THE

AMERICAN UNION SPEAKER;

CONTAINING

STANDARD AND RECENT SELECTIONS

IN

PROSE AND POETRY,

FOR RECITATION AND DECLAMATION, IN SCHOOLS,
ACADEMIES AND COLLEGES.

WITH

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON ELOCUTION,

AND

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

BY JOHN D. PHILBRICK, LL. D.

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PUBlic schools oF BOSTON.

BOSTON:

THOMPSON, BROWN, AND COMPANY

25 AND 29 CORNHILL.

1876.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

JOHN D. PHILBRICK,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Copyright, 1875, by JOHN D. PHILBRICK.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

H. O HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.