Over one hundred pieces that have actually taken prizes in Prize Speaking Contests. Pieces That Have Taken 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. Price $1.25 HINDS & NOBLE, Publishers 4 Cooper Institute New York City Instructor in the Art of Speaking and Dramatic Art, Galesburg, Ill. COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY HINDS & NOBLE Hinds and Noble, Publishers, Cooper Institute, New York City. |