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CATALOGUE OF “STANDARD RECITATIONS”, Numbers 19–34

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STANDARD RECITATIONS. CONTENTS OF No. 19.

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A Day. By John G. Whittier 7|The Cane-Bottomed Chair. A Keeper’s Story. | W. M. Thackeray 8 By Ethel Lynn 21|The Cavalry Charge. An Empty Nest. | By E. C. Stedman 5 By Mary A. Barr 30|The Missing Ship. Advice to Boys 34| By John B. Gough 9 A Tramp’s Philosophy 37|The Burial of Chatham. Macaulay 15 Cæsar Passing the Rubicon. |The Hindu King’s Reply to the By J. Sheridan Knowles 5| Missionary. Alfred C. Lyall 15 Confession of a Drunkard 6|The Country’s Greatest Evil 16 Courage, Boy, Courage! 17|The Pythian Flag up North 18 Character of Napoleon. |The Windy Night. By Lamartine 38| By Thomas B. Reed 24 Do Not Rust Out 24|To Her. By Victor Hugo 25 England. By Charles Mackay 19|The Phantom Wreck. Even This Shall Pass Away 32| Nathan D. Urner 26 En Voyage 38|The Shepherd of the People. Education. By Schuyler Colfax 47| Rev. P. Brooks 27 Fancy or Fact. |True Fame. By Jay 28 By James Russell Lowell 6|The Open Door 29 Great Lives Imperishable. |The American Indian. Edward Everett 19| By Charles Sprague 29 How Riches are to be Measured 18|The Trapper’s Last Trail. If We Knew 10| Madge Morris 31 In Scotia Dear 35|The Two Lives 32 Liberty. By Frank E. Brush 20|The Sabbath 32 Little Jim. George R. Sims 25|The World from the Sidewalk 33 Live for Good. |The Duellist’s Honor. Rev. J. J. Case 31| By Bishop England 36 Logan at Atlanta 36|Trust in God, and do the Right. Malibran and the Young Musician 12| N. McLeod 40 My Portion 39|The Miner’s Luck. J. W. Donovan 40 Napoleon the Little. Hugo 25|The Old School-house 41 Night Before the Execution. |The True Source of Reform. Mary E. Bryan 45| E. H. Chapin 42 Our Ships 8|The Cry of the Dreamer. Opposite Examples. | John B. O’Reilly 43 Horace Mann 23|The Lover’s Leap 46 On Planting the Pear-tree. |The Bartholdi Statue. By Rev. Edward Hopper, D.D. 42| By John G. Whittier 48 Resolution 34|Vanitas. Charles M. Harger 27 Success. By B. F. Taylor 7|Whiskey in its Place 11 Spike that Gun 10|Who are the Free. Saved. By Jennie Joy 44| By John C. Prince 21

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STANDARD RECITATIONS. CONTENTS OF No. 20.

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The Idyl of Battle Hollow. |The Thank-You Prayer 27 Bret Harte 3|The True Pride of Ancestry. How Tommy Went to Sea. | Webster 28 Colonel Tom Ochiltree 4|Endurance 29 The Martyrs of Sandom’r. |The Old Man and Jim. M. Capel 6| James Whitcomb Riley 30 Pike’s Peak. Eugene Field 7|Why Are We Here. Alone. Robert J. Burdette 8| C. G. Dann 31 Ingratitude Towards the Deity. |Rural Occupations Favorable Appleton 8| to the Sentiments of Devotion. Legend of the Crossing | Buckminster 31 Sweeper 9|The Moonshiner’s Daughter. Sergeant Jasper at Fort | M. B. 32 Moultrie. |The Baby’s Prayer. Louise Imogen Guiney 10| Mrs. E. E. Williamson 34 The Reveille 11|How He Got Rich 34 The Stoning of the Magdalen. |The Midnight Tryst. F. E. Pratt 11| Mary E. Bryan 35 State’s Evidence. |The Four-Leaved Clover. Margaret Cavendish 13| A Decoration Day Mother’s Slipper 13| Reminiscence 37 The Cradle Rocked. |What is Religion? H. S. Keller 14| Bishop Heber 38 The Old Class Room 15|All Light There. In the Dakota Blizzard. | Mrs. M. L. Rayne 38 John Paul Bocock 16|On the Field of Gettysburg. Langsyne. D. M. Moir 17| Ena Walton 39 Mrs. Grundy 18|In the Name of God, the Merciful, The Baby and the Soldier 19| the Compassionate! 39 “Clear the Way.” |Influence of Christianity in Camilla Crosland 20| Elevating the Female Character. Wolfe Tone aboard the Hoche. | J. G. Carter 40 David G. Adee 21|Would We Return? My Old Vag. M. Quad 21| Robert Burns Wilson 41 Nobody Knows but Father. |The Rose. Mrs. Sigourney 42 H. C. Dodge 23|Death 43 The Brave at Home. |My Henry. James W. Riley 43 T. Buchanan Read 23|The Lock of Hair. Drunk in the Street 24| Thomas Dunn English 44 Posthumous Influence of the |Vita Nova 44 Wise and Good. Norton 24|Description of a Death Scene. “Me and Bob and Jim.” | Miss Francis 45 Ada Stewart Shelton 25|St. Brigid 47 The Angelus 26|“To Many of We.” 47 A Regular Bad ’Un. |Decoration Day. Frederick Langbridge 26| Minnie Irving 48

