DAVID STARR JORDAN
CONTENTS.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
MELONS BY BRET HARTE
THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE OR, THE WONDERFUL "ONE-HOSS SHAY" A Logical Story BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
THE PURPLE COW BY GELETT BURGESS Reflections on a Mythic Beast,
THE CURSE OF THE COMPETENT BY HENRY J. FINN My spirit hath been
THE GRAMMATICAL BOY BY BILL NYE
SIMPLE ENGLISH BY RAY CLARKE ROSE Ofttimes when I put on my
PARTINGTONIAN PATCHWORK BY B.P. SHILLABER VII
THE MENAGERIE BY WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY Thank God my brain is not
DOWN AROUND THE RIVER BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Noon-time and
A MEDIEVAL DISCOVERER BY BILL NYE
WANTED A COOK BY ALAN DALE
SIMILAR CASES BY CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN There was once a
THE OLD MAID'S HOUSE: IN PLAN BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS
DISTICHS BY JOHN HAY I Wisely a woman prefers to a lover a man
THE QUARREL BY S.E. KISER "There are quite as good fish In the
A LETTER FROM MR. BIGGS BY E.W. HOWE
MRS. JOHNSON BY WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
PASS BY IRONQUILL A father said unto his hopeful son, "Who was
TEACHING BY EXAMPLE BY JOHN G. SAXE "What is the 'Poet's
WHEN ALBANI SANG [1] BY WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND Was workin' away
COLONEL STERETT'S PANTHER HUNT BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS
WOUTER VAN TWILLER BY WASHINGTON IRVING
THE EXPERIENCES OF THE A.C. BY BAYARD TAYLOR
WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Guvener B. is
THE DAY WE DO NOT CELEBRATE BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE One famous
THE YANKEE DUDE'LL DO BY S.E. KISER When Cholly swung his
SPELLING DOWN THE MASTER BY EDWARD EGGLESTON
MYOPIA BY WALLACE RICE
ANATOLE DUBOIS AT DE HORSE SHOW BY WALLACE BRUCE AMSBARY My
THE CHAMPION CHECKER-PLAYER OF AMERIKY BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
DARBY AND JOAN BY ST. JOHN HONEYWOOD I When Darby saw the
WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY When
LAFFING BY JOSH BILLINGS
GRIZZLY-GRU BY IRONQUILL O Thoughts of the past and present, O
JOHN HENRY IN A STREET CAR BY HUGH McHUGH
THE MUSKEETER BY JOSH BILLINGS
THE TURNINGS OF A BOOKWORM BY CAROLYN WELLS
THE FEAST OF THE MONKEYS BY JOHN PHILIP SOUSA In days of old,
THE BILLVILLE SPIRIT MEETING BY FRANK L. STANTON We had a
A CRY FROM THE CONSUMER BY WILBUR D. NESBIT Grasshoppers roam
A DISAPPOINTMENT BY JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY Her hair was a waving
THE BRITISH MATRON BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
THE TRAGEDY OF IT BY ALDEN CHARLES NOBLE Alas for him, alas for
STAGE WHISPERS BY CAROLYN WELLS Deadheads tell no tales. Stars
THE PETTIBONE LINEAGE BY JAMES T. FIELDS
WHY MOLES HAVE HANDS BY ANNE VIRGINIA CULBERTSON
A PSALM OF LIFE BY PHOEBE CARY Tell me not, in idle jingle,
AN ODYSSEY OF K'S BY WILBUR D. NESBIT I've traveled up and down
THE DEACON'S TROUT BY HENRY WARD BEECHER
ENOUGH [2] BY TOM MASSON
THE FIGHTING RACE BY JOSEPH I.C. CLARKE "Read out the names!"
THE ORGAN BY HENRY WARD BEECHER
MY GRANDMOTHER'S TURKEY-TAIL FAN BY SAMUEL MINTURN PECK It
FOOTNOTES:
Before An Audience OR The Use of the Will in Public Speaking By NATHAN SHEPPARD
THE ESSENTIALS OF ELOCUTION
HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC
How to Develop Power and Personality in Speaking
How to Develop Self-Confidence in Speech and Manner
How to ARGUE AND WIN IN CONVERSATION, IN SALESMANSHIP, IN
How to Read and Declaim A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN READING AND
HUMOROUS HITS AND HOW TO HOLD AN AUDIENCE
William Jennings Bryan
Essentials of English Speech and Literature
