Before An Audience

OR

The Use of the Will in Public Speaking

By NATHAN SHEPPARD

Talks to the Students of the University of St. Andrew and the University of Aberdeen

This is not a book on elocution, but it deals in a practical common-sense way with the requirements and constituents of effective public speaking.

CAPITAL, FAMILIAR, AND RACY

"I shall recommend it to our three schools of elocution. It is capital, familiar, racy, and profoundly philosophical."—Joseph T. Duryea, D.D.

REPLETE WITH PRACTICAL SENSE

"It is replete with practical sense and sound suggestions, and I should like to have it talked into the students by the author."—Prof. J.H. Gilmore, Rochester University.

"KNOCKS TO FLINDERS" OLD THEORIES

"The author knocks to flinders the theories of elocutionist, and opposes all their rules with one simple counsel—'Wake up your will.'"—The New York Evangelist.

TO REACH, MOVE, AND INFLUENCE MEN

"He does not teach elocution, but the art of public speaking.... Gives suggestions that will enable one to reach and move and influence men."—The Pittsburg Chronicle.

12mo, Cloth, 152 Pages. Price, 75 cents

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers
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