine. 63
2. The Needle Samuel Woodworth. 67
3. Dawn Edward Everett. 68
4. Description of a Storm Benjamin Disraeli. 70
5. After the Thunderstorm James Thomson. 72
6. House Cleaning Francis Hopkinson. 73
7. Schemes of Life often Illusory Samuel Johnson. 78
8. The Brave Old Oak Henry Fothergill Chorley. 81
9. The Artist Surprised 82
10. Pictures of Memory Alice Cary. 88
11. The Morning Oratorio Wilson Flagg. 90
12. Short Selections in Poetry: