Selections, aim in practice of, 115; use of, for “General Reading,” 319. Shakespeare, William, Antony and Cleopatra, 68; As You Like It, 94; 224-25; Hamlet, 35; 62; 90; 151- 52; Julius Cæsar, 41; 63-64; 69; 90; 182; 238; King Henry the Eighth, 20; 72; 139-41; King Henry the Fifth, 38; 72-73; 239; King Henry the Fourth, 61; 72; 257-59; King Richard the Second, 39; 69; 70; 220-21; King Richard the Third, 150-51; Macbeth, 66; 91; 137-38; 149-50; 212–13; 228- 30; 245; The Merchant of Venice, 85; 185-86; 205-06; 211-12; 261- 62; A Midsummer Night's Dream, 31; 131; Sonnet (64), 38; The Taming of the Shrew, 156-57; The Tempest, 39; Twelfth Night, 90; The Two Gentlemen of Verona, 62. Shelley, Percy Bysshe, Ozymandias,
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, sentence from, 61; Speech at the Trial of Warren Hastings, 152-53; The Rivals, 230-35.
Sight Reading, preparation for, 16- 17; and simple forms of literature,
Silas Marner, 15; 35. Silence - a Fable, 219-20. Sill, Edward Rowland, The Fool's Prayer, 46-48; Opportunity, 135; Life, 246-48.
"Sing-song," evidence of thought- lessness, 21; how to correct, 248- 49.
Soldier's Creed, The, 214-15. Sonnet (Shakespeare), 38. Sonnet composed upon Westminster Bridge, 141-42. Speaking, extemporaneous and im- promptu, 315–17. Speech, mechanical aspects of, 8; nature of man determines laws of, 9; monotonous and hesitant, 17; music of, 236; problems in music of, 252-77; training physical agents of, 281-83; mastering me- chanical processes of, 281; acquired
by imitation, 282; overcoming bad habits of, 283; attention and dis- tinct, 286; distinctness of, ac- quired by practice, 287; reveals character, 288; good, tends to perpetuate itself, 288; elements of, 305; notes on impressive, 323–24; note on music of, 327; note on technical principles of, 328. Speech at the Trial of Warren Hast- ings, 152-53.
Speech on American Affairs, 64; 91. Spencer, Herbert, quoted, 286. Spinning, 144-45.
Stanzas on Freedom, 183. Stephens, Alexander H., The Future of the South, 63.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, Mark- heim, 34; The Lantern Bearers, 48- 50; The Truth of Intercourse, 91- 92; quoted, 105. Stratford-on-Avon, 30. Street, The (sonnet), 153. Stress, explained, 131; kinds of, 132- 34.
Study, necessary for reading, 18. Style, reveals character of the indi- vidual, 7-8; incidental to thought, 8.
Subordination, 57-58. Swallows, The, 194. Sweet, Henry, quoted, 32. Sweetness and Light, 189. Switzerland (Baedeker), 252; 254. Syllables, suppressed, in reading verse, 170-71.
Talk on Books, A, 63. Talks to Teachers, 66-67. Taming of the Shrew, The, 156-57. Tempest, The, 39. Tennyson, Alfred, Gareth and Lyn-
ette, 39; Enoch Arden, 68; Becket, 71; The Falcon, 92; Ode on the Death of Wellington, 130; song from The Coming of Arthur, 151; The Passing of Arthur, 154–55; The Charge of the Heavy Brigade, 165; Flower in the crannied wall, 182; Ulysses, 215-16; In Me- moriam, 35; 224; 240-41; The
Ballad of the Revenge, 243; song | Voice, demands made by literature
from The Princess, 244; Crossing the Bar, 251; The Lotos-Eaters, 266-67.
Thinking, during speech, 21. Thomson, James, The Seasons, 184. Thoreau, Henry David, Walden, 65; 175-76.
Thought, relation of emotion to,
6-7; clearness of, in speech, 17. Three Men in a Boat, 190-92; 262-63. Throat, misuse of, in producing tone, 290; exercises for ease of, 294-95.
Time, necessary for preparation, 18; a means of measuring thought value, 84; significance of, 129-31; rhythm in relation to, 172-75; relation of metre to, 172-73; de- pends on speaker, 172; evidence of speaker's understanding, 173; slow, 173; medium, 174; fast, 174-75; use of, in class, 319. Tone, intensity of, 125; making, 283–84; how to gain ease in pro- ducing, 290; misuse of throat in producing, 290; clearness of, in rela- tion to breathing, 295-96; exercises for clearness of, 296-97; what deter- mines resonance of, 297-98; exer- cises for resonance of, 298-99. Truth of Intercourse, The, 91–92. Twelfth Night, 90.
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The, 62.
Uncommercial Traveller, The, 93. Understanding, enjoyment and in- terest depend on, 7. Up from Slavery, 67-68; 136. Uses of Education for Business, 72. Utterance, grouping and interrupted, 32-33; "effusive," "expulsive," and "explosive" (footnote), 32.
Venezuelan Question, The, 71. Vision of War, A, 242. Vocal energy, modulations of, 124- 34; cause of uniform, 124; control of all degrees of, 128-29; duration of, 129-31; problems in, 134–60.
on, 5; use of, acquired by effort, 8; thought and feeling determine modulations of, 10; variations of, unpremeditated in conversation, 22; poetry as a means of training, 113-15; resonance of, 203–04; ef- fect of emotion on, 204; projection of, 238; value of training, not recog- nized, 282; variety of good, 283; reason for neglect of, 284; im- proved by training, 285; character of good, 289; range and flexibility of, 299-300; exercises for increas- ing range of, 300-01; general ex- ercise for training, 302-04; note on training, 328-29. Voices, 288.
Vowels, prolongation of, a means of emphasis, 86; how formed, 305; essentials of correct utterance of, 305; exercises in enunciation of, 306-08.
Walden, 65; 175–76. Warner, Charles Dudley, In the Wilderness, 37. Washington, 45.
Washington, Booker T., Up from Slavery, 67-68; 136. Webster, Daniel, The Constitution and the Union, 65-66; Reply to Hayne, 126-27.
Webster's New International Dic- tionary, definition of Life, 253. Wendell, Barrett, quoted, 106; A
Literary History of America, 253. White, Joseph Blanco, Night, 263– 64.
Whitman, Walt, lines from, 182; Voices, 288.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, The Eter- nal Goodness, 127; Laus Deo, 136– 37; Conduct, 184.
William Tell, 257. Wind in a Frolic, The, 148-49. Wolfe, Charles, The Burial of Sir John Moore, 187. Woodnotes, 66.
Words, meaning of, influenced by utterance, 15-16; misconception of, in reading, 21; mechanical rep-
etition of, 21; value of, in phrases, | Wordsworth, William, Sonnet, 141– how shown, 53; accurate utter- ance of, comes by training, 285; distinct utterance of, an aid to attention, 286.
42; Ode on the Intimations of Immortality, 173; The Rainbow, 183. Work, 90.
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