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The Best American Orations of To-day. $1.25. New. The best thoughts of the best Americans-men who are most prominent in our affairs, and who stand as the highest types of honesty, intelligence and useful citizenship. Mostly selected by the authors themselves. They deal with our present problems. How to Attract and Hold an Audience. Every clergyman, every lawyer, every teacher, every man or woman Occupying an official position, every citizen and every youth who is likely ever to have occasion in committee, or in public, to enlist the interest, to attract and hold the attention of one or more hearers, and convince them-every person who ever has to, or is likely to have to "speak" to one or more listeners will find in our new book a clear, concise, complete handbook which will enable him to succeed! 4th edition. $1.00. Commencement Parts. "Efforts" for all occasions. $1.50,

Contains models of the salutatory, the valedictory, orations, class poems, class songs, class mottoes, class will, ivy poem and song, Dux's speech; essays and addresses for flag day, the seasons, national and other holidays; after-dinner speeches and responses to toasts. Also models for occasional addressessocial, educational, political, religious. Also models for superintendents' and principals' addresses to graduating class, debating team, educational conference; on dedication of school building, public building, library; for holidays, festival days, and scores of social and other occasions. Also themes for essays, and lists of subjects for orations, essays, toasts.

Readings from the Popular Novels. $1.25. New.

Public reading has fallen into disrepute among people of refinement, because many readers insist on presenting selections which in no way come up to the standards of good literature. To better the quality of work on the platform and in the class room, is the design of this book.

New Dialogues and Plays.

Life-like episodes from popular authors like Stevenson, Crawford, Mark Twain, Dickens, Scott, in the form of simple plays, with every detail explained as to dress, make-up, utensils, furniture, etc. For schoolroom or parlor. $1.50. A Southern Speaker. Selections from the orations, addresses, and writings of the best known Southern orators, Southern statesmen and authors. $1.00. Books I Have Read. A blank Book-Record containing questions to be answered by the pupil. There is one set of questions for Fiction and the Drama, another set for the Essay, still another for Lyric Poetry. The answers to the questions will show the teacher at a glance whether the pupil has read the books carefully and intelligently. 25 cents. Class supplies 20 cents,

Over one hundred pieces that have actually taken prizes in Prize Speaking Contests.

Pieces
That

Have Taken
Prizes

Selected by A. H. Craig, author of "Craig's New Common School Question Book," (of which over 189,000 copies have been sold) and Binney Gunnison, (Harvard), Instructor in the School of Expression, Boston, Mass., and author of "New Dialogues and Plays."

The compilers spent nearly three years' time in collecting the pieces for this book. All have actually taken one or more prizes at some Prize Speaking Contest.

Among the selections will be found: The Aspirations of the American People; The Storming of Mission Ridge; Opportunities of the Scholar; The Elements of National Wealth; Duty of Literary Men to America; The Future of the Philippines; True Courage; The Boat Race; The Teacher the Hope of America; A Pathetic Incident of the Rebellion; The Permanence of Grant's Fame; The Province of History; The Sermon; The Yacht Race; The Soul of the Violin; Opinions Stronger Than Armies; Not Guilty.

Bound in cloth. Frice $1.25

HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE

31-35 West 15th Street

New York City

These new pieces are just the kind that will arouse an audience to the highest pitch of enthusiasm.

New
Pieces
That Will
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.

Bound in cloth. Price $1.25

HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE

Each

31-35 West 15th Street

New York City

College Men's 3-Minute Declamations. Up-to-date selections from live men like Chauncey Depew, Hewitt, Gladstone, Cleveland, Presidents Eliot (Harvard), and Carte (Williams), and others. New material with vitality in it for prize speaking. Very popular. Eighth edition. $1.00.

COLLEGE MEN

College Maids 3-Minute Readings. Up-to-date recitations from living men and women. On the plan of the popular College Men's 3-minute Declamations, and on the same high plane. 4th edition. $1.00. Pieces for Prize Speaking Contests. Volume I. Over one hundred pieces that have actually taken prizes in prize speaking contests. Successful. $1.25.

Pieces for Prize Speaking Contests. Volume II. $1.25. Pieces for Every Occasion. Including

"special days." Something new, $1.25. Handy Pieces to Speak. Single pieces and dialogues. Primary, 20 cts. ; Intermediate, 20 cts.; Advanced, 20 cts. All three for 50 cts. On separate

cards. 108 selections in all. Acme Declamation Book. Single pieces and dialogues. For boys and girls of all ages; all occasions. Paper, 30 cts.; cloth, 50 cts. Many editions sold.

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PIECES POR PRIZE SPEAKING CONTESTS

Pros and Cons. Complete debates of the affirmative and negative of the stirring questions of the day. A decided hit. This is another book invaluable not only to high-school and college students, but also to every other person who aspires to converse engagingly on the topics of the day. Our foreign policy, the currency, the tariff, immigration, high license, woman suffrage, penny postage, transportation, trusts, department stores, municipal ownership of franchises, government control of telegraph. Both sides of these and many other questions completely debated. Directions for organizing and conducting debating society, with by-laws and parlia mentary rules. No other book like it. $1.50.

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