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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,

125-29.

Interest, depends on knowledge, 7.
Intonation, a fault in melody, 249-

50.

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.

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Lalla Rookh, 39.
Lamb, Charles,
Roast Pig, 68.

Dissertation on

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,

176-77.

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-

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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.

Macbeth, 66; 91; 137-38;

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-

45.

Muir, John, The Mountains of Cali-
fornia, 44-45; Our National Parks,

142-44.

Music, elements of, in poetry, 237.
Mystery of Life, The, 214.

Nature, 42.

New South, The, 65; 162.

Newman, John Henry, Downfall
and Refuge of Ancient Civilization,

65.

Night (sonnet), 263–64.

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.

66

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

219-20.

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.

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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,

107.

Resonance, quality of voice deter-
mined by, 203–04; in “orotund"
tone, 208; what determines, 297–
98; exercises for securing, 298-

99.

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,

219.

Rousseau, 94–95.

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,

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.

-

a Fable, 219-20.

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

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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

Ballad of the Revenge, 243; song | Voice, demands made by 'literature

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.

Ulysses, 215-16.

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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