PUBLIC SPEAKING

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

BY

IRVAH LESTER WINTER

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING IN HARVARD

UNIVERSITY

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1912

All rights reserved

IN OFFERING A BOOK TO STUDENTS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

THE AUTHOR WOULD PAY WHAT TRIBUTE IS HERE POSSIBLE

TO

CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT

WHO FOR MANY YEARS HAS TAUGHT BY EXAMPLE

THE POWER AND BEAUTY OF PERFECTED SPEECH