FOR

School and Social Entertainment.

12mo. Handsomely Engraved Cover. Paper Binding, 30 Cents. Boards, 50 Cents.

HIS volume has been prepared in response to many

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urgent and repeated requests. The topics have been arranged on a comprehensive plan, with reference to securing the greatest possible variety, and the matter has been prepared especially for us by a corps of able writers. Each production has been critically examined as to its moral tone, its literary structure and expression, and its adaptation to the purpose intended.

In the preparation of these Dialogues, provision has been made for all seasons and occasions-Private Entertainments, Sunday and Day School Exhibitions, Holidays, Anniversaries, National and Patriotic Celebrations, Temperance Meetings, etc., etc.

"We have read much of this book, and know of nothing else so well suited to school and social purposes."-Christian Statesman, Milwaukee, Wis.

The National School of Elocution and Oratory,

PUBLICATION DEPARTMENT,

CHARLES C. SHOEMAKER, MANAGER.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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120 pages, handsome cover, Paper, 25 cts., Boards, 40 cts.

HILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENTS are alway en. joyable, and are especially relished by the parents and friends of the youthful performers, but JUST WHERE TO OBTAIN THE MATERIAL for such purposes is always a dif、 ficult question. To meet this want was the occasion of the preparation of this little book, and to that end only such dialogues have been accepted as are bright and sparkling, and are at the same time short, plain and simple, and easy to speak. They are SUITED TO CHILDREN FROM FIVE TO FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE, and are adapted to every form of public and private entertainment.

For sale by Booksellers and Newsdealers, or mailed upon receipt of price.

The National School of Oratory, Publishers,

Publication Department,

CHARLES C. SHOEMAKER, Manager.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

How to Become a Public Speaker.

By WILLIAM PITTENGER,

AUTHOR OF

"ORATORY," "EXTEMPORE SPEECH," Etc., Etc.

12mo. Handsomely Engraved Cover.

PAPER BINDING, 30 CENTS.

BOARDS, 50 CENTS.

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HIS work shows in a simple and concise way how any person of ordinary perseverance good common sense may become a ready and effective public speaker. The author has had abundant experience both in teaching and practicing the art of discourse, and is therefore able to lead the student along the road

to success.

The book is purposely made small because a few principles, well illustrated and applied, have more value than long and involved discussions, which will be forgotten as soon as read.

The young speaker is here shown how to gather thoughts, how to arrange them to the best advantage, and how to form clear outlines. He is then shown how to overcome timidity, how to secure ease and fluency of langua and how to acquire ha mastery of the arts of the Orator as will give him confidence and power.

To beginners this book will come as a revelation of unknown unhoped-for possibilities. Its wide circulation and careful study will enable many to speak well who now speak ill, and give voice to many others whose mouths in public are now sealed altogether.

SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS AND NEWSDEALERS, OR MAILED UPON RECEIPT OF PRICE.

The National School of Elocution and Oratory,

PUBLICATION DEPARTMENT,

CHARLES O. SHOEMAKER, MANAGE

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

CHOICE HUMOR.

For Reading and Recitation. ADAPTED FOR USE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.

As

The Latest and best Book of Humor Published.

S its name implies, the selections are chosen with the greatest care, avoiding the coarse and vulgar on the one hand, and the flat and insipid on the other.

The Publishers possess unequaled facilities for secur ing the best readings of every character, and the present volume may be considered without a rival.

The pieces are new, but few of them having previ ously appeared in any similar publication, and the range of subjects is unusually wide.

The repertoires of many of the best amateur and professional readers have been examined, and the choicest bits of humor have been carefully culled and bound up in this rich, golden sheaf, and are here offered to the public for the first time in book form.

The book contains eighty-five pieces, is clearly printed on good, strong paper, and is bound in a handsome and appropriately engraved cover. Sold everywhere, or mailed upon receipt of price.

Paper Binding, 30 cts.; Cloth, 50 cts.

Remit otherwise than by 2-cent Stamps.

THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ELOCUTION AND ORATORY,

Publication Department,

CHAS. C. SHOEMAKER, Manager.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.