HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC
A Most Suggestive and Practical Self-Instructor
By Grenville Kleiser
Author of "Power and Personality in Speaking," etc.
This new book is a complete elocutionary manual comprizing numerous exercises for developing the speaking voice, deep breathing, pronunciation, vocal expression, and gesture; also selections for practise from masterpieces of ancient and modern eloquence. It is intended for students, teachers, business men, lawyers, clergymen, politicians, clubs, debating societies, and, in fact, every one interested in the art of public speaking.
OUTLINE OF CONTENTS
| Mechanics of Elocution | Previous Preparation |
| Mental Aspects | Physical Preparation |
| Public Speaking | Mental Preparation |
| Selections for Practise | Moral Preparation |
| Preparation of Speech | |
"Many useful suggestions in it."—Hon. Joseph H. Choate, New York.
"It is admirable and practical instruction in the technic of speaking, and I congratulate you upon your thorough work."—Hon. Albert J. Beveridge.
"The work has been very carefully and well compiled from a large number of our best works on the subject of elocution. It contains many admirable suggestions for those who are interested in becoming better speakers. As a general text for use in teaching public speaking, it may be used with great success."
John W. Wetzel, Instructor in Public Speaking, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers
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How to Develop
Power and Personality
in Speaking
By GRENVILLE KLEISER
Author of "How to Speak in Public." Introduction by Lewis O. Brastow, D.D., Professor Emeritus, Yale Divinity School
This new book gives practical suggestions and exercises for Developing Power and Personality in Speaking. It has many selections for practise.
POWER.—Power of Voice—Power of Gesture—Power of Vocabulary—Power of Imagination—Power of English Style—Power of Illustration—Power of Memory—Power of Extempore Speech—Power of Conversation—Power of Silence—Power of a Whisper—Power of the Eye.
PERSONALITY.—More Personality for the Lawyer—The Salesman—The Preacher—The Politician—The Physician—The Congressman—The Alert Citizen.
"I give it my hearty commendation. It should take its place upon the library shelves of every public speaker; be read carefully, consulted frequently, and held as worthy of faithful obedience. For lack of the useful hints that here abound, many men murder the truth by their method of presenting it."—S. Parkes Cadman, D.D., Brooklyn, N.Y.
"It is a book of value. The selections are fine. It is an excellent book for college students."—Wm. P. Frye, President pro tem. of the United States Senate.
12mo, Cloth, 422 pages. Price, $1.25, net; by mail, $1.40
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers
NEW YORK and LONDON