change of pitch, 52-54; as a means | Lady of the Lake, The, 164.
of emphasis, 53; in musical verse, 242-43; effect of emotion on, 236; 244-48.
Ingersoll, Robert G., Address at His Brother's Funeral, 188; A Vision of War, 242.
Intensity, principles of, in speech,
Interest, depends on knowledge, 7. Intonation, a fault in melody, 249-
Irving, Washington, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 23-29; 116–23; Stratford-on-Avon, 30.
Jackson, Helen Hunt, Spinning, 144-45.
James, William, Talks to Teachers, 66-67.
Jerome, Jerome K., Three Men in a Boat, 190-92; 262–63. Johnson, Samuel, sentence from, 89. Jolly Old Pedagogue, The, 225-26. Jonson, Ben, Catiline, 94. Jordan, David Starr, The Call of the Twentieth Century, 214; Men Told Me, Lord, 271-72.
Julius Caesar, 41; 63-64; 69; 90; 182; 238.
Jumblies, The, 195–96.
Lalla Rookh, 39. Lamb, Charles, Roast Pig, 68.
Landor, Walter Savage, Finis, 91. Lanier, Sidney, The Marshes of Glynn, 267-69. Lantern-Bearers, The, 48-50. Last Fight of the Revenge, The, 243. Laus Deo, 136–37.
Leadership of Educated Men, The,
Lear, Edward, The Jumblies, 195-96. Left Out on Lone Star Mountain, 18. Legend Beautiful, The, 275–78. Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The, 23- 29; 116-23.
Liberal Education, A, 45–46. Life (Sill), 246–48.
Life, Webster's definition of, 253. Life of Samuel Johnson, 38. Lincoln, Abraham, Second Inaugural
Address, 56; reference to his Ad- dress at Gettysburg, 106. Lincoln as a Lawyer and Orator, 67. Lines, length of, should be observed in poetry, 169-70; “run on,' 169. Literary History of America, A, lines from introduction to, 253. Literature, of power and of knowl-
edge, 4; power of, realized through oral reading, 4; defined, 105; sym- pathetic rendering of, improves voice, 205; 213.
Long, John D., Memorial Day Ad- dress, 40.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, Paul Revere's Ride, 36; King Robert of Sicily, 84; Evangeline, 89; 272–73; The Building of the Ship, 179-80; Daybreak, 196; The Rainy Day, 206; A Psalm of Life, 245; The Leg- end Beautiful, 275–78. Lost Cause, The, 190. Lost Days, 219.
Lotos-Eaters, The, 266–67. Loudness, not evidence of power, 125-26.
Lowell, James Russell, The Street,
153; Stanzas on Freedom, 183. Lubbock, Sir John, The Pleasures of Life, 91.
149–50; | Oliver Twist, 226–28.
212-13; 228-30; 245. Man Without a Country, The, 73-82. Manfred, 184-85. Mankind, 179.
Manner, incidental to matter, 8. Marmion, 155–56; 175. Marmontel, Jean F., quoted, 105. Marshes of Glynn, The, 267-69. Melody, in relation to meaning, 51; influence of emotion on vocal, 236– 37; faults in, 248-49. Memorial Day Address, 40. Men Told Me, Lord, 271-72. Merchant of Venice, The, 85; 185- 86; 205-06; 211-12; 261-62. Metre, logical emphasis in relation to, 164–69; effect of, on pronunci- ation, 166-67; assistance of, 'n rendering meaning, 167-69; and rhythm, 173.
Midsummer Night's Dream, A, 131. Miller, Joaquin, Mankind, 179; Columbus, 217-18.
Milton, John, Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity, 39; Paradise Lost, 62; 69; 90. Monotony, how to overcome fault of, 61.
Moore, Thomas, Lalla Rookh, 39. Morley, John, On the Study of Liter- ature, 37.
Mountains of California, The, 44-
Muir, John, The Mountains of Cali- fornia, 44-45; Our National Parks,
Music, elements of, in poetry, 237. Mystery of Life, The, 214.
New South, The, 65; 162.
Newman, John Henry, Downfall and Refuge of Ancient Civilization,
Ode (O'Shaughnessy), 261.
Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wel- lington, 130.
Ode on the Intimations of Immortality, 173.
On a Piece of Chalk, 146–47. On Affairs in America, 64; 91. On first looking into Chapman's Homer, 45.
On the Eve of Bunker Hill, 189-90. On the Study of Literature, 37. One-Hoss Shay, The, 180-81. Opportunity, 135.
Oral composition, value and limita- tions of, 1-3.
