Young Folks' Entertainments. By E. C. and L. J. ROOK. ABSOLUTELY NEW AND ORIGINAL Handsomely bound in an appropriately engraved cover. 115 PAGES. PAPER BINDING, 25 CTS. BOARDS, 40 CTS, FROM THE AUTHORS' PREFACE: "Much experience in the preparation of school entertainments bas shown the great difficulty of finding new material of just the right quality for presentation. These entertainments have multiplied to such an extent during the last few years, that the good and sprightly matter contained in the old books has been used and rewsed until a fresh supply seems to be an imperative demand. "This little work has been prepared with the design of partially supplying this demand, and much care has been taken to make of it a book meet for the purpose. School entertainments of the present time generally present a much more varied performance than of old, and the call for variety has been met in this book by the careful preparation of Motion Songs, Charades, Tableaux, Dialogues, Concert Recitations, Motion Pieces, Drills, etc. The preser. vation of a pure, moral tone throughout them has been kept in view, since it is not possible to take too much care in this respect in preparing matter for use by young minds." Sold by all Booksellers and Newsdealers, or mailed upon receipt of price. THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY II24 Arch Street Philadelphia FOR CHILDREN OF TEN YEARS. 100 PAGES, HANDSOMELY ENGRAVED COVER. Paper Binding, 15 cts.; Boards, 25 cts. DAPTED to children of ten years of age, and suited to every occasion in which the little folks are called upon to take part. Bright and witty child-thoughts, often tersely and beautifully expressed, and ranging in length from four to twenty lines, will please the wee ones. Motion Songs, Concert Recitations, Holiday Pieces, Ringing Temperance Speeches, and Soul-stirring Patriotic Orations will delight the older boys and girls. A number of these pieces have been written specially for this book, and all are fresh and new. "This book is adapted to all kinds of juvenile entertainments, and will supply a widely increasing demand for selections for the little ones."-Herald, Syracuse, N. Y. Sold by all Booksellers and Newsdealers, or mailed upon receipt of price. THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY 1124 Arch Street Philadelphia CHOICE HUMOR. For Reading and Recitation. ADAPTED FOR USE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. A The Latest and best Book of Humor Published. 200 Pages. Appropriately Engraved Cover. Paper Binding, 30 Cents; Boards, 50 Cents. TS its name implies, the selections are chosen with the greatest care, avoiding the coarse and vulgar on the one hand, and the flat and insipid on the other. The Publishers possess unequaled facilities for secur ing the best readings of every character, and the present volume may be considered without a rival. The pieces are new, but few of them having previ ously appeared in any similar publication, and the range of subjects is unusually wide. The repertoires of many of the best amateur and professional readers have been examined, and the choicest bits of humor have been carefully culled and bound up in this rich, golden sheaf, and are here offered to the public for the first time in book form. The book contains eighty-five pieces, is clearly printed on good, strong paper, and is bound in a handsome and appropriately engraved cover. Sold everywhere, or mailed upon receipt of price. THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY 1124 Arch Street Philadelphia By WILLIAM PITTENGER, AUTHOR OF "ORATORY," 12mo. Handsomely Engraved Cover. PAPER BINDING, 30 CENTS. BOARDS, 50 CENTS. THIS HIS work shows in a simple and concise way how any person of ordinary perseverance and good common sense may become a ready and effective public speaker. The author has had abundant experience both in teaching and practicing the art of discourse, and is therefore able to lead the student along the road tb success. The book is purposely made small because a few principles, well illustrated and applied, have more value than long and involved discussions, which will be forgotten as soon as read. The young speaker is here shown how to gather thoughts, how to arrange them to the best advantage, and how to form clear outlines. He is then shown how to overcome timidity, how to secure ease and fluency of language, and how to acquire such a mastery of the arts of the Orator as will give him confidence and power. To beginners this book will come as a revelation of unknown and unhoped-for possibilities. Its wide circulation and careful study will enable many to speak well who now speak ill, and give voice to many others whose mouths in public are now sealed altogether. Best Things from Best Authors, Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 issued. Designed for use in Schools and Colleges and for Public and Social Entertainment. 600 PAGES, CLOTH BOUND, EACH, $1.50. SPECIAL.-For a limited time we are offering the full set of five volumes, put up in neat and durable boxes, at the special price of $5.00; the regular price would be $7.50. ACH volume is composed of three numbers of FA The Elocutionist's Annual in the order of their issue, thus comprising the latest and best productions of the most popular English and American writers of to-day, together with the choicest selections of standard literature adapted to reading in public and private; and is so arranged with indexes and classifications of selections, authors, etc., as to make it not only one of the most valuable collections of choice readings ever published, but one of the most complete as a book of ready reference. H. J. Greenwell, A. M., Principal Bardstown Male and Female Institute, Bardstown, Ky., says: "A work eminently suited to school-room purposes as well as for all departments of elocutionary drill." White Sunlight of Potent Words. An oration by Rev. John S. MacIntosh, D. D. Delivered before the National School of Elocution and Oratory, June 15th, 1881. Cloth, 25 cents. 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