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A compilation of poetry designed for performance. This compilation focuses on the art of recitation, highlighting the importance of clarity, style, and emotional connection when presenting poetry in front of an audience. - Summary by Jessie Percival

Chapters (195)

1PREFATORY

197

2JOHN BULL AND HIS ISLAND. BY ALFRED H. MILES

233

3THE RED ROSE OF WAR. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

289

4ENGLAND. BY ELIZA COOK

236

5A SONG FOR AUSTRALIA. BY WILLIAM COX BENNET

241

6THE PLOUGHSHARE OF OLD ENGLAND. BY ELIZA COOK

126

7THE STORY OF ABEL TASMAN. BY FRANCES S. LEWIN.

220

8THE GROOM'S STORY. BY A. CONAN DOYLE

383

9THE HARDEST PART I EVER PLAYED. BY RE HENRY

1247

10THE STORY OF MR. KING. BY DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY

447

11THE ART OF "POETRY." FROM "TOWN TOPICS."

108

12THE KING OF BRENTFORD'S TESTAMENT. W. M. THACKERAY

638

13UNIVERSALLY RESPECTED. BY J. BRUNTON STEPHENS

512

14THE AMENITIES OF SHOPPING. BY LEOPOLD WAGNER

695

15SHAMUS O'BRIEN: A TALE OF '98. BY J. SHERIDAN LE FANU

784

16HOME, SWEET HOME. BY WILLIAM THOMSON

17THE CANE-BOTTOM'D CHAIR. BY W.M. THACKERAY

208

18THE ALMA. BY WILLIAM C. BENNET

199

19THE MAMELUKE CHARGE. BY SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE

137

20MY LADY'S LEAP. BY CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN

491

21A SONG FOR THE END OF THE SEASON. BY J.R. PLANCHE

22THE AGED PILOT MAN. BY MARK TWAIN

376

23TIM KEYSER'S NOSE. BY MAX ADELER

165

24THE LOST EXPRESSION. BY MARSHALL STEELE

465

25A NIGHT SCENE. BY ROBERT B. BROUGH

26KARL, THE MARTYR. BY FRANCES WHITESIDE

801

27THE ROMANCE OF TENACHELLE. BY HERCULES ELLIS

634

28MICHAEL FLYNN. BY WILLIAM THOMSON

29A NIGHT WITH A STORK. BY WILLIAM G. WILCOX

562

30AN UNMUSICAL NEIGHBOUR. BY WILLIAM THOMSON

31THE CHALICE. BY DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY

324

32LIVINGSTONE. BY HENRY LLOYD.

215

33IN SWANAGE BAY. BY MRS. CRAIK

334

34BALLAD OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. BY GEORGE HENRY BOKER

369

35PHADRIG CROHOORE. BY JAMES SHERIDAN LE FANU

391

36CUPID'S ARROWS. BY ELIZA COOK

37THE CROCODILE'S DINNER PARTY. BY E. VINTON BLAKE

192

38"TWO SOULS WITH BUT A SINGLE THOUGHT." BY WILLIAM THOMSON

39A RISKY RIDE. BY CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN

449

40ON MARRIAGE. BY JOSH BILLINGS

266

41THE ROMANCE OF CARRIGCLEENA. BY HERCULES ELLIS

452

42THE FALSE FONTANLEE. BY WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE

382

43THE LEGEND OF SAINT LAURA. BY THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK

231

44DAVID SHAW, HERO. BY JAMES BUCKHAM

162

45BROTHERHOOD. BY ALFRED H. MILES

204

46THE STRAIGHT RIDER. (FROM "BLACK AND WHITE?" BY PERMISSION.)

329

47WOMEN AND WORK. BY ALFRED H. MILES

311

48A COUNTRY STORY. BY ALFRED H. MILES

217

49THE BEGGAR MAID. BY LORD TENNYSON

50THE VENGEANCE OF KAFUR. BY CLINTON SCOLLARD

341

51THE WISHING WELL. BY VIRGINIA WOODWARD CLOUD

301

52THE TWO CHURCH-BUILDERS. BY JOHN G. SAXE

165

53THE CAPTAIN OF THE NORTHFLEET, BY GERALD MASSEY

191

54THE HAPPIEST LAND. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW

55THE PIPES AT LUCKNOW. BY J. G. WHITTIER

245

56THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL

256

57THE GRAVE SPOILERS. BY HERCULES ELLIS

230

58BOW-MEETING SONG. BY REGINALD HEBER

108

59THE BALLAD OF ROU. BY LORD LYTTON

303

60BINGEN ON THE RHINE. BY THE HON. MRS. NORTON

326

61DEEDS NOT WORDS. BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT

139

62OLD KING COLE. BY ALFRED H. MILES

252

63THE GREEN DOMINO. ANONYMOUS

342

64THE LEGEND BEAUTIFUL. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW

323

65THE BELL OF ATRI. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW

414

66THE STORM. BY ADELAIDE PROCTOR

67THE THREE RULERS. BY ADELAIDE PROCTOR

68THE HORN OF EGREMONT CASTLE. BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