Oral reading, place of, in education, 1; value of training in, 4-5; prob- lems involved in, 6-8; principles of, derived from conversation, 9- 10; what it involves, 15; meaning perverted by thoughtless, 15; at sight, 16-17; purpose of, 16; 'sing-song," 16; compared with conversation, 22; rate of utterance in, 130.
Orations, declamatory style in de- livery of, 114.
O'Shaughnessy, Ode, 261. Our National Parks, 142-44. Ozymandias, 183.
Paradise Lost, 62; 69; 90. Passing of Arthur, The, 154-55. Paul Revere's Ride, 36. Pause, for preparation, 16-17; and
word groups, 30; length of, 30-31; as a means of emphasis, 84. Peabody, Francis Greenwood, The Rhythm of Life, 131.
Peabody, Josephine Preston, The House and the Road, 91. Peter, 84.
Peveril of the Peak, 70.
Phrases, relation of; how shown, 55. Pickwick Papers, The, 40-41. Pied Piper of Hamelin, The, 196– 202.
Pilgrim's Progress, The, 177–79. Pippa Passes, 193–94.
Pitch intervals, effect of emotion on, 236; influence of thought and feel- ing on, 241-44; in musical verse, 242-43.
Pitch variation, cause of, 51; prob-
lems in, 61-82; note on, 321-22. Pleasures of Life, The, 91.
Poe, Edgar Allan, Silence
a Fable, | Raleigh, Walter, Style, 69–70. Range, exercises for increasing, 300. Rate. See Time.
Poetry, as a source of power, 113- 14; Wordsworth's definition of, 113; voice training in, 114–15; relation of, to eloquence, 113-14; rhythm in reading, 164; elements of music in, 237. Pollard, Edward Albert, The Lost Cause, 190.
Porter, Horace, The Soldier's Creed, 214-15.
Preparation, meaning of, 317. Pretense, emotional, 107. Princess, The (song from), 244. Principles, knowledge of, essential in study of expression, 10-11;318-19. Prisoner of Chillon, The, 187. Problems, notes on, 317. Pronunciation, importance of cor- rect, 287; standard of, 309-10; suggestions for improving, 309– 10; general exercises in, 310-11; note on, 329.
Prose, rhythm of, depends on under- standing of speaker, 162–63. Proverbs, 62.
Psalm xxiv, 141. Psalm of Life, A, 245.
Public speaking, value and limita- tions of, in class work, 2-3. Punctuation, and grouping, 34-35; in relation to inflection, 55.
Read, Thomas Buchanan, Drifting, 269-71; The Rising, 302-04. Reading. See Oral Reading. Recessional, 188-89. Recitations, program of, 330-42. Religio Medici, The, 260. Reply to Hayne, 126–27. Repression, sometimes desirable,
Resonance, quality of voice deter- mined by, 203–04; in “orotund" tone, 208; what determines, 297– 98; exercises for securing, 298-
Rhythm, in speech, 161; function of, 161; in prose, 162-63; conforms to sense emphasis in prose, 163; of poetry, 163; to be observed in reading poetry, 164; in relation to time, 172; in relation to metre, 173; problems in, 175-202; note on, 325-26.
Rhythm of Life, The, 130-31. Riley, James Whitcomb, Dialect in Literature, 40; The South Wind and the Sun, 174. Rising, The, 302-04. Rivals, The, 230-35. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, Lost Days,
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, 89. Rules, ineffective in expression, 10. Ruskin, John, Work, 90; The Queen of the Air, 177; The Mystery of Life, 214.
Sartor Resartus, 42–43. Saul, 210-11.
Schurz, Carl, The Venezuelan Ques tion, 71.
Scollard, Clinton, On the Eve of Bunker Hill, 189-90. Scott, Walter, Hunting Song, 36; quotation from, 37; Peveril of the Peak, 70; Marmion, 155-56; 175; The Lady of the Lake, 164; Breathes there the man, 182. Seasons, The, 184.
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,
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,
Silas Marner, 15; 35. Silence 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.
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
Ballad of the Revenge, 243; song | Voice, demands made by 'literature
from The Princess, 244; Crossing
the Bar, 251; The Lotos-Eaters, 266-67.
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.
Uncommercial Traveller, The, 93. Understanding, enjoyment and in- terest depend on, 7. Up from Slavery, 67-68; 136. Uses of Education for Business, 72. Utterance, grouping and interrupted, 32-33; effusive,' "expulsive," and "explosive" (footnote), 32.
Venezuelan Question, The, 71. Vision of War, A, 242. Vocal energy, modulations of, 124- 34; cause of uniform, 124; control of all degrees of, 128-29; duration of, 129-31; problems in, 134-60.
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-
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