Recitations for the Social Circle
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RECITATIONS
For the Social Circle.
SELECTED AND ORIGINAL.
BY
JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.
INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
CONTENTS.
RECITATIONS FOR THE SOCIAL CIRCLE.
THE STUDY OF ELOQUENCE.
THE WIND AND THE SEA.
CUT BEHIND.
AT THE STAGE DOOR.
THE FRENCHMAN AND THE LANDLORD.
ANONYMOUS.
GUILD'S SIGNAL.
MARK TWAIN AND THE INTERVIEWER.
THE PRIME OF LIFE.
SUPPORTING THE GUNS.
A LEGEND OF THE IVY.
THE UNITED STATES.
IN ARABIA.
The New Year Ledger.
GOOD READING THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT.
PAUL REVERE'S RIDE.
A Lady Standing with one Hand on a Chair in a Somewhat Amateurish Attitude.
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP.
THE AMERICAN UNION.
THE POPPY LAND LIMITED EXPRESS.
MOTHER, HOME, AND HEAVEN.
PRAYING FOR SHOES.
A True Incident.
RUM'S DEVASTATION AND DESTINY.
THE DAUGHTER OF THE DESERT.
HORNETS.
SINCE SHE WENT HOME.
THE CHILDREN WE KEEP.
AMERICA FOR GOD.
OUR OWN.
BEHIND TIME.
KITTENS AND BABIES.
AN UNACCOUNTABLE MYSTERY.
IMPERFECTUS.
A WOMAN'S POCKET.
MOTHER'S DOUGHNUTS.
El Dorado, 1851.
LITERARY ATTRACTIONS OF THE BIBLE.
THE CHRISTMAS BABY.
A DREAM OF THE UNIVERSE.
KEENAN'S CHARGE.
(Chancellorsville, May, 1863.)
USEFUL PRECEPTS FOR GIRLS.
WIDDER BUDD.
HIS LAST COURT.
THE DEAD DOLL.
AT THE STAMP WINDOW.
THE NAMELESS GUEST.
OUR HEROES SHALL LIVE.
LULLABY.
PENNING A PIG.
JAMES M. BAILEY.
LITTLE JIM.
GET ACQUAINTED WITH YOURSELF.
THE LITTLE WHITE HEARSE.
THERE'LL BE ROOM IN HEAVEN.
THE RETORT DIS-COURTEOUS.
ZENOBIA'S DEFENCE.
A SERENADE.[1]
FOOTNOTES:
QUEEN VASHTI.
W'EN DE DARKY AM A-WHIS'LIN' IN DE CO'N.
THE PILOT.
THE FATAL GLASS.
KATRINA'S VISIT TO NEW YORK.
THE RABBI AND THE PRINCE.
Versified from the Talmud.
THE MAID OF ORLEANS.
GENTLE ALICE BROWN.
YOUNG AMERICA.
SHWATE KITTIE KEHOE.
THE COUNTRY'S GREATEST EVIL.
I WONDER.
SPEECH OF PATRICK HENRY.
MUTATION.
SIX LOVE LETTERS
A ROMAN LEGEND.
A FRIEND OF THE FLY.
ANSWERED PRAYERS.
GOD IN THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION.
THE ENCHANTED SHIRT.
PRAYING FOR PAPA.
BECALMED.
IN THE BOTTOM DRAWER.
EMULATION (UP TO DATE).
DESTINY OF OUR COUNTRY.
THE WOMEN OF MUMBLES HEAD.
A REASONABLE REQUEST.
MR. DARNELLE ASKS HIS FIANCEE A FAVOR, AFTER THEIR ENGAGEMENT.
RESIGNATION.
AN AFFECTIONATE LETTER.
Tipperary, Ireland, September the ten.
THE WHISTLING REGIMENT.
THE MINISTER'S GRIEVANCES.
THE GOOD OLD WAY.
EXTRACT FROM BLAINE'S ORATION ON JAMES A. GARFIELD.
HOW SHALL I LOVE YOU?
WILL C. FERRIL.
THE LITTLE BROWN CURL.
DE PINT WID OLE PETE.
MOTHER'S FOOL.
AN HOUR OF HORROR.
GO VAY, BECKY MILLER, GO VAY!
IT IS A WINTER NIGHT.
WHAT THE LITTLE GIRL SAID.
"WE'RE BUILDING TWO A DAY!"
THE MODERN BELLE.
THE PUZZLED DUTCHMAN.
ANONYMOUS.
A Humorous Recitation.
A Humorous Recitation.
THE FAST MAIL AND THE STAGE.
STORY OF THE LITTLE RID HIN.
ONLY A SONG.
THE BICYCLE RIDE.
THE LAND OF OUR BIRTH.
THE TEACHER'S DIADEM.
TOBE'S MONUMENT.
THE CROWDED STREET.
BESSIE KENDRICK'S JOURNEY.
THERE IS A TONGUE IN EVERY LEAF.
LET US GIVE THANKS.
LITTLE FEET.
A RAINY DAY.
FASHIONABLE.
RESURGAM.
THE FAULT OF THE AGE.
THE BOOK CANVASSER.
THE MISNOMER.
THE DOORSTEP.
HOW "OLD MOSE" COUNTED EGGS.
ANNIE AND WILLIE'S PRAYER.
THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET.
MR. WINKLE PUTS ON SKATES.
MY MOTHER'S BIBLE.
AFTER-DINNER SPEECH BY A FRENCHMAN.
THE WHIRLING WHEEL.
THE BLACK HORSE AND HIS RIDER.
SHE CUT HIS HAIR.
AN APPEAL FOR LIBERTY.
OLD UNCLE JAKE.
THE HOT AXLE.
THE CHILDREN.[2]
FOOTNOTES:
CHARITY.
NO OBJECTION TO CHILDREN.
BANFORD'S BURGLAR-ALARM.
BETTER THINGS.
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