Shurter, Edwin DuBois, Public Speaking, Allyn & Bacon, Boston, 1903. A high-school text with well-chosen selections for practice. VI. ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION Alden, R. M., The Art of Debate. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1906. Baker, G. P., and Huntington, H. B., Principles of Argumentation. Ginn & Co., New York, 1905. Bulletin of University of Wisconsin, How to Judge a Debate. H. W. Wilson Co., White Plains, N. Y. Denny, Duncan and McKinney, Argumentation and Debate. American Book Co., New York, 1910. Foster, Wm. Trufant, Argumentation and Debating. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1908. A college textbook. Foster, Wm. Trufant, Essentials of Exposition and Argument. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1911. A text intended for use in upper years of high school and in college. Ketchum, Victor A., Theory and Practice of Argumentation and Debate. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1914. Laycock, C., and Scales, R. L., Argumentation and Debate. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1910. Laycock, C. and Scales, R. L., Manual of Argumentation. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1909. A high-school text. Lyman, Rollo L., Bulletin of University of Wisconsin. Principles of Effective Debating. H. W. Wilson Co., White Plains, N. Y. Lyon, Everett S., Elements of Debating. The University of Chicago Press, 1913. MacEwan, Elias T., Essentials of Argumentation. D. C. Heath & Co., New York, 1898. Pattee, Geo. K., Practical Argumentation. The Century Co., New York, 1913. Perry, F. M., An Introductory Course in Argumentation. American Book Co., New York, 1906. Robinson, A. T., The Applications of Logic. Longmans, Green & Co., New York, 1912. A textbook for college students which contains helpful suggestions for the teacher of argument. Seward, Samuel Swayze, Jr., Note-taking. Allyn & Bacon, Boston, 1910. Suggestions to teachers and students as to the best methods of taking notes, both from lectures and from printed material. Shurter, Edwin DuBois, Science and Art of Debate. Neale Publishing Co., New York, 1908. Sidgwick, Alfred, The Process of Argument. Adam and Charles Black, London, 1893. A good book for the teacher's desk. Contains many examples. VII. GENERAL REFERENCES ON DEBATABLE SUBJECTS Askew, John Bertram, Pros and Cons. 5th ed. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1911. Although prepared by an English author, it contains many questions which are discussed in all countries. Arranged in dictionary form. Bliss, William D. P., Encyclopedia of Social Reform. Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York, 1908. Brooking, W. DuBois and Ringwalt, Ralph Curtis, Briefs for Debate. Longmans, Green & Co., New York, 1909. Carpenter, Oliver Clinton, Debate Outlines on Public Questions. Broadway Publishing Co., New York, 1912. Craig, A. H., Pros and Cons. Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, New York, 1897. Debater's Handbook Series. H. W. Wilson Co., White Plains, N. Y. There are about 25 small volumes already published in this series and more are in preparation. Each volume gives a list of references, a brief outline, and selections from the best articles on both the affirmative and negative of some one debatable subject. Matson, Henry, References for Literary Workers. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1897. Nichols, Egbert Ray, Intercollegiate Debates, Vol. II. Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, New York, 1914. Pearson, Paul M. Intercollegiate Debates, Vol. I. Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, New York, 1909. See also index to The Speaker for briefs. Ringwalt, Ralph Curtis, Briefs on Public Questions. Longmans, Green & Co., New York, 1908. Robbins, E. C., The High School Debate Book. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1911. Shurter, Edwin DuBois, and Taylor, Carl Cleveland, Both Sides of 100 Public Questions. Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, New York, 1913. Thomas, Ralph W., A Manual of Debate. American Book Co., New York, 1910. VIII. ORATORY OR OCCASIONAL SPEECHES Beecher, Henry Ward, Oratory. The Penn Publishing Co., Philadelphia, 1901. An eloquent plea for training in the art of speaking. Brink, Clark Mills, The Making of an Oration. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1913. Two hundred pages given to a discussion of method and about the same amount to specimen orations. Contains a list of oration subjects. Brooks, Phillips, Lectures on Preaching. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1877. Goss, John, Forensic Eloquence. S. Carson Co., San Francisco, 1891. Gives general instruction in the rhetoric of oratory, with illustrations of each point, taken from English and American authors. Matthews, Brander, Notes on Speech-making. Longmans, Green & Co., New York, 1901. A tiny Two essays, the first of which gives advice of a general nature and the second suggestions on the after-dinner speech. book, delightfully written and inspiring. Maury, The Abbé, The Principles of Eloquence. Harper & Bros., New York, 1842. A quaint and interesting treatise which gives numerous short examples. Pittenger, William, Toasts. The Penn Publishing Co., Philadelphia, 1914. Gives suggestions as to the preparation of after-dinner speeches and contains a collection of anecdotes. Power, John O'Connor, The Making of an Orator. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1906. Sears, Lorenzo, The Occasional Address, Its Composition and Literature. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1897. A very readable discussion of the structure and qualities of the different forms of demonstrative oratory, such as eulogy, commemorative speech, commencement address, and after-dinner speech. Gives history of development and lists of examples. Shurter, Edwin DuBois, The Rhetoric of Oratory. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1909. IX. SPEECH COLLECTIONS Adams, Charles Kendall, Representative British Orations. 3 Vols. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1884. Selected for their literary as well as their historic value. Baker, George P. (Edited by), The Forms of Public Address. Henry Holt & Co., New York. Contains an excellent introduction to teachers; also valuable examples of letters, editorials, and speeches on various occasions. Baker, George P., Specimens of Argumentation. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1897. Boardman, Lester W., Modern American Speeches. Longmans, Green & Co., New York. Contains speeches of Schurz, Grady, Hay, and Root. Brewer, David T., World's Best Orations. IO Vols. and supplement. Fred P. Kaiser, St. Louis, 1899. Bryan, William Jennings, World's Famous Orations. IO Vols. Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York. Depew, Chauncey M., Orations, Addresses, and Speeches. 8 Vols. Privately printed, New York, 1910. Depew, Chauncey M. (Edited by), The Library of Oratory. 15 Vols. E. R. Du Mont, New York, 1902. Fulton, Robert Irving, and Trueblood, Thomas Clarkson, British Selections from speeches which deal with the Spanish-American Knapp, Ella A., and French, John C., The Speech for Special Occasions. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1911. Excellent collection with helpful introduction and appendix. Lee, Guy Carleton, The World's Orators. 10 Vols. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1901. Morris, Charles, The World's Great Orators and Their Best Orations. John C. Winston Co., Philadelphia, 1902. Contains a biography of the orator and a description of the circumstances under which each oration was delivered. Prather, Charles Edgar (Edited by), Winning Orations of the Interstate Oratorical League. 2 Vols. Crane & Co., Topeka, Kan., 1908. Representative Phi Beta Kappa Orations. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1915. Contains twenty-six of the best orations selected by a committee appointed by the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa. Ringwalt, Ralph Curtis, Modern American Oratory. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1898. Contains 90 pages of theory and about 220 pages of examples. Shurter, Edwin DuBois, Masterpieces of Modern Oratory, Ginn & Co., New York, 1906. Shurter, Edwin DuBois, Representative College Orations. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1909. Trueblood, Thomas C., Caskey, William G., and Gordon, Henry E. (Edited by), Winning Speeches in the Contests of the Northern Oratorical League. American Book Co., New York, 1909. College orations which have won first and second prizes. Wagner, Leopold, Modern Political Orations. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1896. A collection of some of the best speeches of English orators of the nineteenth century. |