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masterly and thorough, and is so fascinating that the study becomes a delight. Rules and examples are furnished for the right choice of words, for constructing sentences, for punctuation, for acquiring an elegant style of composition, for writing essays and letters, what autho...
masterly and thorough, and is so fascinating that the study becomes a delight. Rules and examples are furnished for the right choice of words, for constructing sentences, for pu...
2. PART II.—READINGS AND RECITATIONS.—The second part of this incomparablework is no less valuable, and a candid perusal will convince you that it contains the largest and best collection of recitations ever brought together in one volume. These are o...
3. PART III.—PROGRAMMES FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.—These have been preparedwith the greatest care in order to meet a very urgent demand. The work contains Programmes for Fourth of July; Christmas Entertainments; Washington’s Birthday; Decoration Day; T...
4. PART I.—HOW TO WRITE A COMPOSITION.5. PART II.—READINGS AND RECITATIONS.6. PART III.—PROGRAMMES FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.7. PART I.The correct and pleasing expression of one’s thoughts in writing is an accomplishment of the highest order. To have little or no ability in the art of composition is a great mis...
8. PART II.THRILLING BATTLE SCENES AND VICTORIES; BEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTIONS; SOUL-STIRRING DEEDS OF HEROISM; WITTY AND HUMOROUS SELECTIONS; PATHETIC PIECES; FAMOUS ORATIONS; RECITATIONS FOR C...
9. PART III.The following programme can be varied as occasion may require by additional exercises or by substituting others for those here suggested. The platform should be decorated with f...
10. SCENE I.—_The sitting-room of the COLE family. MARY reading a newspaper._Aunt M._ Oh, shaw! A body must be dreadfully put to it, to advertise for a pardner in the newspapers. Thank goodness! I never got in such a strait as that ’er. The Lord has mar...
11. SCENE II.—_The garden of a deserted house, in the vicinity of MR. COLE’S._Mary._ There; we’ll squat down behind this lilac bush. It’s nearly the appointed hour. I heard Aunt Mattie soliloquizing in her room this morning, after this manner—“At eight o...
12. SCENE I. (_MR. L. and his wife on the stage; MR. L. dressed for his work,_Mrs. L._ So I thought I had; but it looks rather plain with no trimming at all. You know I was intending to trim it with that fringe; but it looks too gray, come to try it by t...
13. SCENE II. (_ALBERT enters, his wife entering on the opposite side. She14. SCENE III. (_Two men in conversation as they come upon the stage._)_B._ I cannot assert that the game in its most innocent form is, of itself, an evil, to be sure. But, although it has the advantage of calling forth skill and judgment, yet it i...
15. SCENE I.A very large shoe, which she has just vacated, is on the floor beside her. The other, her face and attitude showing keenest disappointment, has just put on her shoe. These shoes...
16. SCENE II.Cinderella, having begged permission to try on the slipper, has just seated herself, withdrawn her shoe and placed a dainty foot on the cushion beside the slipper. The sisters g...
17. SCENE III.Cinderella, having put on the slipper, has just drawn from her pocket its mate. The sisters, bewildered and dumfounded, have thrown themselves at her feet. This scene makes a fi...
18. SCENE IV.The fairy has touched her clothes with the magic wand, and Cinderella has become a being of marvelous beauty. Her gorgeous splendor dazzles the eyes of the Prince. She helps her...
19. SCENE V.The scene is a parlor.—In the foreground are two young girls, one of whom holds a miniature out to the other, who puts it aside, with an expression of angry contempt. The first...