Standard Selections

Standard Selections, by Various

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Title: Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior
Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the
Platform
Author: Various
Editor: Robert I. Fulton, Thomas C. Trueblood and Edwin P. Trueblood
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STANDARD SELECTIONS

A COLLECTION AND ADAPTATION OF SUPERIOR
PRODUCTIONS FROM BEST AUTHORS FOR USE IN CLASS
ROOM AND ON THE PLATFORM

ARRANGED AND EDITED BY
ROBERT I. FULTON
DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF ORATORY AND PROFESSOR OF
ELOCUTION AND ORATORY IN THE OHIO WESLEYAN
UNIVERSITY
THOMAS C. TRUEBLOOD
PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION AND ORATORY IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
AND
EDWIN P. TRUEBLOOD
PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION AND ORATORY IN EARLHAM
COLLEGE

GINN AND COMPANY BOSTON · NEW
YORK · CHICAGO · LONDON
ATLANTA · DALLAS · COLUMBUS · SAN FRANCISCO
COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY R. I. FULTON, T. C. TRUEBLOOD, AND E.
P. TRUEBLOOD
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The Athenæum Press
GINN AND COMPANY · PROPRIETORS BOSTON · U.S.A.

PREFACE
The purpose of the compilers of this volume is:--
First, to provide some new material in poetry and eloquence that has
never before appeared in books of this character, in addition to many
standard selections familiar to the general public;
Second, to furnish selections that will stand the test of literary criticism
and at the same time prove to be popular and successful for public
entertainment;
Third, to offer for the use of classes in public speaking such carefully
selected literature of varied scope as will be helpful and stimulating in
the practice of reading aloud and profitable in acquiring power of vocal
interpretation;
Fourth, to stimulate interest in the works of the authors from whom we
have chosen and in the speeches or books from which extracts have
been taken;
Fifth, to present as models for students in public speaking notable
specimens of eloquence, among which are masterpieces of the seven
great orators of the world and from the six great triumphs in the history
of American oratory;
Sixth, to provide carefully chosen scenes from a few standard, modern
dramas for class-room and platform use. In these scenes the attempt has
been made to preserve the spirit and unity of the plays, to shorten them
to practical length, and to adapt them to the demands of the public
audience.
To avoid reprinting material which is already universally accessible, we
have inserted no scenes from Shakespeare; but the reader is referred to
Fulton and Trueblood's "Choice Readings" (published by Ginn and
Company), which contains copious Indexes to choice scenes from
Shakespeare, the Bible, and hymn-books. The two volumes include a

wide field of literature best suited for public speaking.
The selections throughout the book are arranged under six different
classes and cover a wide range of thought and emotion. While many
shades of feeling may be found in the same selection, it has been our
aim to place each one under the division with which, as a whole, it is
most closely allied.
We are grateful to the many authors and publishers who have
courteously permitted us to use their publications. Instead of naming
them in the preface we have chosen to make due acknowledgment in a
footnote wherever their selections appear in the volume.
F. AND T.

CONTENTS
I
NARRATIVE, DESCRIPTIVE, PATHETIC
PAGE Arena Scene from "Quo Vadis?" The Sienkiewicz. 1
Arrow and the Song, The Longfellow. 8
Aux Italiens Lytton. 8
Bobby Shafto Henry. 12
Carcassonne Nadaud. 13
Child-wife, The Dickens. 15
Count Gismond Browning. 21
Death of Arbaces, The Lytton. 25
Dora Tennyson. 32

Easter with Parepa, An Delano. 37
Evening Bells, Those Moore. 41
Ginevra Coolidge. 42
High Tide at Lincolnshire, The Ingelow. 47
How Did You Die? Cooke. 52
Indigo Bird, The Burroughs. 53
Jackdaw of Rheims, The Barham. 54
Jaffar Hunt. 57
Jim Bludsoe Hay. 59
King Robert of Sicily Longfellow. 61
Lady of Shalott, The Tennyson. 67
Legend of Service, A Van Dyke. 72
Little Boy Blue Field. 76
Mary's Night Ride Cable. 77
Nydia, the Blind Girl Lytton. 80
O Captain, My Captain! Whitman. 88
On the Other Train Anon. 89
Pansy, The Anon. 92
"Revenge," The Tennyson. 94
Rider of the Black Horse, The Lippard. 98

Sailing beyond Seas Ingelow. 101
Sands of Dee, The Kingsley. 102
School of Squeers, The Dickens.