Table of Contents

       THE STORY OF A SPEECH

       PLYMOUTH ROCK AND THE PILGRIMS

       COMPLIMENTS AND DEGREES

       BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND HATS

       DEDICATION SPEECH

       DIE SCHRECKEN DER DEUTSCHEN SPRACHE [THE HORRORS OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE]

       GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS

       A NEW GERMAN WORD

       UNCONSCIOUS PLAGIARISM

       THE WEATHER

       THE BABIES

       OUR CHILDREN AND GREAT DISCOVERIES

       EDUCATING THEATRE-GOERS

       THE EDUCATIONAL THEATRE

       POETS AS POLICEMEN

       PUDD’NHEAD WILSON DRAMATIZED

       DALY THEATRE

       THE DRESS OF CIVILIZED WOMAN

       DRESS REFORM AND COPYRIGHT

       COLLEGE GIRLS

       GIRLS

       THE LADIES

       WOMAN’S PRESS CLUB

       VOTES FOR WOMEN

       WOMAN-AN OPINION

       ADVICE TO GIRLS

       TAXES AND MORALS

       TAMMANY AND CROKER

       MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION

       MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

       CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES

       THEORETICAL MORALS

       LAYMAN’S SERMON

       UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY

       PUBLIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

       EDUCATION AND CITIZENSHIP

       COURAGE

       THE DINNER TO MR. CHOATE

       ON STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE

       HENRY M. STANLEY

       DINNER TO MR. JEROME

       HENRY IRVING

       DINNER TO HAMILTON W. MABIE

       INTRODUCING NYE AND RILEY

       DINNER TO WHITELAW REID

       ROGERS AND RAILROADS

       THE OLD-FASHIONED PRINTER

       SOCIETY OF AMERICAN AUTHORS

       READING-ROOM OPENING

       LITERATURE

       DISAPPEARANCE OF LITERATURE

       THE NEW YORK PRESS CLUB DINNER