One Hundred Choice Selections: Number 37: A Repository of Readings, Recitations, and Plays; Comprising Eloquence and Sentiment; Pathos and Humor; Dialect and Impersonations, Etc.

Original publisher's brown paper wrappers. Black lettering on front cover and spine. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4." 216 pages, complete. Eight additional pages in back advertise other titles in the Choice Selections Series. The ads give at least a partial list of the contents for Choice Selections, Nos. 31-40. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning, slight wear to extremities, and a black "Banner Play Bureau, Inc" ink stamp in bottom margin of title page. Covers are clean and intact overall but have chipping at corners and faint pencil inscriptions on front. A Very Good copy. No. 37 of the Choice Selections series. It is a compendium of 100 literary works including plays, poetry, short fiction, and prose that are intended for recitations and readings. A sampling of the contents: "An Affection of the Heart" by Paschal H. Coggins, "Alexander" by Alexander Geddes, "The American Forest Girl" by Felicia Hemans, "At a Women's Club" by Lawrence K. Russell, "At the Hospital Window" by Carl Smith, "The Birth of Little Paul" by Charles Dickens, "Captain Joe" by F. Hopkinson Smith, "Common Duties" by Anna Robertson Brown, "Dreams" by S. Walter Norris, "Happiness and Duty" by Edith L. Swain, "His New Brother" by Joe Lincoln, "The Hurricane" by William Cullen Bryant, "Just Be Glad" by James Whitcomb Riley, "The Messenger Boy" by George Ade, "Our New Relations" by William McKinley, "The Petrified Fern" by Mary L. Bolles Branch, "Things That Never Die" by Charles Dickens, "Triumph Through Faith" by Fanny E. Newberry, "Up in the Loft" by Will Carleton, and "The Young Musician" by Sam Walter Foss.