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The Speaker's Ideal Entertainment

The Speaker's Ideal Entertainment

by George M. Vickers

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Author
Vickers, George M. (George Morley), 1841-1908
Title
The speaker's ideal entertainments : for home, church and school. Consisting of recitals, dialogues and dramas
Original Publication
United States: S. I. Bell & Co., 1892.
Credits
Carol Brown, Tim Lindell, Chuck Greif, Peter Vachuska, Jude Eylander 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
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 70748
Release Date
May 12, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Ideal Entertainments; — GEORGE M. VICKERS. — FRANCES E. PEIRCE,
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION.
  6. 6.NOTATION OF GESTURE.
  7. 7.The Gallant Fifty-First.
  8. 8.The Dead Letter.
  9. 9.Untitled
  10. 10.PA.
  11. 11.Dying to Win.
  12. 12.LITTLE BROWN EYES.
  13. 13.Untitled
  14. 14.The Last Salute.
  15. 15.Studying For The Contest.
  16. 16.Crazy Nell.
  17. 17.Sir Rupert’s Wife.
  18. 18.Untitled
  19. 19.Civilization.
  20. 20.Getting Ready.
  21. 21.Untitled
  22. 22.The Humors of Elocution
  23. 23.The Reason Why.
  24. 24.Untitled
  25. 25.Nothing to Wear.
  26. 26.Echo and the Ferry.
  27. 27.Roderick Lee.
  28. 28.Untitled
  29. 29.Holding a Baby.
  30. 30.The Spanish Mother.
  31. 31.Untitled
  32. 32.An Engineer’s Ride on a Piano.
  33. 33.The World’s Hero.
  34. 34.The Coquette.
  35. 35.Experience with a Refractory Cow.
  36. 36.Untitled
  37. 37.Mary, Queen of Scots.
  38. 38.Untitled
  39. 39.The Yankee Still Ahead.
  40. 40.Tommy’s Deathbed.
  41. 41.Going to Market.
  42. 42.The Merry Sunflower.
  43. 43.Hints on Expression.
  44. 44.Untitled
  45. 45.The Crowning of the Sunday-School Angel.
  46. 46.Untitled
  47. 47.[233] The Calls of the Bells.
  48. 48.Untitled
  49. 49.Dorothy Clyde;
  50. 50.Untitled
  51. 51.A Dog Story.
  52. 52.Exercise in Pronunciation.
  53. 53.The Moon.
  54. 54.The Suicide.
  55. 55.The Felon’s Wife.
  56. 56.Little Christel.
  57. 57.The Ballad of Breakneck.
  58. 58.Untitled
  59. 59.The Chemist to his Love.
  60. 60.A Wayward Life.
  61. 61.The Little Torment.
  62. 62.The Stars.
  63. 63.Why She didn’t Stay in the Poorhouse.
  64. 64.“Bill” the Engineer.
  65. 65.The True Remedy.
  66. 66.Untitled
  67. 67.Wanted—A Wife.
  68. 68.Back to Griggsby’s.
  69. 69.The Old Spinster.
  70. 70.A String of Broken Beads; or, Jingles from Favorite Authors.
  71. 71.The Legend of Wissahickon.
  72. 72.Untitled
  73. 73.A New Mother.
  74. 74.Richard Dingle’s Speech.
  75. 75.Word Pictures.
  76. 76.The Meeting at Wendletown.
  77. 77.Untitled
  78. 78.Petruchio’s Widow.
  79. 79.[372] The Proud Flag of Freedom.
  80. 80.Lost in the Mountains.
  81. 81.Untitled
  82. 82.Maiden Song.
  83. 83.Lecture by One of the Sex.
  84. 84.Enguerrande’s Child.
  85. 85.The King’s Kiss. [414]
  86. 86.Contrasts in Shakespeare.
  87. 87.Untitled
  88. 88.Merry Mike.
  89. 89.The Village Choir.
  90. 90.The Book Agent Beats the Bandit.
  91. 91.Not in the Ranks.
  92. 92.The Old Actor’s Story.
  93. 93.Untitled
  94. 94.Ben Hassan’s Dream.
  95. 95.Six o’Clock.
  96. 96.Charlie’s Story.
  97. 97.The Months.
  98. 98.Untitled
  99. 99.Uncle Ned’s Tale.
  100. 100.Read This if You Can.
  101. 101.Untitled
  102. 102.The Ivy-Clad Ruin. [510]
  103. 103.“Yes, I’m Guilty.”
  104. 104.The Enchanted Shirt.
  105. 105.Fra Giacomo.
  106. 106.A Grain of Truth.
  107. 107.The Corsican.
  108. 108.Untitled
  109. 109.All Wrong.
  110. 110.Go Fan Yourself.
  111. 111.Nell.
  112. 112.A Soldier’s Offering.
  113. 113.Untitled
  114. 114.The Ruling Passion.
  115. 115.I’m Getting Too Big to Kiss.
  116. 116.Waiting for the Mail.
  117. 117.Ben-Hur’s Chariot Race.
  118. 118.Dolores.
  119. 119.Untitled
  120. 120.Scene from Merchant of Venice.
  121. 121.Thora.
  122. 122.Valley Forge.
  123. 123.Untitled
  124. 124.How “Ruby” Played.
  125. 125.Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii.
  126. 126.The Dream of Eugene Aram.
  127. 127.Untitled
  128. 128.One Day Solitary. [1151]
  129. 129.Meg Merrilies.
  130. 130.The Dukite Snake.
  131. 131.Mad.
  132. 132.Untitled
  133. 133.A Woman’s Vengeance.
  134. 134.The Dream of Aldarin.
  135. 135.The Death of Uncle Tom.
  136. 136.Untitled
  137. 137.“Swore Off.”
  138. 138.The Unknown Speaker.
  139. 139.JUVENILES.
  140. 140.The Boy and the Boot.
  141. 141.Farewell Old Shoe.
  142. 142.Tale of a Dog and a Bee.
  143. 143.Little Foxes.
  144. 144.For a Little Girl.
  145. 145.An Oration for a Boy.
  146. 146.Untitled
  147. 147.“They Say.”
  148. 148.Nobody’s Dog.
  149. 149.Johnny’s Soliloquy.
  150. 150.The Wind in a Frolic.
  151. 151.The Speckled Hen.
  152. 152.The New Baby.
  153. 153.Katie’s Wants.
  154. 154.Queer Little Stitches.
  155. 155.The Nose Out of Joint.
  156. 156.Valedictory.
  157. 157.Presentation Speech.
  158. 158.Little Millie’s Declamation.
  159. 159.The Only Child.
  160. 160.Lulu’s Complaint.
  161. 161.Little Tommie’s First Smoke.
  162. 162.The Elf-Child.
  163. 163.CONTENTS.
  164. 164.Transcriber’s Note

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