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PREFACE.

The present volume is not intended as a treatise on the Art of Elocution. It is offered to the reader as a compilation of prose and poetry worthy of elocutionary study. The selections have been culled from a wide and varied field, and almost every variety of literary composition has been included—from the lightest character sketch to the sublimest poem. The majority of the pieces are suitable for platform delivery; and I venture to think the collection will be found useful as a reading book in colleges and schools as well as in Elocution Classes.

My thanks are due to Messrs. Chatto & Windus, Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co., Messrs, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., Messrs. Trübner & Co., Mr. Jerome K, Jerome, Mr. S. F. Turner, Mr. R. Blatchford, and other publishers and authors who have granted me permission to reprint selections from copyright works. Should any copyright matter have been inserted without permission, I most heartily apologize to the holders and assure them that the trespass has not been wittingly committed.

Liverpool,

September 1st, 1908.

A.S.L.

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