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Title: Standard Selections
A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From
Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform

Author: Various

Editor: Robert I. Fulton, Thomas C. Trueblood and Edwin P. Trueblood

Release Date: November 27, 2006 [EBook #19926]

Language: English

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STANDARD SELECTIONS

A COLLECTION AND ADAPTATION OF SUPERIOR
PRODUCTIONS FROM BEST AUTHORS
FOR USE IN CLASS ROOM AND
ON THE PLATFORM

ARRANGED AND EDITED BY

ROBERT I. FULTON

DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF ORATORY AND PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION
AND ORATORY IN THE OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

THOMAS C. TRUEBLOOD

PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION AND ORATORY IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

AND

EDWIN P. TRUEBLOOD

PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION AND ORATORY IN EARLHAM COLLEGE

GINN AND COMPANY
BOSTON . NEW YORK . CHICAGO . LONDON
ATLANTA . DALLAS . COLUMBUS . SAN FRANCISCO

COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY
R. I. FULTON, T. C. TRUEBLOOD, AND E. P. TRUEBLOOD

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Athenaeum Press

GINN AND COMPANY . PROPRIETORS
BOSTON . U.S.A.

PREFACE

The purpose of the compilers of this volume is:--

_First_, to provide some new material in poetry and eloquence that has
never before appeared in books of this character, in addition to many
standard selections familiar to the general public;

_Second_, to furnish selections that will stand the test of literary
criticism and at the same time prove to be popular and successful for
public entertainment;

_Third_, to offer for the use of classes in public speaking