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Recitations For the Social Circle

Recitations For the Social Circle

by James Clarence Harvey

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Compiler
Harvey, James Clarence, 1859-1917
Title
Recitations for the Social Circle. Selected and Original
Credits
Produced by Charlene Taylor, Josephine Paolucci, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Recitations
Category
Text
eBook-No.
38579
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38579
Release Date
January 15, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.RECITATIONS
  2. 2.For the Social Circle . — SELECTED AND ORIGINAL. — BY
  3. 3.JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  4. 4.INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
  5. 5.CONTENTS.
  6. 6.RECITATIONS FOR THE SOCIAL CIRCLE.
  7. 7.THE STUDY OF ELOQUENCE. — BY CICERO.
  8. 8.THE WIND AND THE SEA. — BY BAYARD TAYLOR.
  9. 9.CUT BEHIND. — BY T. DE WITT TALMAGE.
  10. 10.AT THE STAGE DOOR. — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  11. 11.THE FRENCHMAN AND THE LANDLORD. — ANONYMOUS.
  12. 12.GUILD'S SIGNAL. — BY FRANCIS BRET HARTE, 1839.
  13. 13.MARK TWAIN AND THE INTERVIEWER.
  14. 14.THE PRIME OF LIFE. — BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
  15. 15.SUPPORTING THE GUNS.
  16. 16.A LEGEND OF THE IVY. — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  17. 17.THE UNITED STATES. — BY DANIEL WEBSTER.
  18. 18.IN ARABIA. — BY JAMES BERRY BENSEL, 1856.
  19. 19.The New Year Ledger. — BY AMELIA E. BARR.
  20. 20.GOOD READING THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT. — BY JOHN S. HART, LL.D.
  21. 21.PAUL REVERE'S RIDE. — BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.
  22. 22.BY SPECIAL REQUEST. — BY FRANK CASTLES. — A Lady Standing with one Hand on a Chair in a Somewhat Amateurish Attitude.
  23. 23.NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP.
  24. 24.THE AMERICAN UNION. — BY DANIEL WEBSTER.
  25. 25.THE POPPY LAND LIMITED EXPRESS. — BY EDGAR WADE ABBOT.
  26. 26.MOTHER, HOME, AND HEAVEN.
  27. 27.PRAYING FOR SHOES. — BY PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE. — A True Incident.
  28. 28.RUM'S DEVASTATION AND DESTINY. — BY HON. WILLIAM SULLIVAN.
  29. 29.THE DAUGHTER OF THE DESERT. — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  30. 30.HORNETS. — BY BILL NYE.
  31. 31.SINCE SHE WENT HOME. — BY R. J. BURDETTE.
  32. 32.THE CHILDREN WE KEEP.
  33. 33.AMERICA FOR GOD. — BY T. DE WITT TALMAGE.
  34. 34.OUR OWN. — BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
  35. 35.BEHIND TIME. — BY FREEMAN HUNT.
  36. 36.KITTENS AND BABIES. — BY LIZZIE M. HADLEY.
  37. 37.AN UNACCOUNTABLE MYSTERY. — BY PAUL DENTON.
  38. 38.IMPERFECTUS. — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  39. 39.A WOMAN'S POCKET. — BY JAMES M. BAILEY.
  40. 40.MOTHER'S DOUGHNUTS. — BY CHARLES F. ADAMS. — El Dorado, 1851.
  41. 41.LITERARY ATTRACTIONS OF THE BIBLE. — BY DR. HAMILTON.
  42. 42.THE CHRISTMAS BABY. — BY WILL CARLETON.
  43. 43.A DREAM OF THE UNIVERSE. — BY JEAN PAUL RICHTER.
  44. 44.KEENAN'S CHARGE. — BY GEORGE P. LATHROP. — ( Chancellorsville, May, 1863. )
  45. 45.USEFUL PRECEPTS FOR GIRLS.
  46. 46.WIDDER BUDD.
  47. 47.HIS LAST COURT.
  48. 48.THE DEAD DOLL. — BY MARGARET VANDEGRIFT.
  49. 49.AT THE STAMP WINDOW.
  50. 50.THE NAMELESS GUEST. — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  51. 51.OUR HEROES SHALL LIVE. — BY HENRY WARD BEECHER.
  52. 52.LULLABY.
  53. 53.PENNING A PIG. — JAMES M. BAILEY.
  54. 54.LITTLE JIM. — BY GEORGE R. SIMS.
  55. 55.GET ACQUAINTED WITH YOURSELF. — BY R. J. BURDETTE.
  56. 56.THE LITTLE WHITE HEARSE. — BY J. W. RILEY.
  57. 57.THERE'LL BE ROOM IN HEAVEN.
  58. 58.THE RETORT DIS-COURTEOUS. — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  59. 59.ZENOBIA'S DEFENCE. — BY WILLIAM WARE.
  60. 60.A SERENADE. [1] — BY THOMAS HOOD. — FOOTNOTES:
  61. 61.QUEEN VASHTI. — BY T. DEWITT TALMAGE.
  62. 62.W'EN DE DARKY AM A-WHIS'LIN' IN DE CO'N. — BY S. Q. LAPIUS.
