Jerrold, Douglas, No, I., page 59. Jones, Amanda T., No. II. 169. Joy, Jennie, No. II. 186, 189. Kellogg, E., No. I. 130. Kingsley, Charles, No. III. 95. Kirke, Edmund, No. I. 141. Knowles, J. S., No. III. 93. Larcom, Lucy, No. II. 152. Macaulay, T. B., No. II. 58. MacDonald, George. No. I. 100, 162. Nott, T. W., No. II. 77. Olive, Frank, No. II. 175. Palmer, No. I. 89. Palmer, F. W., No I. 178. Rankin, J. E., No. I. 43. Saxe, John G., No. II., pages 15, 68. Scott, Walter, No. II. 112; No. III. 147. Sears, No. III. 12. Shakespeare, William, No. I. 10, 61, 156, 186; No. II. 69, 108, 150, 171; No. III. 14, 164. Shoemaker, J. W., No. II. 128. Stephens, Ann S., No. II. 91. Stowe, Mrs. H. B., No. II. 117; No. Talmage, T. De Witt, No. I. 37. Taylor, B. F., No. I. 151; No. II. 103. Taylor, George Lansing, No. I. 35. Tennyson, Alfred, No. I. 9, 100, 101, 104, 148; No. II. 75; No. III. 97. Thompson, Maurice, No. III. 188. Trowbridge, J. T., No. I. 84, 105; No. II. 49; No. III. 155. Trowbridge, Robertson, No. II. 161. Twain, Mark, No. I. 78; No. II. 22. 179; No. III. 170. Valentine, Dr., No. III. 87. Warner, C. D., No. II. 151. Wheeler, Ella, No. III. 59. Whitcher, F. M., No. II. 99. Yates, John H., No. II. 110; No. III. 132. CLASSIFICATION OF CONTENTS.* NARRATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE. 15, 24, 26, 43, 44, 46, 51, 53, 64, 73, 78, 83, 97, 112, 117, 122, 123, 124, 127, 138, 140, 145, 153, 154, 185, 187, 194, 202, 214, 215. ORATORICAL AND SUBLIME. 1, 7, 60, 62, 66, 81, 93, 108, 109, 119, 131, 137, 144, 147, 170, 171, 197, 212, 220, 223. PATHETIC. 8, 12, 18, 21, 23, 42, 48, 49, 50, 61, 74, 80, 89, 110, 115, 118, 136, 149, 150, 152, 165, 173, 181, 192, 200, 211, 218, 224. DRAMATIC. 2, 13, 19, 29, 30, 41, 59, 67, 72, 75, 76, 82, 84, 85, 87, 100, 105, 113, 135, 156, 164, 166, 175, 177, 183, 198, 204, 217, 219. *EXPLANATION.--The figures above refer to the numbers in the left margin of the Table of Contents. selections have been intentionally repeated under the several titles by which they are familiarly known. We are indebted to many good friends for the mention of popular selections, and we earnestly solicit their thought of us in the future for our "annual sheaf." To them, and to publishers and authors who have shown us favor in this work, we are sincerely grateful. J. W. SHOEMAKER. PHILADELPHIA, Lippard .III. 96 I. 76 161 .III. 124 98 52 .Mrs. Snow.................. I. 7. Andrew Jackson.......... *8. Annie and Willie's Prayer........ *9. Arnold Winkelried................................................................................. .Montgomery................................... II. 30 10. Baby's First Tooth, The.............. 11. Bardell and Pickwick. *12. Barn Window, The....... *13. Baron's Last Banquet, The.. *14. Battle of Beal' an Duine. *15. Bells of Shandon *16. Betsey and I are out 17. Bible Reading... *18. Blacksmith's Story, The... *19. Black Ranald............ 20. Blinduess..... *21. Blue and the Gray, The...... *22. Boys, The...... *23. Break, Break, Break. ..Danbury News............III. ..Lucy Larcom....... 60 III. 113 II. 152 .III. 77 *24. Bridge, The.... ...Longfellow.. 25. Buck Fanshaw's Funeral.. ...... ..... Twain *26. Bugle Song. 27. Bullum vs. Boatum II. 175 .III. 92 I. 139 I. 11 I. 100 Tennyson..................................................... ....Stevens. .................... I. 39 EXPLANATION.-"BEST THINGS FROM BEST AUTHORS," being composed of numbers one, two, and three of the Elocutionist's Annual, it is necessary to indicate the number as well as the page, each number being paged independently of the other. The figures in the left margin, prefixed with an asterisk [*], indicate selections in verse; those without an asterisk, prose selections. II. 49 *47. Darius Green and his Flying Machine...... Trowbridge............ *53. Despair is Never Quite Despair........ ...... Hemans................................... *51. Difficulty of Rhyming, The......... *55. Dow's Flat, 1856. ....Dickens... I. 72 ............ Dickens...... I. 63 ... Beecher II. 66 Charles F. Adams....... I. 198 .III. 91 I. 152 Harte ...................... 56. Dutchman's Speech at an Institute, A............. *57. Dutchman's Serenade, The............. *58. Dying Christian, The.......... ........... Pope.......................... I. 65. Experience with European Guides...... ....Twain.... 66. Extract from the Last Speech of Emmett............... |