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Excerpt from Some Unpublished Correspondence of David Garrick In June, 1899, a collection of some sixty-six letters and MSS. of David Garrick was offered for sale at Sotheby's Auction Rooms, London. The material had been collected by William Wright, a racing-man, who, having the fad of extra-illustrating, had gathered for that purpose this collection and many other letters, some of them not concerning Garrick. Nearly all the letters and MSS. ...

Excerpt from The Forms of Public AddressTo Mr. R. L. Lyman, Instructor in Harvard University, I owe invaluable aid in preparing the notes to this book. I wish to thank also Professor A. B. Hart for some details of these notes. To Professor H. B. Huntington, of Brown University, I owe helpful suggestion and comment when we used the material together at Harvard. In preparing copy for the press I have been greatly assisted by Miss Loraine P. Buck...

Excerpt from The Principles of Argumentation: Revised and AugmentedIt is a pity that in many instances study of argument is regarded only as a stepping-stone to successful debating, the most rigid of argumentative forms. In reality it is a training, often much needed among college students, in habits of accurate thinking, fair-mindedness, and thorough ness. If this new edition helps to instruction in which argument is regarded from the start b...

Excerpt from The Pilgrim Spirit: A Pageant in Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts, December 21, 1620 As the Pageant begins, there is a fanfare of trumpets passing to a hymn-like chord. From the canopied rock a rich, powerful voice speaks. The speaker is unseen. I, the rock of Plymouth, speak to you, Americans. Here I rested in the ooze From the ages primordial. Men came and went: Norseme...

Excerpt from The Development of Shakespeare as a Dramatist He wrote them is illogical, and likely, as in the case Of the Restoration critics Of Shakespeare or Mr. G. B. Shaw's strictures more recently, to throw more light on the critics than on their subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historic...

Excerpt from Dramatic Technique Where? Usually he is told, In the School of Hard Experi ence. When the young playwright whose manuscript has been returned to him but with favorable comment, asks what heisto do toget rid of the faults in his work, both evident to him and not evident, he is told to read widely in the drama, to watch plays of all kinds, to write with end has patience and the resolution never to be discouraged. About the Publish...

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Excerpt from The Principles of Argumentation The principles set forth in this book, the queries answered, I have so often talked over with the assistants who, at Harvard and Wellesley, have aided me in my work, that I feel the results here given are as much theirs as mine. I owe so much in the past, also, to their enthu siasm and their intelligent devotion to their work, that I cannot refrain from recognizing my indebtedness. For valuable sug...

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