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The speaker's ideal entertainments

Chapter 132: Transcriber’s Note
By George M. Vickers
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About This Book

A curated anthology of recitations, dialogues, and short dramas compiled for use in home, church, and school entertainments, accompanied by practical annotations on gesture, dramatic poses, and delivery. Selections include newly obtained manuscripts and engraved illustrations, and introductory guidance defines a system of hand positions and movement directions to shape expressive action. Hints on staging, tasteful modulation, and the distinctions between emphatic and conversational gestures aim to help novices and trained elocutionists alike, making the collection a hands-on resource for developing vocal technique and coordinated physical expression.

Transcriber’s Note

This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated below. Dialect and misspelled words were not corrected, unless indicated below.

“The Unfinished Prayer,” listed in the Contents on page 412, was not included in the original book.

Illustrations were moved to the nearest break between works. Obvious printing errors, such as backwards, upside down, missing or partially printed letters, were corrected. Apostrophes and diacriticals were adjusted as needed. Final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were added. Duplicate letters at line endings or page breaks were removed.

Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to the end of the work to which they pertain. Anchors [1], [305], and [332] were not printed in the original. There are two anchors [456] and [781]. Footnotes resolve to the first of each. Anchor [1151] was added to title of “One Day Solitary” as the footnote applies to whole poem. There are two footnotes numbered [356]; the second is noted [356a], without a link. Duplicate of footnote [646] was deleted.

Links to audio files were added for music. The music files are the music transcriber's interpretation of the printed notation and are placed in the public domain. At the time of this writing, music file links will not work in mobile e-book formats like epub or Kindle/mobi. Users who are reading the e-book in one of these formats can listen to the music or download music files in the HTML version. Lyrics to musical scores are presented as poetry following the illustration of the music.

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