These new pieces are just the kind that will arouse an audience to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. New Pieces Take Prizes Selected and adapted by Harriet Blackstone, Teacher of Elocution and Reading, Galesburg High School, Galesburg, Ill. To satisfy the constantly increasing demand for new Pieces for Prize Speaking Contests, the author (with the permission of the authors and publishers) has adapted a number of the choicest selections from the most celebrated works of our best known writers. Among others will be found: Alice's Flag-from Alice of Old Vincennes, by Maurice Thompson; The Wonderful Tar Baby-from Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris; Through the Flood-from Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, by Ian MacLaren; The Shepherd's Trophy-from Bob, Son of Battle, by Alfred Ollivant, Grandma Keeler Gets Grandpa Keeler Ready for Sunday School-from Cape Cod Folks, by Sally Pratt McLean; The Angel and the Shepherds-from Ben Hur, by Lew Wallace; The Queen's Letter-from Rupert of Hentzau, by Anthony Hope; etc. selection is especially suited for Prize Speaking Contests. Each HINDS & NOBLE, Publishers 31-33-35 West 15th St. New York City FOR COLLEGE GIRLS SELECTED AND EDITED BY HARRY CASSELL DAVIS, A. M., PH. D. WITH CLASSIFIED INDEX AND INDEX TO AUTHORS "Eloquence is the noble, the harmonious, the passionate expression of Copyright, 1897, by Hinds & Noble HINDS & NOBLE, Publishers OF INTEREST TO YOU We have a more thoroughly perfected system and better facilities for furnishing promptly books of all pubishers than any other house in the country. Our business is divided into departments, each under a superintendent, so that every detail is carefully looked after. We deal only in School and College books, of which we carry an immense stock. We are able to supply at reduced prices any schoolbook published. We issue a complete catalogue of these books, with a classified index Send for one. HINDS & NOBLE New York City PREFACE. THE author has endeavored to prepare a book of new selections for speaking and reading, adapted largely but not exclusively for girls in our schools, academies, and colleges. Freshness, brevity, variety, literary quality, and adaptability were important elements in determining the choice of selections. Committing to memory and publicly reciting patriotic thoughts are valuable aids in keeping the sacred fire of patriotism burning on our altars. Therefore a large number of patriotic pieces will be found in this collection, commemorating important epochs in our national history. The women of our country who are so nobly performing their part in all reform movements in this age of reforms, and upon whose brows the century has placed the crowns of illustrious achievement, are represented by some choice extracts of tongue and pen. The classified index will be found useful in deciding upon selections appropriate to the seasons and to the various holiday occasions. The courtesy of those who have responded so generously to the request for permission to use iii selections from their speeches and writings, and of those teachers who have made valuable suggestions, is gratefully acknowledged. The co-operation of the various publishers in consenting to the use of their publications, without which a book of this kind is impossible, has been most kindly and heartily given. HARRY HILLMAN ACADEMY, WILKES BARRE, PA., June, 1897. |