337

69THE MIRACLE OF THE ROSES. BY ROBERT SOUTHEY

328

70THE BRIDAL OF MALAHIDE. BY GERALD GRIFFIN

317

71THE DAUGHTER OF MEATH. BY THOMAS HAYNES BAYLEY

284

72GLENARA. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL

139

73A FABLE FOR MUSICIANS. BY CLARA DOTY BATES

295

74"ONWARD." A TALE OF THE S. E. RAILWAY. ANONYMOUS

195

75THE DECLARATION. BY NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS

104

76LOVE AND AGE. BY THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK

215

77HALF AN HOUR BEFORE SUPPER. BY BRET HARTE

191

78HE WORRIED ABOUT IT. BY S. W. FOSS

142

79ASTRONOMY MADE EASY. ANONYMOUS

404

80BROTHER WATKINS. BY JOHN B. GOUGH

271

81LOGIC. ANONYMOUS

150

82THE PRIDE OF BATTERY B. BY F.H. GASSAWAY

212

83THE DANDY FIFTH. BY F.H. GASSAWAY

295

84"BAY BILLY." BY F.H. GASSAWAY

308

85THE OLD VETERAN. BY BAYARD TAYLOR

204

86SANTA CLAUS. BY ALFRED H. MILES

744

87THE IMPERIAL RECITER: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

100

88PREFATORY

263

89THE ENGLISHMAN. BY ELIZA COOK

180

90ENGLAND GOES TO BATTLE. BY GERALD MASSEY

155

91ENGLAND ONCE MORE. BY FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE

195

92GOD DEFEND THE RIGHT. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

132

93THE VOLUNTEER. BY ALFRED H. MILES

243

94DOWN IN AUSTRALIA. BY GERALD MASSEY

121

95AUSTRALIA SPEAKS. BY GERALD MASSEY

96AN IMPERIAL REPLY. BY GERALD MASSEY

115

97THE BOYS' RETURN. BY GERALD MASSEY

184

98"SOUND THE ASSEMBLY!" BY CLEMENT SCOTT

194

99THE ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR. BY RUDYARD KIPLING

166

100FOR THE EMPIRE. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

129

101WANTED—A CROMWELL. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

159

102ENGLAND'S IRONSIDES. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

101

103THE THREE CHERRY-STONES. ANONYMOUS

462

104THE MIDSHIPMAN'S FUNERAL. BY BARLEY DALE

494

105LADYSMITH. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

543

106THE SIX-INCH GUN. "THE BOMBSHELL"

195

107ST. PATRICK'S DAY. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

245

108THE HERO OF OMDURMAN. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

210

109BOOT AND SADDLE. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

376

110THE MIDNIGHT CHARGE. BY CLEMENT SCOTT

524

111MAFEKING. BY REV. A. FREWEN AYLWARD

127

112THE FIGHT AT RORKE'S DRIFT. BY EMILY PFEIFFER

365

113RELIEVED! (AT MAFEKING.)

114HOW SAM HODGE WON THE VICTORIA CROSS. BY WILLIAM JEFFREY PROWSE

284

115THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. BY R.T.S. LOWELL.

237

116A BALLAD OF WAR. BY MENELLA BUTE SMEDLEY

274

117THE ALMA. BY RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH

180

118AFTER ALMA. BY GERALD MASSEY

337

119BALACLAVA. BY LORD TENNYSON

139

120AFTER BALACLAVA. BY JAMES WILLIAMS

184

121INKERMAN. BY GERALD MASSEY

525

122KILLED IN ACTION. BY F. HARALD WILLIAMS

116

123AT THE BREACH. BY SARAH WILLIAMS

175

124SANTA FILOMENA. BY H. W. LONGFELLOW.