  63. 63.THE PILOT. — BY JOHN B. GOUGH.
  64. 64.THE FATAL GLASS. — BY LAURA U. CASE.
  65. 65.KATRINA'S VISIT TO NEW YORK.
  66. 66.THE RABBI AND THE PRINCE. — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY. — Versified from the Talmud.
  67. 67.THE MAID OF ORLEANS. — BY J. E. SAGEBEER.
  68. 68.GENTLE ALICE BROWN. — BY W. S. GILBERT.
  69. 69.YOUNG AMERICA.
  70. 70.SHWATE KITTIE KEHOE. — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  71. 71.THE COUNTRY'S GREATEST EVIL.
  72. 72.I WONDER. — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  73. 73.SPEECH OF PATRICK HENRY.
  74. 74.MUTATION. — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  75. 75.SIX LOVE LETTERS
  76. 76.A ROMAN LEGEND. — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  77. 77.A FRIEND OF THE FLY.
  78. 78.ANSWERED PRAYERS. — BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
  79. 79.GOD IN THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION. — BY T. DE WITT TALMAGE.
  80. 80.THE ENCHANTED SHIRT. — BY JOHN HAY.
  81. 81.PRAYING FOR PAPA.
  82. 82.BECALMED. — BY SAMUEL, K. COWAN.
  83. 83.IN THE BOTTOM DRAWER.
  84. 84.EMULATION (UP TO DATE). — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  85. 85.DESTINY OF OUR COUNTRY. — BY R. C. WINTHROP.
  86. 86.THE WOMEN OF MUMBLES HEAD. — BY CLEMENT SCOTT.
  87. 87.A REASONABLE REQUEST. — MR. DARNELLE ASKS HIS FIANCEE A FAVOR, AFTER THEIR ENGAGEMENT.
  88. 88.RESIGNATION. — BY H. W. LONGFELLOW.
  89. 89.AN AFFECTIONATE LETTER. — Tipperary, Ireland, September the ten.
  90. 90.THE WHISTLING REGIMENT. — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  91. 91.THE MINISTER'S GRIEVANCES.
  92. 92.THE GOOD OLD WAY.
  93. 93.EXTRACT FROM BLAINE'S ORATION ON JAMES A. GARFIELD.
  94. 94.HOW SHALL I LOVE YOU? — WILL C. FERRIL.
  95. 95.THE LITTLE BROWN CURL.
  96. 96.DE PINT WID OLE PETE.
  97. 97.MOTHER'S FOOL.
  98. 98.AN HOUR OF HORROR.
  99. 99.GO VAY, BECKY MILLER, GO VAY!
  100. 100.IT IS A WINTER NIGHT. — BY RICHARD HENRY STODDARD.
  101. 101.WHAT THE LITTLE GIRL SAID.
  102. 102."WE'RE BUILDING TWO A DAY!" — BY REV. ALFRED J. HOUGH.
  103. 103.THE MODERN BELLE.
  104. 104.THE PUZZLED DUTCHMAN. — ANONYMOUS. — A Humorous Recitation.
  105. 105.THE FAST MAIL AND THE STAGE. — BY JOHN H. YATES.
  106. 106.STORY OF THE LITTLE RID HIN. — BY MRS. WHITNEY.
  107. 107.ONLY A SONG.
  108. 108.THE BICYCLE RIDE. — BY JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
  109. 109.THE LAND OF OUR BIRTH. — BY LILLIE E. BARR.
  110. 110.THE TEACHER'S DIADEM.
  111. 111.TOBE'S MONUMENT. — BY ELIZABETH KILHAM.
  112. 112.THE CROWDED STREET. — BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
  113. 113.BESSIE KENDRICK'S JOURNEY. — BY MRS. ANNIE A. PRESTON.
  114. 114.THERE IS A TONGUE IN EVERY LEAF.
  115. 115.LET US GIVE THANKS. — BY ELLEN ISABELLA TUPPER.
  116. 116.LITTLE FEET.
  117. 117.A RAINY DAY.
  118. 118.FASHIONABLE.
  119. 119.RESURGAM. — BY EBEN E. REXFORD.
  120. 120.THE FAULT OF THE AGE. — BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
  121. 121.THE BOOK CANVASSER. — BY MAX ADELER.
  122. 122.THE MISNOMER. — BY JOSIE C. MALOTT.
  123. 123.THE DOORSTEP. — BY E. C. STEDMAN.
  124. 124.HOW "OLD MOSE" COUNTED EGGS.
  125. 125.ANNIE AND WILLIE'S PRAYER. — BY MRS. SOPHIA P. SNOW.
  126. 126.THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. — BY SAMUEL WOODWORTH.
  127. 127.MR. WINKLE PUTS ON SKATES. — BY CHARLES DICKENS.
  128. 128.MY MOTHER'S BIBLE. — BY GEORGE P. MORRIS.
  129. 129.AFTER-DINNER SPEECH BY A FRENCHMAN.
  130. 130.THE WHIRLING WHEEL. — BY TUDOR JENKS.
  131. 131.THE BLACK HORSE AND HIS RIDER. — BY CHARLES SHEPPARD.
  132. 132.SHE CUT HIS HAIR.
  133. 133.AN APPEAL FOR LIBERTY. — BY JOSEPH STORY.
  134. 134.OLD UNCLE JAKE.
  135. 135.THE HOT AXLE. — BY T. DE WITT TALMAGE.
  136. 136.THE CHILDREN. [2] — BY CHARLES DICKENS. — FOOTNOTES:
  137. 137.CHARITY.
  138. 138.NO OBJECTION TO CHILDREN.
  139. 139.BANFORD'S BURGLAR-ALARM.
  140. 140.BETTER THINGS. — BY GEORGE MACDONALD.

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