M. J. IVERS & CO., 379 Pearl Street, New York.

STANDARD RECITATIONS. CONTENTS OF No. 21.

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Half-Way Doin’s. Irwin Russell 3|Mme. Eef 27 The Lady or the Tiger. |The Lightning-Rod Dispenser. Mayor Joseph Kirkland in | Will Carleton 28 The Century 5|Why Women Marry 30 Confidential 6|A Pathetic Old Man 31 St. Jonathan 6|The Druggist’s Vengeance 32 Shinbones Becomes an Umpire. |The Emancipation of Man 33 W. J. Henderson 7|The Wickedest Man in Memphis. Uncle Ike’s Roosters. Aaron | Alex. J. Brown 34 W. Fredericks 8|The Knights of the Road 35 How “Old Mose” Counted |Heinz Von Stein. Eggs 9| Charles G. Leland 35 Trouble in the Choir. |Chairley Burke’s in Town. A. T. Worden 10| James Whitcomb Riley 36 Who Makes the Soil 12|The Wife’s Strategy 36 That Gentleman from Boston Town. |Precepts at Parting. Joaquin Miller 13| Irwin Russell 37 A Change of Views. W. Carey 14|Advice to a Young Man. The Story of Elizur. F. A. S. 15| R. J. Burdette 38 Robin Hood and the Abbot. |The Chap that’s Been over John Brook 16| to Lunnon 38 Two Boot Blacks 17|Noodleberry as a Neighbor. A Reminiscence 18| W. H. Ellis 39 Uncle Cuff “Rises Fur Ter |How We Tried to Whip The ’Splain.” | Teacher. Eugene J. Hall 40 William Longfellow Haynie 18|Der Sphider und der Fly. The Canine Question. | Charles Follen Adams 41 Alex. Sweet 19|Katrina’s Visit to New York. The Setting Sachem 20| Alex. T. Brown 42 Asking the Gov’nor 21|The Turkish Bath. The April Face. Thomas | By A Young Woman 43 Nelson Page 22|Our Boarding-House Thanksgiving 44 Guilty, Of Course. G. Waldo 23|Managing a Mule. The Mosquito 24| Irwin Russell 45 Ode to the Full Moon. |Der Oak und der Vine. Allen Kelly 24| Charles Follen Adams 45 The Ballad of Hiram Hover 25|The Skeleton’s Confession. A Negro’s Account of the | E. S. V. Z. 46 Prodigal Son 26|How She Won Him 47 Don’t Shpoil Dot Leedle Fun. |The Champion. Emile Pickhardt 27| Edward P. Jackson 48

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STANDARD RECITATIONS. CONTENTS OF No. 22.

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Shamus O’Brien, The Bold Boy of |“Peace, Be Still.” Violet 27 Glingall. Samuel Lover 3|A Short Debate on Rum. The Soldier’s Reward. | “Th’ Poet o’ Ante-Bar.” 28 J. W. Donovan 7|The Participants in the Boston The Kitten of the Regiment 9| Massacre. John Hancock 28 Perils of a Teacher. |Dandie. M. F. Bradley 29 J. W. Donovan 10|The Nameless Guest. A Climb at Rouen. | James Clarence Harvey 30 M. Betham Edwards 11|Slug Number Eleven 30 Catching the Colt 12|A Famous fight. Something for Strikers 13| David Graham Adee 32 Harmony 13|More Cruel Than War 33 By the Wayside. E. Doherty 14|The Fall of the Alamo. The Unwelcomed Baby 15| Mrs. Barr 34 Running Before It. |A New Gospel. William Constable 16| Carlotta Perry 35 “Warned.” Crape Myrtle 17|Making the Round. The Old Wife’s Kiss 17| Mrs. M. L. Rayne 36 The Old Office-Desk. |The Beautiful 37 Henry J. Shellman 19| Onatoga’s Sacrifice. Chickens Come Home to Roost. | John Dimitry 38 Ernest M‘Gaffey 19|Joe Sieg. Alexander Anderson 39 The Blacksmith of Ragenbach 20|Education. C. Phillips 41 The Old Mill. H. W. Field 21|Ingratitude; Or, Old Sport and One at a Time 22| His Master. Fred Williams 41 The Hot Axle. |Old Uncle Jake 43 T. De Witt Talmage 22|On the Rappahannock 44 Ellsworth’s Avengers. Tripp 23|The Better Land 45 The Origin of Whiskey. |Charity 45 H. Burgess 24|St. Michael, the Weigher 46 The Two Words. J. E. Dinkenga 25|The Orphan’s New Year. Listeners. M. K. D. 25| O. H. 46 The Delinquent Subscriber. |The Inch Cape Bell 47 Margaret Andrews Oldham 26|The Old Minstrel 47

