A new speaker for our little folks
Subtitle: a book of choice readings for boys and girls in the home and school including programs for special entertainments[,] dialogues, character sketches, concert exercises, patriotic speeches, fairy stories, songs and music for children and selections in verse and prose for all occasions
By: by Laura August Yerkes, graduate of the National School of Oratory and for many years teacher of reading and declaiming in preparatory schools ; embellished with beautiful color plates, half-tone pictures illustrating expression and novel drawings by special artists to illustrate the selections
Contributors: Parker, George A., copyright holder; Scull, William Ellis, 1862- copyright holder; Brundage, Frances, 1854-1937, ill; H. W., ill; Pretlow, J. D., ill; Small, Florence Hardy, 1860?-1933, ill; Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green, ill; Kendrick, L., ill; A. R. W., ill; Blaus, Carl, ill; Washburn, William S., ill; Holloway, Edward Stratton, 1859-1939, ill; Ogden, ill; Davis, John Steeple, 1844-1917, ill; Rook, Edward Francis, 1870-1960, ill; Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, ill; Pérard, Victor Semon, 1870-1957, ill; Wollen, W. B. (William Barnes), 1857-1936, ill; Berkeley, Stanley, ill; Margetson, W. H. (William Henry), 1861-1940, ill; Bridge, W. B., ill; Whiteside, Frank Reed, 1866-1929, ill; Morris, Charles, 1833-1922; Meek, Thomas Sheppard; Morris, Charles, 1833-1922; Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman, 1843-1930; Bradley-Garretson Co., Ltd; Photo-Elec. Eng. (Boston, Mass.)
Series: Harvard College Library preservation digitization program
Publisher: The Bradley-Garretson Co., Ltd.
Published: 1904
Place of publication: Philadelphia]
Language: eng
Subjects: Women authors; Conduct of life; Etiquette; Games; Questions and answers; Encyclopedias and dictionaries; Children's songs; Children; Books and reading; Recitations; Holidays; Exercises, recitations; Songs and music; Presidents; Biography; Juvenile literature; Exercise for youth; World history; Kings and rulers; Disasters; History; Bible stories; Dummies (Bookselling); Specimens; Women as illustrators; Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Bible
Notes: Salesman's dummy, consisting of title page, preliminaries, sample pages and illustrations. Sample backstrip mounted inside front cover.

Some illusrations signed by Frances Brundage, HW, J.D. Pretlow, and Flo Hardy [i.e., Florence Hardy Small].

Copyright 1902 by Geo. A. Parker and W.E. Scull.

Bound with this (as issued in a plain cloth binding) are four additional salesmans' dummies, consisting of upper covers, sample backstrips, publisher's descriptions and advertisements, title pages, preliminaries, sample pages, and illustrations, for works copyright in 1903 and 1904, and published by Bradley-Garretson Co. At the end of the volume is a single leaf with publisher's description of each of the five title and a statement of agreement for subscribers, and ten unnumbered, ruled pages for recording subscribers' names.

"The story of our presidents for young people containing an account of the boyhood days, adventures, careers and homes of the twenty-six presidents of the United States of America by Charles Morris, LL.D. ... Profusely illustrated with beautiful color plates, half-tones and line drawings." Some illustrations signed by Elizabeth Shippen Green, L. Kendrick, W.S. Washburn, Ed Holloway, Ogden, John Steeple Davis, Carl Blaus, and Photo-Elec. Eng (Boston). Copyright 1903 by W.E. Scull.

"Young people's library of entertainment and amusement a book to delight, entertain, amuse, and instruct both young and old. Especially prepared for all social and home occasions ... By Thomas Sheppard Meek. Profusely illustrated with half tone engravings and special artists' drawings." One illustration signed by E.F. Rook. Copyright 1903 by W.E. Scull. Title page printed in red and black.

"Morris' history of the world for young people for the past one hundred years ... including the great disasters of 1904 and the St. Louis Fair by Charles Morris, LL.D. ... Embellished with nearly 100 full-page half-tone engravings, illustrating the greatest events of the century, and 100 portraits of the most famous men in the world." Some illustrations signed by A.R. Waud, Victor S. Perard, W.B. Wollen, and Stanley Berkeley. Copyright 1902 by W.E. Scull. Title page printed in red and black.

"Hurlbut's Story of the Bible told for young and old ... One hundred and sixty-eight stories each complete in itself, and together forming a connected narrative of the Holy Scripture by Rev. Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, D.D. ... Profusely illustrated with color plates and half tone engravings." Some illustrations signed by W.H. Margetson, W.B. Bridge and F.R. Whiteside. Copyright 1904 by W.E. Scull. Title page printed in red and black.