Coo-ee Reciter
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102
1904
English
- I Killed a Man at Graspan by Montague Grover
- Kitty O'Toole by W.L.Lumley
- The Ballad of the Drover by Henry Lawson
- The Rescue by Edward Dyson
- Saltbush Bill by A.B. Paterson
- Drought and Doctrine by J. Brunton Stephens
- The Martyr by Victor J. Daley
- The Carrying of the Baby by Ethel Turner
- The Old Gum by Florence Bullivant
- Murphy shall not Sing To-night by Montague Grover
- Christmas Bells by John B. O'Hara
- Wool is Up by Garnet Walch
- Wool is Down by Garnet Walch
- The Highland Brigade Buries its Dead by Lieut -Col W T Reay
- Australia's Call to Arms by John B. O'Hara
- Good News by Garnet Walch
- Free Trade v Protection by Garnet Walch
- The Lion's Cubs by Garnet Walch
- The Little Duchess by Ethel Turner
- Australia's Springtime by W.L.Lumley
- The Man that saved the Match by David McKee Wright
- Ode for Commonwealth Day, 1st January, 1901 by George Essex Evans
- A Desperate Assault by Donald MacDonald
- The Game of Life by John Godfrey Saxe
- Prejudice by Charlotte Perkins Stetson
- The Poor and the Rich by James Russell Lowell
- The Engineer's Story from the Denver Post
- Seeing's not Believing by Thomas Haynes Bayley
- Caudle has been made a Mason by Douglas Jerrold
- Mrs Caudle's Lecture by Douglas Jerrold
- Jim Bludso by Colonel John Hay
- How Uncle Mose Counted the Eggs by anonymous
- The Negro Baby's Funeral by Will Carleton
- Der Shpider und der Fly by Charles Follen Adams
- Lariat Bill by G W H
- The Elf Child; or, Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley
- Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene by Matthew Gregory Lewis
- An All-around Intellectual Man by Thomas Masson
- Her Ideal by Kate Masterson
- The Happy Farmer by Mortimer Crane Brown
- The Son of a Soldier by Owen Oliver
- The Mile by David McKee Wright
Recitation was a vital part of the curriculum in education in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. It not only enabled students to gain practice in addressing groups in public, but also provided models for the study of accent and elocution – vital skills in the days before public address systems were universally available. Accordingly, a number of “reciters,” or collections of texts suitable for recitation, were published in this period. The Coo-ee Reciter, published in 1904, was one of the most popular of these collections in Australia. In the words of the anthologist it contains a variety of "humorous, pathetic, dramatic and dialect recitations and readings" by Australian, British and American authors.
Inevitably, these collections featured many items that featured the events and attitudes of the period. While many of the pieces can make no claim to be great literature, they do have great value as windows into the experiences, expectations and aspirations of the people at the time. - Summary by Algy Pug
Inevitably, these collections featured many items that featured the events and attitudes of the period. While many of the pieces can make no claim to be great literature, they do have great value as windows into the experiences, expectations and aspirations of the people at the time. - Summary by Algy Pug
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