dicated by diacritical marks, in
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the leading authors as is possible in the necessarily limited space
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CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY MATTER.

SUBJECT.
I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS
II. ARTICULATION
III. INFLECTIONS
IV. ACCENT
V. EMPHASIS
VI. MODULATION
VII. POETIC PAUSES
EXERCISES

SELECTIONS IN PROSE AND POETRY.

TITLE. AUTHOR.
1. The Good Reader
2. The Bluebell
3. The Gentle Hand T. S. Arthur.
4. The Grandfather C. G. Eastman.
5. A Boy on a Farm C. D. Warner.
6. The Singing Lesson Jean Ingelow.
7. Do not Meddle
8. Work Eliza Cook.
9. The Maniac
10. Robin Redbreast W. Allingham.
11. The Fish I Did n't Catch Whittier.
12. It Snows Mrs. S. J. Hale.
13. Respect for the Sabbath Rewarded
14. The Sands o' Dee Charles Kingsley.
15. Select Paragraphs Bible.
16. The Corn Song