The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.), Marshall P. Wilder [the reading list book TXT] 📗
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"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
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Revised, Enlarged, New Matter
By ALFRED AYRES
Author of "The Orthoepist," "The Verbalist," etc., etc.
A unique and valuable guide on the art of speaking the language so as to make the thought it expresses clear and impressive. It is a departure from the old and conventional methods which have tended so often to make mere automatons on the platform or stage instead of animated souls.
HIGHLY PRAISED BY AUTHORITIES
"It is worth more than all the ponderous philosophies on the subject."—The Lutheran Observer.
"It is a case where brevity is the soul of value."—The Rochester Herald.
"His suggestions are simple and sensible."—The Congregationalist.
"An unpretentious but really meritorious volume."—Dramatic Review.
"Mr. Ayres has made this subject a study for many years, and what he has written is worth reading"—The Dramatic News.
"It is brightly written and original."—Richard Henry Stoddard.
16mo, Cloth, 174 Pages, Tasteful Binding Deckle Edges. With Frontispiece. 75 cts.
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A Most Suggestive and Practical Self-Instructor
By Grenville KleiserAuthor 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
"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.
12mo, Cloth. $1.25, Net; Post-paid, $1.40
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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
By GRENVILLE KLEISER
Author of "How to Speak in Public"; "How to Develop Power and Personality in Speaking," etc.
The purpose of this book is to inspire in men lofty ideals. It is particularly for those who daily defraud themselves because of doubt, fearthought, and foolish timidity.
Thousands of persons are held in physical and mental bondage, owing to lack of self-confidence. Distrusting themselves, they live a life of limited effort, and at last pass on without having realized more than a small part of their rich possessions. It is believed that this book will be of substantial service to those who wish to rise above mediocrity, and who feel within them something of their divine inheritance. It is commended with confidence to every ambitious man.
CONTENTS
Preliminary Steps—Building the Will—The Cure of Self-Consciousness—The Power of Right Thinking—Sources of Inspiration—Concentration—Physical Basis—Finding Yourself—General Habits—The Man and the Manner—The Discouraged Man—Daily Steps in Self-Culture—Imagination and Initiative—Positive and Negative Thought—The Speaking Voice—Confidence in Business—Confidence in Society—Confidence in Public Speaking—Toward the Heights—Memory Passages that Build Confidence.
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ARGUE AND WIN IN CONVERSATION, IN SALESMANSHIP, IN COMMITTEE-MEETINGS, IN JURY CASES, IN THE PULPIT, ON THE ROSTRUM, IN DEBATING SOCIETIES.
By GRENVILLE KLEISER
Author of "How to Speak in Public," etc.
In this book will be found definite suggestions for training the mind in accurate thinking and in the power of clear and effective statement. It is the outcome of many years of experience in teaching men "to think on their feet." The aim throughout is practical, and the ultimate end is a knowledge of successful argumentation.
CONTENTS
Introductory—Truth and Facts—Clearness and Conciseness—The Use of Words—The Syllogism—Faults—Personality—The Lawyer—The Business Man—The Preacher—The Salesman—The Public Speaker—Brief-Drawing—The Discipline of Debate—Tact—Cause and Effect—Reading Habits—Questions for Solution—Specimens of Argumentation—Golden Rules in Argumentation.
"Mr. Kleiser offers no panacea (as the title might seem to imply). Logic will not make a dunce a philosopher, neither will it insure success where success is not deserved. But what he does offer the honest debater in this practical book, is to put him in possession of those laws of argumentation which lie at the bottom of sound reasoning, based on fact."—Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va.
12mo, Cloth. $1.25, net; by mail, $1.35
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers
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Formerly Instructor in Public Speaking at Yale Divinity School; Author of "How to Speak in Public," etc.
This eminently practical book is divided into five parts:
PART ONE—Preparatory Course: Twenty Lessons on Naturalness, Distinctness, Vivacity, Confidence, Simplicity, Deliberateness, and kindred topics.
PART TWO—Advance Course: Twenty Lessons on Thought Values, Thought Directions, Persuasion, Power, Climax, etc., etc.
PART THREE—Articulation and Pronunciation.
PART FOUR—Gesture and Facial Expression.
PART FIVE—The most up-to-date and popular prose and poetic selections anywhere to be found.
It is a book to beget intelligent reading, so as to develop in the student mental alertness, poise, and self-confidence.
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FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers
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By GRENVILLE KLEISER
Author of "How to Speak in Public," etc.
A new collection of successful recitations, sketches, stories, poems, monologues. The favorite numbers of favorite authors and entertainers. The book also contains practical advice on the delivery of the selections. The latest and best book for family reading, for teachers, elocutionists, orators, after-dinner speakers, and actors.
Mr. Kleiser gives also some practical suggestions as to the most successful methods of delivering humorous or other selections, so that they may make the strongest impression upon an audience. The book will not only be found to be just what teachers, elocutionists, actors, orators, and after-dinner speakers have been waiting for, but it will also furnish entertaining material to read aloud to the family.
FAVORITE SELECTIONS BY FAVORITE AUTHORS
INCLUDING
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Revised and Arranged by Himself
In Five Uniform Volumes, Thin 12mo, Ornamented Boards—Dainty Style
Following Are the Titles:
THE PEOPLE'S LAW—A discussion of State Constitutions and what they should contain.
THE PRICE OF A SOUL
THE VALUE OF AN IDEAL
THE PRINCE OF PEACE
MAN
Reprinted in this form from Volume II of Mr. Bryan's Speeches. Each of these four addresses has been delivered before many large audiences.
These five volumes make a most attractive series.
Price of Each, 30 cents, net. Postage 5 cents
Two Other Notable SpeechesTHE SIGNS OF THE TIMES; to which is added FAITH. The most important address by Mr. Bryan since his two volumes of "Selected Speeches" were compiled, with one of the best of those added.
One 16mo Volume, in Flexible Leather, with Gilt-Top. 75 cents, net. Postage 5 cents
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By FRANK H. VIZETELLY, Litt.D., LL.D.
Managing Editor of the Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary; Author of "A Desk-Book of Errors in English," etc.
A record, in concise and interesting style, of the Origin, Growth, Development, and Mutations of the English language. It treats of Literature and its Elements; of the Dictionary as a Text-Book, and its Functions; of Grammar, Phonetics, Pronunciation, and Reading; of the Bible as a model of pure English; of Writing for Publication and of Individuality in Writing; also of the Corruption of English Speech.
An Appendix of the principal Authors and their works, and a Selection of a Hundred Best Books is included.
Raymond Weeks, Ph.D., Prof. Romance Languages, Columbia University, says it is: "One of the most valuable books on this subject which have come into my hands for a long time."
Brander Matthews, Litt.D., LL.D., says it is: "A good book—a book likely to do good, because it is generally sound and always stimulating."
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