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Against War with Mexico............ Thomas Corwin The Murder of Lovejoy.............. Wendell Phillips DEPICTING CHARACTER A Tale of the Plains............... Theodore Roosevelt Gunga Din.......................... Rudyard Kipling Address of Sergeant Buzfuz......... Charles Dickens A Natural Philosopher.............. Maccabe Response to a Toast................ Litchfield Moseley Partridge at the Play.............. Henry Fielding A Man's a Man for a That........... Robert Burns Artemus Ward's Lecture............. Charles Farrar Brown Jim Bludso, of the Prairie Belle... John Hay The Trial of Abner Barrow.......... Richard Harding Davis
PART THREE
PLATFORM PRACTICE
THE SPEECH OF FORMAL OCCASION The Benefits of a College Education Abbott Lawrence Lowell What the College Gives............. Le Baron Russell Briggs Memorial Day Address............... _John D. Long_ William McKinley................... John Hay Robert E. Lee...................... _John W. Daniel_ Farewell Address to the United States Senate. ....................................Henry Clay The Death of Garfield.............. _James G. Blaine_ The Second Inaugural Address....... Abraham Lincoln The Death of Prince Albert......... Benjamin Disraeli An Appreciation of Mr. Gladstone... _Arthur J. Balfour_ William E. Gladstone............... Lord Rosebery The Soldier's Creed................ Horace Porter Competition in College............. Abbott Lawrence Lowell THE PUBLIC LECTURE A Master of the Situation.......... _James T. Fields_ Wit and Humor...................... _Minot J. Savage_ A Message to Garcia................ Elbert Hubbard Shakespeare's "Mark Antony"........ Anonymous André and Hale..................... _Chauncey M. Depew_ The Battle of Lexington............ Theodore Parker The Homes of the People............ _Henry W. Grady_ General Ulysses S. Grant........... _Canon G. W. Farrar_ American Courage................... Sherman Hoar The Minutemen of the Revolution.... George William Curtis Paul Revere's Ride................. George William Curtis The Arts of the Ancients........... Wendell Phillips A Man without a Country............ Edward Everett Hale The Execution of Rodriguez......... Richard Harding Davis THE INFORMAL DISCUSSION The Flood of Books................. Henry van Dyke Effectiveness in Speaking.......... William Jennings Bryan Books, Literature and the People... Henry van Dyke Education for Business............. Charles William Eliot The Beginnings of American Oratory. Thomas Wentworth Higginson Daniel Webster, the Man............ Thomas Wentworth Higginson The Enduring Value of Speech....... Thomas Wentworth Higginson To College Girls................... Le Baron Russell Briggs The Art of Acting.................. Henry Irving Address to the Freshman Class at Harvard University ....................................Charles William Eliot With Tennyson at Farringford....... By His Son Notes on Speech-Making............. Brander Matthews Hunting the Grizzly................ Theodore Roosevelt
ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION
DEBATES AND CAMPAIGN SPEECHES On Retaining the Philippine Islands _George F. Hoar_ On Retaining the Philippine Islands William McKinley Debate on the Tariff............... _Thomas B. Reed_ Debate on the Tariff............... _Charles F. Crisp_ South Carolina and Massachusetts... _Robert Y. Hayne_ South Carolina and Massachusetts... Daniel Webster The Republican Party............... John Hay Nominating Ulysses S. Grant........ Roscoe Conkling The Choice of a Party.............. Roscoe Conkling Nominating John Sherman............ _James A. Garfield_ The Democratic Party............... _William E. Russell_ The Call to Democrats.............. _Alton B. Parker_ Nominating Woodrow Wilson.......... _John W. Wescott_ Democratic Faith................... _William E. Russell_ England and America................ John Bright On Home Rule in Ireland............ _William E. Gladstone_
THE LEGAL PLEA The Dartmouth College Case......... Daniel Webster In Defense of the Kennistons....... Daniel Webster In Defense of the Kennistons, II... Daniel Webster In Defense of John E. Cook......... _D. W. Voorhees_ In Defense of the Soldiers......... _Josiah Quincy, Jr._ In Defense of the Soldiers, II..... _Josiah Quincy, Jr._ In Defense of the Soldiers, III.... _Josiah Quincy, Jr._ In Defense of Lord George Gordon... Lord Thomas Erskine Pronouncing Sentence for High Treason ................................... Sir Alfred Wills The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.. _George S. Boutwell_ The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.. _William M. Evarts_ The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, II ................................... _William M. Evarts_
THE AFTER-DINNER SPEECH At a University Club Dinner........ _Henry E. Howland_ The Evacuation of New York......... _Joseph H. Choate_ Ties of Kinship.................... Sir Edwin Arnold Canada, England and the United States ................................... Sir Wilfred Laurier Monsieur and Madame................ _Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell)_ The Typical American............... _Henry W. Grady_ The Pilgrim Mothers................ _Joseph H. Choate_ Bright Land to Westward............ _E. O. Wolcott_ Woman.............................. Theodore Tilton Abraham Lincoln.................... Horace Porter To Athletic Victors................ _Henry E. Howland_
THE OCCASIONAL POEM Charles Dickens.................... William Watson The Mariners of England............ Thomas Campbell Class Poem......................... Langdon Warner A Troop of the Guard............... _Hermann Hagedorn, Jr._ The Boys........................... Oliver Wendell Holmes THE ANECDOTE The Mob Conquered.................. George William Curtis An Example of Faith................ _Henry W. Grady_ The Rail-Splitter.................. _H. L. Williams_ O'Connell's Wit.................... Wendell Phillips A Reliable Team.................... Theodore Roosevelt Meg's Marriage..................... Robert Collyer Outdoing Mrs. Partington........... Sidney Smith Circumstance not a Cause........... Sidney Smith More Terrible than the Lions....... _A. A. McCormick_ Irving, the Actor.................. John De Morgan Wendell Phillips's Tact............ James Burton Pond Baked Beans and Culture............ Eugene Field Secretary Chase's Chin-Fly......... _F. B. Carpenter_
INDEX OF TITLES INDEX OF AUTHORS

INTRODUCTION
Happily, it is no longer necessary to argue that public speaking is a worthy subject for regular study in school and college. The teaching of this subject, in one form or another, is now fairly well established. In each of the larger universities, including professional schools and summer schools,