2. Lord Chatham (Mr. Pitt), on the American War,

3. Lord Mansfield, on Privilege of Parliament,

4. Mr. Grattan, on the Grievances of Ireland,

5. Lord Erskine, in favour of Mr. Hardy,

1. Mr. Pitt (Lord Chatham), in Reply to Mr. Horace Walpole,

12. Mr. Webster, on Slavery in the United States,

6. Sir James Mackintosh, on the Liberty of the British Press,

7. Mr. Burke, on Conciliating the Colonies,

8. Mr. Canning, on the Slave Trade,

9. Mr. Sheridan's Invective against Mr. Hastings,

10. Mr. (Lord) Brougham, on the State of the Law,

11. Mr. (Lord) Brougham, on Negro Slavery,

13. Mr. Patrick Henry, on British Government in America,

14. Contest between Mr. Flood and Mr. Grattan,

15. Mr. Grattan, in Reply to Mr. Corry,

16. Mr. Curran, in Defence of Mr. Finnerty,

17. Mr. Curran, on Universal Emancipation,

18. Lord Erskine, in Defence of Mr. Stockdale,

19. Lord Brougham, on Taxation,

20. Mr. O'Connell, in Defence of Mr. Magee-the Law of Libel,

21. Mr. Seward, on the Death of O'Connell,

22. Mr. Shiel's Reply to Lord Lyndhurst,

23. Mr. (Chief Justice) Whiteside, on the Irish People,

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS FOR RECITATION.

Mrs. Maclean,

Byron,

Southey,.

378

Mrs. Southey,

Carey,

379

65. The Lady of Provence,

66. Marco Bozzaris,

67. Hymn on Modern Greece,

68. Death of Roderick Dhu,

69. The Mother of the Maccabees,

70. The High-born Ladye,

71. The Progress of Madness,

72. Boadicea,

73. The Song of the Shirt,

74. The Glove and the Lions,

75. Song of Old Time,

76. The King of the Wind,

77. De Bruce,

(Printed in the prosaic form.)

78. The Ruined Cottage,

79. The Prisoner of Chillon,

80. Battle of Flodden Field, and Death of Marmion, Scott,

81. Mary, the Maid of the Inn,

82. The Pauper's Death-bed,

83. Ode to Eloquence, .

85. The Massacre of Glencoe,

84. Ginevra,

86. O'Connor's Child,

87. Celadon and Amelia,

88. The Legend of Lochbuy,

89. Jugurtha's Prison Thoughts,

90. Marriage of Kennedy and Matilda,

91. The Palm Tree,

92. The Death of Samson,

93. Love, a tale,

94. The Sword-chant of Thorstein Raudi,

95. Battle of Albuera,

96. The Polish Children,

98. Saul,

97. Lucy,

99. The Norman Baron,

100. Vision of Belshazzar,

101. The Men of Old,

Mrs. Hemans,

Coleridge,

Motherwell,

Byron,

Miss Pardoe,

Wordsworth,

Byron,

Longfellow,

Byron,

R. M. Milnes,

2. Macduff. Prince Malcolm, and Rosse,

3. Henry IV., Northumberland, and Hotspur,

4. Prince Henry and Sir John Falstaff,

5. Coriolanus and Aufidius,

DRAMATIC EXTRACTS.

SPEECHES AND SOLILOQUIES.

1. Brutus on the Death of Cæsar,

2. Mark Antony on the Death of Cæsar,

3. Richmond encouraging his Soldiers,

4. Henry V. to his Soldiers at Harfleur,

5. Clarence's Dream,

6. Soliloquy of King Claudius in "Hamlet,"

7. Henry IV. on Sleep,

8. Bishop of Carlisle in defence of Richard II.,
9. Macbeth to the Air-drawn Dagger,

10. Cato on the Immortality of the Soul,

11. Lucius Junius Brutus over the Body of Lucretia,

12. Rolla to the Peruvians,

13. William Tell to his native Mountains,

14. Ion, contemplating the Death of King Adrastus,

15. Leoni's Night Soliloquy in Venice,

1. Brutus and Cassius,

Sheridan,

Knowles,

Talfourd,

Byron,

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Shakspeare,

Shakspeare,

. 397

399

403

403.

404

405

4. The Dream of Eugene Aram,

5. The Memory of the Dead,
6. The Children's Hour,

7. The Vagabonds,

8. "One Day Solitary,"

9. Beautiful Snow,

10. A Legend of Antrim,

11. The Lay of the Brave Cameron,

12. The Ride from Ghent,

13. Sheridan's Ride,

14. Paul Revere's Ride,

15. Skipper Ireson's Ride,

16. The Battle of Naseby,

17. The Battle of Fontenoy,

18. The Legend Beautiful,

19. The Death of the Old Squire,

20. The Great Bell "Roland,"

21. The Brothers (Henry and John Shears).-A Scene

from '98,

22. The Irish Wife,

23. A Dream,

36. The Ancient Mariner,

37. "Our Folks,"

38. The Sale of the Pet Lamb,

39. To-Day and To-Morrow,

40. The Pillar Towers of Ireland,

41. Out of the Old House, Nancy,

42. The Burning of Chicago,

43. The Death of the Old Sergeant,

44. "Betsey and I are Out,"

45. How Betsey and I Made Up,

46. Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel,

ADDITIONAL COMIC EXTRACTS

1. Song of the Speaker,

2. The Praise of Little Women,

3. Here She Goes and There She Goes,

4. The Farmer's Wife and the Gascon,

5. The Suicide,

6. Faithless Sally Brown,

7. The "Throes" of Science,

8. The Briefless Barrister,

9. John Day,

10. Clerical Wit,

11. Difficulty of Rhyming,

12. The Bachelor's Sale,

13. The Song of the Stethoscope,

14. Tight Boots,

15. Shamus O'Brien,

16. Bardell v. Pickwick,

T. Davis,

Longfellow,

Anonymous,

Tilton,

Lady Wilde,

T. D. M'Gee,

Allingham,

Longfellow,

PAGH

Ingram, .

472

Longfellow,

473

J. T. Trowbridge,

473

J. T. Trowbridge,

475

Watson,

476

485

486

487

Mrs. C. F. Alexander,

Browning,

Anonymous,

Anonymous,

Dr. Alexander,

Dr. C. Mackay,

Falconer,

Whittier,

D. M. Moir,