Publisher's Synopsis
This is the twelth anthology compiled by the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. It presents all the poetry and prose - exclusive of Shakespeare - set by this body for public examinations in the speaking of verse and prose.;Like the examinations which it serves, the book is intended to stimulate an interest in literature and to introduce young people of all ages to a wide variety of good and great writing. In each section there is a wide variety of work: poems and prose, humorous, serious, lyric and drama tic.