M. J. IVERS & CO., 379 Pearl Street, New York.

STANDARD RECITATIONS. CONTENTS OF No. 23.

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If I Should Die To-night 3|The Unknown Hero 27 The American Union. |The Life-Boat 28 Daniel Webster 4|Milton’s Last Poem 28 Abon Ben Adhem. |How to Enliven Your Days—Work Leigh Hunt 4| With a Will 28 A Child’s Cry 4|The Soldier’s Pardon. The Shamrock. | James Smith 29 Anna B. Reardon 5|True Bravery—A Thrilling The Face Against the Pane. | Sketch 30 T. B. Aldrich 6|The Last Broadside. Do Your Part. J. W. Donovan 7| Elizabeth T. P. Beach 31 The Reign of Terror. |The Faithful Friend 32 Thomas Carlyle 8|His Last Run 33 Life is so Long 8|The Ship on Fire. C. McKay 33 Storming the Temple of Mexico. |The Care of God 34 William H. Prescott 9|My Ship at Sea. Giant and Dwarf 9| Thomas Dunn English 35 The Religious Card Player 10|The Sailor’s Mother. Conscience at Death 11| W. Wordsworth 35 The Sicilian Vespers 12|Independence Bell 36 The Curse of Regulus 12|The Unknown Future. Death Makes All Men Brothers. | Mary Kyle Dallas 37 Louise S. Upham 13|Creating Criminals. A Vision Rendered Into | Charles Dudley Warner 38 Poetry 15|Martin’s Puzzle. At the Shaft’s Mouth. | George Meredith 38 R. E. White 16|The Ladder of St. Augustine. In the Tunnel 17| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 40 The Peaceful Life. |The Step-mother. Marianne Farningham 19| Nathan D. Urner 41 The Story of a Stowaway! |Success. C. M. Harger 42 Clement Scott 20|The Good Woman. I. B. Mean 42 Loss of The Arctic. |All’s for the Best. H. W. Beecher 21| M. F. Tupper 43 The Emigrants. Charles McKay 22|The Right Road. The Tramp. J. J. R. 23| Ella Wheeler Wilcox 43 The Nail Maker 23|None Will Miss Thee 44 The Last of the Druids. |Little Orphant Annie. James Jeffrey Roche 24| James Whitcomb Riley 44 Personalities and Ill Reports. |Difference Between Taste and Dr. John Hall 24| Genius. By Blair 45 The Sailor’s Song. |Strength for To-Day 46 B. W. Proctor 25|Washington. Eliza Cook 46 Nail the Colors to the Mast. |Found Drowned 47 Alfred H. Miles 25|The Rosary 48

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STANDARD RECITATIONS. CONTENTS OF No. 24.

