A COMPLETE CLASSIFICATION OF SELECTIONS, A COMPREHENSIVE
DIAGRAM OF THE PRINCIPLES OF VOCAL EXPRESSION,

AND INDEXES TO THE CHOICEST READINGS

FROM

SHAKESPEARE, THE BIBLE, AND THE HYMN-BOOKS.

COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY

ROBERT I. FULTON, A.M.,

ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF ORATORY, KANSAS CITY, Mo., PROFESSOR
OF ELOCUTION AND ORATORY IN THE OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY,
AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION AND Oratory

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS;

AND

THOMAS C. TRUEBLOOD, A.M.,

TEACHER OF ORATORY AND ELOCUTION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.

BOSTON, U.S.A.:

PUBLISHED BY GINN & COMPANY.
1893.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884, by

R. I. FULTON AND T. C. TRUEBLOOD,

in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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TYPOGRAPHY BY J. S. CUSHING & Co., BOSTON, U.S.A. PRESSWORK BY GINN & Co., BOSTON, U.S.A.

PREFACE.

IN

N publishing this volume we make no apology for its appearance among so many similar books now in the market. We believe there is a demand for it in the place it attempts to supply. Some features are novel. Many selections are new; others are old and standard. We invite a careful examination of the class of pieces employed, their arrangement under the fourteen divisions, the Diagram of the Elements of Vocal Expression, and the Indexes to Readings from Shakespeare, the Bible, and the Hymn-books.

The pieces have been selected with regard to their literary merit and their adaptation to elocutionary purposes. The book contains only those selections which, if correctly delivered, will prove entertaining and instructive as public and private readings. The fourteen classes or divisions are comprehensive, covering the entire range of thought, and at once indicate the character of the selections placed under them. To be sure, many shades of sentiment often occur in one piece; but it is believed that each selection, as a whole, is correctly classified, so that the classification will be a safe guide to the pupil. The Diagrams of the Principles, which are based upon the philosophy of Dr. James Rush, will prove valuable to any student of the art of expression, but they are intended more particularly to assist our own pupils in the interpretation and correct reading of the contents of this volume, and also to accompany "Fulton and Trueblood's New Chart of the Principles of Expression." The Indexes are a feature