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Total Abstinence Teaching in Recitation and Story
Total Abstinence Teaching in Recitation and Story, National WCTU Publishing House
Billed as “stories for the adult to tell and the child to recite,” these selections were approved for the WCTU’s junior speech contests, which were…
Tags: children, contest, elocution, oratory, recitation, story, storytelling, temperance, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union
J. N. Stearns, The Temperance Speaker
J. N. Stearns, The Temperance Speaker, National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1876
The Temperance Speaker represents an American-produced contribution to the vast offerings of juvenile temperance “reciters.” It was published by the…
Tags: children, children's literature, dialogue, elocution, lecture, literature, lyceum, national temperance society, nineteenth century, oratory, poetry, public speaking, recitation, story, temperance, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history
William Darrah, The Onward Reciter
William Darrah, The Onward Reciter, 1872
The Onward Reciter is a product of the Band of Hope movement in Northern England, specifically Lancashire and Cheshire. Most of the selections were…
Tags: band of hope, Britain, children, children's literature, elocution, England, lecture, lyceum, nineteenth century, oratory, poetry, recitation, story, temperance, youth group
Recitations and Dialogues for Bands of Hope
Recitations and Dialogues for Bands of Hope
This book is the second volume of selections for young people to recite at Band of Hope meetings. It contains solo recitations and dialogues for…
Tags: band of hope, Britain, children, children's literature, dialogue, elocution, England, lecture, lyceum, oratory, poetry, public speaking, recitation, story, temperance