Cumnocks School Speaker Rhetorical Recitations for Boys And Girls

FROM THE PREFACE: That young people prefer reading or speaking exercises which are presented to them in some form of story or romance to those of a didactic character, is a fact familiar to every instructor. A recognition of this preference has led the compiler of this little volume to include only such selections as seem to appeal directly to the fancy and the feelings of youth. Great care has been taken to exclude all excessive or weakly sentiment, and to furnish only that which is fresh, whol