MADE TO ORDER AND EVERY LINE NEW. A VARIED AND CHOICE COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL DIALOGUES, TABLEAUX, CHARADES, ETC. Adapted to the wants of School Exhibitions, Literary Societies, Lyceums, The Holidays, Lodges, Church, Sunday School and Sociable Gatherings, Temperance Meetings, &c., &c., and also as a book for home entertainment. COMPILED BY WILLIAM M. CLARK, EDITOR, SCHOOLDAY MAGAZINE. No similar work has ever been published which has provided so wide a range of subjects, or such variety of style. There have been brought together in MODEL DIALOGUES, the best contributions of more than thirty prominent American writers, in which almost every shade of sentiment and emotion has been represented. Although the pieces are all the careful production of experienced and cultured writers, they are generally pictures of the cheerful and humorous side of life, rather than the melancholy or sentimental, while in a number of instances, a bit of ridicule has been so cleverly put, that it will enable certain classes of folks to see themselves as others see them, more effectually than by any other means. The publishers feel certain that our young people cannot fail to find just what they want, in the way of Dialogues, Tableaux, Dramatic and Acting Charades, &c., &c, in MODEL DIALOGUES, The book contains 372 12mo. pages, well and handsomely bound in cloth. Price, post paid, $1.50. THE SPEAKER'S GARLAND, VOLUME I. This work combines the first Four Numbers of the "100 CHOICE SELECTION" Series in one book, arranged under a general heading, and an alphabetical index,-comprising, in all, 400 NEW AND STANDARD LITERARY GEMS, and making truly, a "Garland" of imperishable flowers, alike useful and ornamental in every library or parlor. CONDITIONS.-It contains over 700 large 12mo. pages, printed from clear, new type, on beautifully toned paper, and furnished in elegant binding, (side wreath and scroll, with ornamental back, in gold) at the following prices: Extra Cloth, Green and Gold.... 64 66 Parlor Edition, Full Gilt. ISSUED APRIL 1, 1874, ..$2.00. THE SPEAKER'S GARLAND, Vol. II, Containing "100 Choice Selections," Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8. A Companion to the First Volume, and furnished at samo prices. Sold by Booksellers, and mailed free on receipt of price, by addressing, 708 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. COMPRISING New and Original First Class SCHOOL DRAMAS, COLLOQUIES, &c., Designed for the use of advanced Speakers, in Academies, Schools, and Literary Associations; and especially adapted to Exhibition-Rooms, Lyceums, and Parlor Theatricals. Written expressly for this work by a Corps of PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS AND WRITERS In the judgment of those who have interested themselves in he preparation of this work-a judgment based upon actual experience in schools and associations, where a dialogue is se often demanded for interest and relief-a variety is indispensable in any collection, which is to meet the real wants of those most immediately concerned. The aim has therefore been to make as much variety as possible, both in the number and sex of characters introduced in the different dialogues, and the expression sought to be given. introducing the familiar, the humorous, the serious, the pathetic, the joyous, the satiric-in short, the actual manifestations of every-day life, in this rough-and-tumble world of ours-restrained only by the dictates of pure morality. The same variety also holds true in regard to the length of each dialogue, as they range from four to thirty-one pages each, and average over eleven pages of print, for the entire number contained in the book. The Publishers take pleasure in recommending this work as admirably adapted to the end sought-that of filling a want long felt, by furnishing material for speakers of a higher grade—and, in originality, adaptability to both sexes, and manifold phases of real life brought to view, surpassing any similar work of the kind ever issued. 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