Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience Read online

  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 DevelopingPower and Personality in Speaking. It has many selections for practise.

  $POWER.$--Power of Voice--Power of Gesture--Power of Vocabulary-Power ofImagination--Power of English Style--Power of Illustration--Power ofMemory--Power of Extempore Speech--Power of Conversation--Power ofSilence--Power of a Whisper--Power of the Eye.

  $PERSONALITY.$--More Personality for the Lawyer--The Salesman--ThePreacher--The Politician--The Physician--The Congressman--The AlertCitizen.

  "I give it my hearty commendation. It should take its place upon thelibrary shelves of every public speaker; be read carefully, consultedfrequently, and held as worthy of faithful obedience. For lack of theuseful hints that here abound, many men murder the truth by their methodof presenting it."--S. PARKES CADMAN, D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y.

  _12mo, Cloth, 443 Pages. $1.60, Net; by mail, $1.74_

  FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers

  NEW YORK AND LONDON

  * * * * *

  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 numerousexercises for developing the speaking voice, deep breathing,pronunciation, vocal expression, and gesture; also selections forpractise from masterpieces of ancient and modern eloquence. It isintended for students, teachers, business men, lawyers, clergymen,politicians, clubs, debating societies, and, in fact, every oneinterested in the art of public speaking.

  _OUTLINE OF CONTENTS_

  Mechanics of Elocution Mental Aspects Public Speaking Selections for Practise Previous Preparation Physical Preparation Mental Preparation Moral Preparation Preparation of Speech

  "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 numberof our best works on the subject of elocution. It contains manyadmirable suggestions for those who are interested in becoming betterspeakers. As a general text for use in teaching public speaking, it maybe used with great success."--_John W. Wetzel_, formerly Instructor inPublic Speaking, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

  _12mo, Cloth. $1.60, net; post-paid, $1.74_

  FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers

  NEW YORK AND LONDON

  * * * * *

  _HERE'S A MERRY BOOK BY A MERRY MAN_

  THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET

  By MARSHALL P. WILDER

  _Author of "Smiling 'Round the World"_

  "His book--like American conversation--is made up of anecdotes. He talksintimately of Richard Croker, President McKinley, President Harrison,Joseph Jefferson, Senator Depew, Henry Watterson, Gen. Horace Porter,Augustin Daly, Henry Irving, Buffalo Bill, King Edward VII., Mrs.Langtry, and a host of other personages, large and small, andmedium-sized. He tells many good stories. We can recommend his book ascheerful reading."--_New York Times._

  "What the editor thinks of it may be summed up in the statement that heuses it instead of calling the doctor."--_Burlington Hawk-Eye._

  "Reading the book is like listening to a humorous lecture by Marshall P.Wilder, full of wit and brightness, and it will cheer and comfort themost morose man or woman just to read it."--_Baltimore American._

  _12mo, Cloth. Humorous Pen-and-Ink Sketches by Bart Haley. FrontispiecePortrait of Mr. Wilder._

  _Price $1.50, Net; Post-Paid, $1.64_

  FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers

  NEW YORK AND LONDON

  * * * * *

  _ANOTHER ROARING FUN BOOK!_

  SMILING 'ROUND THE WORLD

  By MARSHALL P. WILDER

  _Author of "The Sunny Side of the Street"_

  "_Laugh and the world laughs with you_" can be truly said of Marshall P.Wilder, the captivating entertainer of Presidents, Kings, Princes, andthe great public. As the Hon. Chauncey M. Depew says, "His mirth iscontagious," and as the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere remarked, "He makesmelancholy fly apace." You'll find laughs bubbling all through this newbook.

  _SOME OPINIONS FROM THE NEWSPAPERS_

  "There are many cheerful, amusing incidents of travel. It is a veryreadable and entertaining book."--_Democrat and Chronicle_, Rochester,N. Y.

  "A marvelous lot of 'sunny stuff' is to be found in Mr. Wilder's latestbook. He merrily prattles of a thousand different things and of as manydifferent people."--_Record_, Philadelphia, Pa.

  "Written in that bright, breezy manner, with its mingled touches ofhumor and pathos and keen scrutiny of human nature so characteristic ofMr. Wilder."--_Post_, Boston, Mass.

  _12mo, Cloth, Profusely Illustrated. Price, $1.50, Net; Post-paid,$1.64_

  FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers

  NEW YORK AND LONDON