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Concepcion De Arguello. |Speech of Shrewsbury before Bret Harte 3| Queen Elizabeth. Schiller 26 Eulogium on South Carolina. |And then? Robert Y. Hayne 5| James Jeffrey Roche 28 The Brewing of Soma. |The Tell Tale Heart. John G. Whittier 6| Edgar Allen Poe 28 The Wee, Wee Bairnie 7|The Convict’s Hopeless Lot. Destiny. T. B. Aldrich 8| An Ex-convict 30 Without Me 8|The Star of Bethlehem. South Carolina and Massachusetts. | Henry Kirke White 31 Daniel Webster 9|Success in Life. Burglar Bill 10| James A. Garfield 31 What My Lover Said. |The Hindoo’s Search for Homer Greene 11| Truth 32 The Curse to Labor. |The Spiritualist. L. W. 33 T. V. Powderly 12|Last Charge of Ney. The New Hail Columbia. | J. T. Headley 35 Oliver Wendell Holmes 13|The Song of the Headlight. Reuben James. | Hardy Jackson 36 James Jeffrey Roche 13|One of the Signers. Reply to Mr. Webster. | John Greenleaf Whittier 37 Robert Y. Hayne 14|Apparitions. Thomas Carlyle 38 Vas Marriage a Failure? |Farewell to Nature. Charles Follen Adams 15| Thomas Gordon Hake 39 The Soul’s Farewell to the |Jim. Body. Ella Wheeler Wilcox 16| James Whitcomb Riley 40 A Woman’s Heart 16|Grant’s Strategy. The Minstrel’s Curse. | Judge Veazey 41 Ludwig Uhland 17|Just for To-day 42 Visions of Joan of Arc and |A Hero of the Tropics. Bishop of Beauvais. | I. Edgar Jones 42 De Quincey 18|Priests unto God. The Old Cornet Player. | Rose Terry Cooke 43 J. P. Bocock 20|The Mayflower. Speech of Icilius to the | Edward Everett 44 Romans. Alfieri 21|The Veiled Statue at Sais. The Watch of Boon Island. | Friedrich Schiller 45 Mrs. Celia Thaxter 21|Death of Hamilton. Rejoinder to Mr. Hayne. | Eliphalet Nott 46 Daniel Webster 23|The Soldier’s Return. To Ireland. J. B. Killen 24| Susanna Blamire 47 Christ Not a Christian. A. D. 25|Vicissitudes of 1849. The Forging of the Anchor. | Horace Greeley 47 S. Ferguson 26|Washington. Phillips 48

The selections from Bret Harte, Whittier, Aldrich and Mrs. Celia Thaxter are used by kind permission of Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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STANDARD RECITATIONS. CONTENTS OF No. 25.

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A Bachelor. |One of the Multitude. By Edgar I. Brenner 31| By Margaret Veley 47 A City Incident. |“Our Times not Degenerate.” George Bancroft Griffith 20| By Chas. Emory Smith 5 A Noble Mind in a Grand |Patient Mercy Jones. Body 38| By James T. Fields 13 A Paraphrase of Seneca. |Remembrance of Wrongs. By Eugene Field 17| Rufus Choate 10 A Picture. |Royalty. Thomas S. Collier 7 By H. Antoine D’Arcy 15|The Skeleton Soldier. After Death in Arabia. | Mrs. Findley Braden 33 Sir Edwin Arnold 8|The Stones of Manhattan. An Old Temperance Poem 29| By Willis Fletcher Johnson 34 Batyushka. T. B. Aldrich 15|The Two Brothers. By B. E. E. 9 Ballad of the Bloody Brook. |The King’s Daughters 21 By Edward Everett Hale 3|The Centre of Gravity 22 Boys, Go Home 25|The Four Princes. Comfort One Another 44| Arthur G. Geoghegan 23 Crying for the Moon 35|The Poet’s Political Thoughts. Death Carol. Walt. Whitman 19| John Greenleaf Whittier 25 Evil of Duelling. |The Man Who Rode to Conemaugh. By Lyman Beecher 12| John Eliot Bowen 37 Extract from “How I Consulted |The Game of Warriors 41 the Oracle of the |The Yellow Sands of Sussex. Goldfishes.” | By Douglas Sladen 43 James Russell Lowell 10|The Face Upon the Floor. Farmer Kent’s Parson. | H. Antoine D’Arcy 16 Margaret Holmes 40|The King’s Dust. Found Dead. | Harriet Prescott Spofford 12 By Sarah T. Bolton 26|The Church and the World. Good-by Er Howdy-do? | By Mathilda C. Edwards 27 J. Whitcomb Riley 42|The Simple Man and the Wise Man. Have Patience 44| Pollok 45 If. By Anstiss W. Curtiss 46|The Moan of the Attic. Illusions. By E. A. 36| Margaret J. Preston 4 In Eulogy of Water. |To Florence Nightingale of By Emory Storrs 8| England. By John Greenleaf Moral Power of Public Opinion. | Whittier 10 Daniel Webster 20|Two. By Rose Terry Cooke 11 No National Greatness Without |Under the Daisies 32 Morality. |Waiting for the Mail. By W. E. Channing 45| By S. W. Foss 40 Nobility 48|War with Big Guns 30 Old Boys. George W. Bungay 39|“Where the Willow Makes a Our Lady of the Mine 24| Shade” 18

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STANDARD RECITATIONS. CONTENTS OF No. 26.

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