tive parts may be read by a pupil not in
the dialogue or may be omitted. In the latter case, acting may fill the
void or the narrative may be made into conversation between the
characters. Some rearrangement may be necessary and a little change in
phraseology may be needed. Such adaptations the pupils may make
themselves. The following scenes may be used by pupils of different
ages:

1. The description of the attack as given by Rebecca to Ivanhoe. (See
_The Attack on the Castle_, Volume IV, pages 324 to 338.) By costumes
and good acting this may be made a very effective scene.

2. A few boys will enjoy rendering the conversational parts of _The
Heart of Bruce_ (Volume V, page 316) while a girl reads the descriptive
lines of the ballad.

3. By making some changes in the text and putting into direct discourse
some of that which Dickens has written in indirect discourse, a capital
Christmas sketch may be made from the Christmas doings at the Cratchit
home. (See _A Christmas Carol_, Volume VI, pages 303 to 312.)

4. _Limestone Broth_ (Volume VI, page 467) can be made into a neat
little humorous dialogue with very little change.

5. Several scenes from _The Tempest_ (Volume VIII, page 364) are
suitable for school use.

6. _The Death of Caesar_ (Volume IX, page 143) is a fine dialogue and
affords a good opportunity for many speakers.

7. The conversation between Luigi and his mother (_Pippa Passes_, Volume
IX, pages 317-323) is a fine scene for school use, especially if Pippa
really passes singing at the right moment.

VI. AN OLD-FASHIONED AFTERNOON. Not so many years ago it was an almost
universal custom to give over Friday afternoon to the "speaking of
pieces." Occasionally even now a teacher wants one of the old-fashioned
mixed programs, and though she will prefer to make her own for each
occasion, the following example will show one of the many that might be
made from _Journeys Through Bookland_:

1. _Roll Call._ (Pupils respond with a memory gem from the hundred
given elsewhere in this volume.)
2. Song: _America_, Volume VIII, page 60.
3. _Wynken, Blynken and Nod_, I, 262.
4. _The Discontented Stonecutter_, II, 12.
5. Song: _Sweet and Low_, VI, 122.
6. _Beowulf and Grendel_ (retold in brief), III, 350.
7. _Incident of the French Camp_, IV, 174.
8. Song: _My Old Kentucky Home_, VII, 179.
9. _Echo_, III, 286. (Let the answers of Echo be given by someone who
is concealed