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How To Develop
POWER and PERSONALITY
in SpeakingBy Grenville Kleiser
Author of "How to Speak in Public." Introduction by
Lewis O. Brastow, D.D., Professor Emeritus,
Yale Divinity SchoolThis 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, Pubs.
NEW YORK AND LONDON
An Indispensable Volume for those who would write and speak pure English.
A Desk-Book of
Errors in EnglishBy Frank H. Vizetelly, F.S.A.
Author of "The Preparation of Manuscript for the Printer."
Associate Editor of the "Standard Dictionary," etc.This compact volume deals with the hundred and one questions that arise in daily speech and correspondence, and which are not usually treated in the dictionary in the same manner as in this handy and time-saving book.
"So many common errors of speech are dinned in our ears daily that we grow careless and adopt them as correct.... It should be on the table of everyone who wishes to speak pure English."—The Item, Philadelphia.
"It is a book that should be on every writer's desk. If studied in season and out of season it will correct numerous inelegancies and vulgarities of speech."—The Union, Springfield, Mass.
"The book is admirably arranged to facilitate search for a decision on a mooted point or a doubtful usage, and is invaluable for the writer who lacks the leisure for extended and thoughtful research." Star, Washington, D. C.
12mo, Cloth, 242 pages. 75 cents
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Pubs.
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Vest-Pocket
Standard DictionaryEdited by JAMES C. FERNALD, L.H.D.
(Abridged from the Standard Dictionary)
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES
The Correct Spelling, Pronunciation, Syllabication,
and Definition of About 30,000 TermsAll Words of Disputed Spellings
Words with Irregular Plural Formation
Key to Scientific Alphabet
Parliamentary Law at Sight
Legal Holidays in all the States of the American Union
Interest Tables
Rates of Interest in all States of the American Union
Chart of (a) States of the Union, (b) Population, (c) Capitals, (d) Dates of Admission, (e) Total Population of the United States
Presidents of the United States
Postal Information
Telegraph and Cable Rates
Domestic and Foreign Weights and Measures
The Metric System
Rules for Pronunciation
Rules for Spelling
Rules for Punctuation
Abbreviations, Foreign Words and Phrases
Rulers of the World
Foreign Possessions of the United States
The Largest Cities of the World
Countries of the Postal Union
Tables of Money of the World
Standard Time
Cloth, 25 cents. Flexible leather, 50 cents.
Indexed, 5 cents additional.FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Pubs.
NEW YORK AND LONDON
FOOTNOTES:
[1] From "Plymouth Pulpit Sermons." By permission of the Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society.
[2] From Dr. Hitchcock's book of the same title by permission of the publishers. Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons.
[3] The following stanza from Dean Alford's grand hymn appears upon the last page of this, the last sermon written by Dr. Hitchcock. By a singular coincidence it was the stanza especially selected to be sung in the burial service at Dr. Hitchcock's funeral, altho in entire ignorance of its existence in the manuscript.
[4] Printed by permission of Messrs. William Blackwood & Sons, Publishers.