155

125THE LITTLE HATCHET STORY. BY BURDETTE

403

126THE LOSS OF THE "BIRKENHEAD." SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE

240

127ELIHU. BY ALICE CAREY

213

128THE LAST OF THE "EURYDICE." BY SIR NOEL PATON

180

129THE WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS. BY H.W. LONGFELLOW

169

130ENGLAND'S DEAD. BY FELICIA HEMANS

194

131MEHRAB KHAN. BY SIR F.H. DOYLE

172

132THE RED THREAD OF HONOUR. BY SIR F.H. DOYLE

300

133THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS. BY SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE

210

134A FISHERMAN'S SONG. BY ALFRED H. MILES

135THE FIELD OF WATERLOO. BY LORD BYRON

354

136THE LAY OF THE BRAVE CAMERON. JOHN STUART BLACKIE

186

137A SONG FOR STOUT WORKERS. BY JOHN STUART BLACKIE

114

138AT THE BURIAL OF A VETERAN. BY ALFRED H. MILES

139NAPOLEON AND THE BRITISH SAILOR. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL

180

140THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. BY REV. CHARLES WOLFE

121

141AT TRAFALGAR. BY GERALD MASSEY

455

142CAMPERDOWN. BY ALFRED H. MILES

357

143THE ARMADA. BY LORD MACAULAY

371

144MR. BARKER'S PICTURE. BY MAX ADELER

261

145THE WOODEN LEG. BY MAX ADELER

452

146THE ENCHANTED SHIRT. BY COLONEL JOHN HAY

226

147JIM BLUDSO. BY COLONEL JOHN HAY

169

148FREEDOM. BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

125

149THE COORTIN'. BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

283

150THE HERITAGE. BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

209

151LADY CLARE. BY LORD TENNYSON

259

152BREAK, BREAK, BREAK. BY LORD TENNYSON

153THE LORD OF BURLEIGH. BY LORD TENNYSON

261

154DORA. BY LORD TENNYSON

513

155MRS. B.'S ALARMS. BY JAMES PAYN

1179

156SHELTERED. BY SARAH ORME JEWETT

749

157GUILD'S SIGNAL. BY BRET HARTE

140

158BILL MASON'S BRIDE. BY BRET HARTE

159

159THE CLOWN'S BABY. FROM "ST. NICHOLAS."

236

160AUNT TABITHA. BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

139

161LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE. BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

177

162THE LIMITATIONS OF YOUTH. BY EUGENE FIELD

151

163RUBINSTEIN'S PLAYING. ANONYMOUS

692

164OBITUARY. BY WILLIAM THOMSON

165THE EDITOR'S STORY. BY ALFRED H. MILES

393

166NAT RICKET. BY ALFRED H. MILES

339

167'SPÄCIALLY JIM. FROM "HARPER'S MAGAZINE."

168'ARRY'S ANCIENT MARINER. BY CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN.

371

169THE AMATEUR ORLANDO. BY GEORGE T. LANIGAN

379

170A BALLAD OF A BAZAAR. BY CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN

159

171A PARENTAL ODE TO MY SON, AGED THREE YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS. BY THOMAS HOOD

209

172'TWAS EVER THUS. BY HENRY S. LEIGH

173MISS MALONEY ON THE CHINESE QUESTION. BY MARY MAPES DODGE

405

174THE HEATHEN CHINEE. BY BRET HARTE

170

175HO-HO OF THE GOLDEN BELT. BY JOHN G. SAXE

342

176THE HIRED SQUIRREL. A RUSSIAN FABLE

177BALLAD OF THE TRAILING SKIRT. NEW YORK "LIFE."

178TO THE GIRL IN KHAKI. "MODERN SOCIETY."

179THE TENDER HEART. BY HELEN GRAY CONE

124

180A SONG OF SARATOGA. BY JOHN G. SAXE

170

181THE SEA. BY EVAL. OGDEN

123

182A TALE OF A NOSE. BY CHARLES F. ADAMS

103

183LEEDLE YAWCOB STRAUSS. BY CHARLES F. ADAMS

128

184DOT BABY OF MINE. BY CHARLES F. ADAMS

164

185A DUTCHMAN'S MISTAKE. BY CHARLES F. ADAMS

174

186THE OWL CRITIC. JAMES T. FIELDS

220

187THE TRUE STORY OF KING MARSHMALLOW. ANONYMOUS

134

188THE JACKDAW OF RHEIMS. BY THOMAS INGOLDSBY (REV. R.H. BARHAM)

499

189TUBAL CAIN. BY CHARLES MACKAY

236

190THE THREE PREACHERS. BY CHARLES MACKAY

234

191SAY NOT THE STRUGGLE. BY ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH

192PATRIOTISM. BY LORD TENNYSON

280

193TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW. BY GERALD MASSEY

156

194RING OUT, WILD BELLS. BY LORD TENNYSON

151

195RULE, BRITANNIA! BY JAMES THOMSON

199

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