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Ella Wheeler Wilcox. How Salvator Won, and Other Recitations
How Salvator Won, and Other Recitations
Table of Contents
How Salvator Won
PREFACE
HOW SALVATOR WON
THE GOSSIPS
PLATONIC
SOLITUDE
GRANDPA’S CHRISTMAS
AFTER THE ENGAGEMENT
THE WATCHER
FALSE
THE PHANTOM BALL
THE KINGDOM OF LOVE
UNDER THE SHEET
HIS YOUTH
WANTED—A LITTLE GIRL
TWO SINNERS
MEG’S CURSE
A FABLE
THE WAY OF IT
THE SUICIDE
“NOW I LAY ME.”
THE MESSENGER
ILLOGICAL
A SERVIAN LEGEND
PEEK-A-BOO
THE FALLING OF THRONES
HER LAST LETTER
BABYLAND
FISHING
THE OLD STAGE QUEEN
THE PRINCESS’S FINGER-NAIL. A TALE OF NONSENSE LAND
A BABY IN THE HOUSE
THE FOOLISH ELM
ROBIN’S MISTAKE
NEW YEAR RESOLVE
WHAT WE WANT
THE TWO GLASSES
A PIN
BREAKING THE DAY IN TWO
THE RAPE OF THE MIST
THE MANIAC
WHAT IS FLIRTATION?
HOW DOES LOVE SPEAK?
AS YOU GO THROUGH LIFE
MEMORY’S RIVER
THE LADY AND THE DAME
A MARRIED COQUETTE
A PLEA
THE SUMMER GIRL
“THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE.” [With “Blue Danube Waltz” as musical accompaniment.]
THE BIRTH OF THE OPAL
SOUNDS FROM THE BASEBALL FIELD
A WALTZ-QUADRILLE [With Musical Accompaniment.]
ANSWERED
THE SIGN-BOARD
ABOUT MAY
THE GIDDY GIRL [This recitation is intended to be given with an accompaniment of waltz music, introducing dance-steps at the refrain: “With one, two, three,” etc.]
DELL AND I
VANITY FAIR
A GIRL’S AUTUMN REVERIE
GETHSEMANE
THE COMING MAN
A MAN’S REPENTANCE [Intended for recitation at club dinners.]
DICK’S FAMILY
