Selections, aim in practice of, 115; use
of, for "General Reading," 319.
Shakespeare, William, Antony and
Cleopatra, 68; As You Like It,
94; 224-25; Hamlet, 35; 62; 90;
151-52; 311; Julius Cæsar, 41;
63-64; 69; 90; 182; 238; King
Henry the Eighth, 20; 72; 139-
41; King Henry the Fifth, 38; 72-
73; 239; King Henry the Fourth,
61; 257-59; King Henry the Sixth,
72; King Richard the Second,
39; 69; 70; 220-21; King Richard
the Third, 150-51; Macbeth, 66;
91; 137-38; 149-50; 212–13; 228-
30; 245; The Merchant of Venice,
85; 185-86; 205-06; 211-12; 261-
62; A Midsummer Night's Dream,
31; 131; Sonnet (64), 38; The
Taming of the Shrew, 156-57; The
Tempest, 39; Twelfth Night, 90;
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, 62.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, Ozymandias,
183.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, sentence
from, 61; Speech at the Trial of
Warren Hastings, 152-53; The
Rivals, 230-35.

Sight Reading, preparation for, 16-
17; and simple forms of literature,

18.

Silas Marner, 15; 35.
Silence-a Fable, 219-20.
Sill, Edward Rowland, The Fool's
Prayer, 46-48; Opportunity, 135;
Life, 246-48.

"Sing-song," evidence of thought-
lessness, 21; how to correct, 248-
49.

Soldier's Creed, The, 214-15.
Sonnet (Shakespeare), 38.
Sonnet composed upon Westminster
Bridge, 141-42.
Speaking, extemporaneous and im-
promptu, 315–17.
Speech, mechanical aspects of, 8;
nature of man determines laws of,
9; monotonous and hesitant, 17;
music of, 236; problems in music
of, 252-78; training physical
agents of, 281-83; mastering me-
chanical processes of, 281; acquired

by imitation, 282; overcoming bad
habits of, 283; attention and dis-
tinct, 286; distinctness of, ac-
quired by practice, 287; reveals
character, 288; good, tends to
perpetuate itself, 288; elements of,
305; notes on impressive, 323–24;
note on music of, 327; note on
technical principles of, 328.
Speech at the Trial of Warren Hast-
ings, 152-53.

Speech on American Affairs, 64; 91.
Spencer, Herbert, quoted, 286.
Spinning, 144–45.

Stanzas on Freedom, 183.
Stephens, Alexander H., The Future
of the South, 63.

Stevenson, Robert Louis, Mark-
heim, 34; The Lantern Bearers, 48-
50; The Truth of Intercourse, 91–
92; quoted, 105.
Stratford-on-Avon, 30.
Street, The (sonnet), 153.
Stress, explained, 131; kinds of, 132-

34.

Study, necessary for reading, 18.
Style, reveals character of the indi-
vidual, 7–8; incidental to thought,
8.

Style, 69-70.
Subordination, 57–58.
Swallows, The, 194.
Sweet, Henry, quoted, 32.
Sweetness and Light, 189.
Switzerland (Baedeker), 252; 254.
Syllables, suppressed, in reading
verse, 170-71.

Talk on Books, A, 63.
Talks to Teachers, 66-67.
Taming of the Shrew, The, 156-57.
Tempest, The, 39.
Tennyson, Alfred, Gareth and Lyn-

ette, 39; Enoch Arden, 68; Becket,
71; The Falcon, 92; Ode on the
Death of Wellington, 130; song
from The Coming of Arthur, 151;
The Passing of Arthur, 154–55;
310-11; The Charge of the Heavy
Brigade, 165; Flower in the cran-
nied wall, 182; Ulysses, 215–16; In
Memoriam, 35; 224; 240-41; The

from The Princess, 244; Crossing

the Bar, 251; The Lotos-Eaters,
266-67.

Thanatopsis, 38.

Thinking, during speech, 21.
Thomson, James, The Seasons, 184.
Thoreau, Henry David, Walden, 65;
175-76.

Thought, relation of emotion to,

6-7; clearness of, in speech, 17.
Three Men in a Boat, 190-92; 262–63.
Throat, misuse of, in producing
tone, 290; exercises for ease of,
294-95.

Time, necessary for preparation, 18;
a means of measuring thought
value, 84; significance of, 129-31;
rhythm in relation to, 172-75;
relation of metre to, 172-73; de-
pends on speaker, 172; evidence
of speaker's understanding, 173;
slow, 173; medium, 174; fast,
174-75; use of, in class, 319.
Tone, intensity of, 125; making,
283-84; how to gain ease in pro-
ducing, 290; misuse of throat in
producing, 290; clearness of, in rela-
tion to breathing, 295-96; exercises
for clearness of, 296-97; what deter-
mines resonance of, 297-98; exer-
cises for resonance of, 298-99.
Truth of Intercourse, The, 91-92.
Twelfth Night, 90.

Two Gentlemen of Verona, The, 62.

on, 5; use of, acquired by effort, 8;
thought and feeling determine
modulations of, 10; variations of,
unpremeditated in conversation,
22; poetry as a means of training,
113-15; resonance of, 203–04; ef-
fect of emotion on, 204; projection
of, 238; value of training, not recog-
nized, 282; variety of good, 283;
reason for neglect of, 284; im-
proved by training, 285; character
of good, 289; range and flexibility
of, 299-300; exercises for increas-
ing range of, 300-01; general ex-
ercise for training, 302-04; note
on training, 328-29.
Voices, 288.

Vowels, prolongation of, a means
of emphasis, 86; how formed, 305;
essentials of correct utterance of,
305; exercises in enunciation of,
306-08.

Walden, 65; 175–76.
Warner, Charles Dudley, In the
Wilderness, 37.
Washington, 45.

Washington, Booker T., Up from
Slavery, 67-68; 136.
Webster, Daniel, The Constitution
and the Union, 65-66; Reply to
Hayne, 126-27.

Webster's New International Dic
tionary, definition of Life, 253.
Wendell, Barrett, quoted, 106; A

Literary History of America, 253.
White, Joseph Blanco, Night, 263-
64.

Whitman, Walt, lines from, 182;
Voices, 288.

Whittier, John Greenleaf, The Eter-
nal Goodness, 127; Laus Deo, 136-
37; Conduct, 184.

William Tell, 257.
Wind in a Frolic, The, 148-49.
Wolfe, Charles, The Burial of Sir
John Moore, 186-87.
Woodnotes, 66.

Words, meaning of, influenced by

utterance, 15-16; misconception
of, in reading, 21; mechanical rep-