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Title: Talks on Talking

Author: Grenville Kleiser

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Language: English

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TALKS ON TALKING

by

GRENVILLE KLEISER

Formerly Instructor in Public Speaking at Yale Divinity School,
Yale University; author of "How to Speak in Public," "How to
Develop Power and Personality in Speaking," "How to Develop
Self-Confidence in Speech and Manner," "How to Argue and Win,"
"How to Read and Declaim," "Complete Guide to Public Speaking,";
etc.

Copyright, 1916, by
Funk. & Wagnalls Company
(Printed in the United States of America)
Published, September, 1916
Copyright under the articles of the Copyright Convention of the
Pan-American Republics and the United States, August 11, 1910

CONTENTS

PAGE

THE ART OF TALKING 1

TYPES OF TALKERS 11

TALKERS AND TALKING 18

PHRASES FOR TALKERS 25

THE SPEAKING VOICE 34

HOW TO TELL A STORY 44

TALKING IN SALESMANSHIP 56

MEN AND MANNERISMS 63

HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC 70

PRACTICAL HINTS FOR SPEAKERS 84

THE DRAMATIC ELEMENT IN SPEAKING 87

CONVERSATION AND PUBLIC SPEAKING 94

A TALK TO PREACHERS 100

CARE OF THE SPEAKER'S THROAT 108

DON'TS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 116

DO'S FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 118

POINTS FOR SPEAKERS 120

THE BIBLE ON SPEECH 122

THOUGHTS ON TALKING 123

PREFACE

Good conversation implies naturalness, spontaneity, and sincerity of
utterance. It is not advisable, therefore, to lay down arbitrary rules
to govern talking, but it is believed that the suggestions o