The Arena Scene from "Quo Vadis?". -- The Arrow and the Song. -- Aux Italiens. -- Bobby Shafto. -- Carcassonne. -- The Child-wife. -- Count Gismond. -- The Death of Arbaces. -- Dora. -- An Easter with Parepa. -- Those Evening Bells. -- Ginevra. -- The High Tide at Lincolnshire. -- How Did You Die?. -- The Indigo Bird. -- The Jackdaw of Rheims. -- Jaffar. -- Jim Bludsoe. -- King Robert of Sicily. -- The Lady of Shalott; Tennyson. A Legend of Service. -- Little Boy Blue; Field. -- Mary's Night Ride. -- Nydia, the Blind Girl. -- O Captain, My Captain!. -- On the Other Train. -- The Pansy. -- The Revenge; Tennyson. -- The Rider of the Black Horse. -- Sailing beyond Seas. -- The Sands of Dee. -- The School of Squeers. -- The Secret of Death; Arnold. -- Shamus O'Brien. -- My Ships. -- The Soldier's Reprieve. -- The Song; Scott. -- The Stirrup Cup. -- The Swan-song; Brooks. -- Sweet Afton. -- Violet's Blue. -- To a Waterfowl. -- The Wedding Gown. -- When the Snow Sifts Through. -- To a Wild Flower. -- The Fate of Zoroaster. -- Centennial Hymn. -- The Chambered Nautilus. -- Crossing the Bar. -- The Destruction of Sennacherib. -- Each and All. -- Laus Deo!. -- The Pilgrim Fathers. -- The Present Crisis; Lowell. -- The Recessional. -- The Sacredness of Work. -- What's Hallowed Ground?. -- The Encroachments of Philip. -- Oration against Antony; Cicero. -- Undue Lamentations over the Dead; Chrysostom. -- On Applauding Preachers; Chrysostom. -- On the Death of the Prince of Condé; Bossuet. -- War with America; Chatham. -- Attempt to Subjugate America; Chatham. -- Impeachment of Hastings; Burke. -- Conciliation with America; Burke. -- English Privileges in America; Burke. -- Bunker Hill Monument; Webster. -- Revolutionary Patriots; Webster. -- Character of Washington; Webster. -- The Call to Arms; Henry. -- Coercion of Delinquent States; Hamilton. -- The Reply to Hayne; Webster. -- The Murder of Lovejoy; Phillips. -- The Slavery Issue; Lincoln. -- Moral Aspect of the American War; Beecher. -- Abolition of War; Sumner. -- The American Flag; Beecher. -- The American People; Beveridge. -- The American Question; Bright. -- America's Relation to Missions; Angell. -- American Slavery; Bright. -- The Armenian Massacres; Gladstone. -- Battle Hymn of the Republic. -- The Blue and the Gray. -- Corruption of Prelates. -- The Cross of Gold. -- Death of Congressman Burnes; Ingalls. -- The Death of Garfield; Blaine. -- The Death of Grady; Graves. -- Death of Toussaint L'Ouverture; Phillips. -- The Dedication of Gettysburg Cemetery; Lincoln. -- The Fallen Heroes of Japan; Togo. -- The Glory of Peace; Sumner. -- The Hope of the Republic; Grady. -- Hungarian Heroism; Kossuth. -- International Relations; McKinley. -- Irish Home Rule; Gladstone. -- Lincoln; Castelar. -- Lincoln; Garfield. -- Louisiana Purchase Exposition; Hay. -- The Man with the Muck-rake; Roosevelt. -- Message to the Squadron; Togo. -- The Minute Man; Curtis. -- A More Perfect Union; Curtis. -- Napoleon; Corwin. -- Napoleon; Ingersoll. -- National Control of Corporations; Roosevelt. -- The Negro; Grady. -- New England; Quincy. -- The New South; Grady. -- O'Connell; Phillips. -- The Open Door; Henry. -- Organization of the World; Mead. -- The Permanency of Empire; Phillips. -- The Pilgrims; Phillips. -- Principles of the Founders; Mead. -- The Responsibility of War; Channing. -- Scotland; Flagg. -- Secession; Stephens. -- Second Inaugural Address; Lincoln. -- Slavery and the Union; Lincoln. -- Subjugation of the Filipino. -- Sufferings and Destiny of the Pilgrims. -- To Arms; Kossuth. -- True American Patriotism; Cockran. -- Vision of War; Ingersoll. -- War in the Twentieth Century; Mead. -- Washington; Phillips. -- A Boy's Mother. -- Almost beyond Endurance. -- A Bird in the Hand. -- Breaking the Charm. -- Candle Lightin' Time. -- The Day of Judgment. -- De Appile Tree. -- Dooley on La Grippe Microbes. -- A Doctrinal Discussion; Edwards. -- Finnigin to Flannigan. -- Gavroche and the Elephant. -- The Hazing of Valiant. -- The Hindoo's Paradise. -- If I Knew. -- The Imaginary Invalid. -- Jane Jones. -- Knee-deep in June. -- Little Breeches. -- The Low-Backed Car. -- Mammy's Pickanin'. -- Mandalay. -- Mr. Coon and Mr. Rabbit. -- Money Musk. -- The One-legged Goose. -- The Pessimist. -- Schneider Sees Leah. -- The Superfluous Man. -- The Usual Way. -- The Wedding Fee. -- When Malindy Sings. -- When the Cows Come Home. -- The Confessional. -- Jean Valjean and the Good Bishop. -- Lasca. -- Michael Strogoff (excerpt). -- Mrs. Tree. -- The Portrait. -- The Tell-tale Heart. -- The Uncle. -- Beau Brummell (select scenes). -- The Bells, Act III, Scene I. -- The Lady of Lyons (select scenes). -- Pygmalion and Galatea (select scenes). -- Rip Van Winkle (select scenes). -- The Rivals (select scenes). -- The Set of Turquoise (select scenes). -- She Stoops to Conquer, Act II, Scene I.

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