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

THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ELOCUTION AND ORATORY,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C

EXPLANATION.-" BEST THINGS FROM BEST AUTHORS," volume 4, being com
posed of Numbers ten, eleven and twelve of THE ELOCUTIONIST'S ANNUAL, it is
necessary to indicate the number as well as the page, each number being paged
independently of the others. The figures on the left margin, prefixed with an
asterisk [*], indicate selections in verse; those without an asterisk, prose selections.

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