Personality Development

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The Art of Public Speaking BY
J. BERG ESENWEIN
AUTHOR OF
"HOW TO ATTRACT AND HOLD AN AUDIENCE,"
"WRITING THE SHORT-STORY,"
"WRITING THE PHOTOPLAY," ETC., ETC.,
AND
DALE CARNAGEY
PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING, BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AND FINANCE;
INSTRUCTOR IN PUBLIC SPEAKING, Y.M.C.A. SCHOOLS, NEW YORK, BROOKLYN,
BALTIMORE, AND PHILADELPHIA, AND THE NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER, AMERICAN
INSTITUTE OF BANKING
THE WRITER 'S LIBRARY
EDITED BY J. BERG ESENWEIN
THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
PUBLISHERS

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Copyright 1915
THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO F. ARTHUR METCALF
FELLOW-WORKER AND FRIEND
Table of Contents
THINGS TO THINK OF FIRST--A FOREWORD
* CHAPTER I--ACQUIRING CONFIDENCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE
* CHAPTER II--THE SIN OF MONOTONY
* CHAPTER III--EFFICIENCY THROUGH EMPHASIS AND SUBORDINATION
* CHAPTER IV--EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PITCH
* CHAPTER V--EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PACE
* CHAPTER VI--PAUSE AND POWER
* CHAPTER VII--EFFICIENCY THROUGH INFLECTION
* CHAPTER VIII--CONCENTRATION IN DELIVERY
* CHAPTER IX--FORCE
* CHAPTER X--FEELING AND ENTHUSIASM
* CHAPTER XI--FLUENCY THROUGH PREPARATION
* CHAPTER XII--THE VOICE
* CHAPTER XIII--VOICE CHARM
* CHAPTER XIV--DISTINCTNESS AND PRECISION OF UTTERANCE
* CHAPTER XV--THE TRUTH ABOUT GESTURE
* CHAPTER XVI--METHODS OF DELIVERY
* CHAPTER XVII--THOUGHT AND RESERVE POWER
* CHAPTER XVIII--SUBJECT AND PREPARATION
* CHAPTER XIX--INFLUENCING BY EXPOSITION

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* CHAPTER XX--INFLUENCING BY DESCRIPTION
* CHAPTER XXI--INFLUENCING BY NARRATION
* CHAPTER XXII--INFLUENCING BY SUGGESTION
* CHAPTER XXIII--INFLUENCING BY ARGUMENT
* CHAPTER XXIV--INFLUENCING BY PERSUASION
* CHAPTER XXV--INFLUENCING THE CROWD
* CHAPTER XXVI--RIDING THE WINGED HORSE
* CHAPTER XXVII--GROWING A VOCABULARY
* CHAPTER XXVIII--MEMORY TRAINING
* CHAPTER XXIX--RIGHT THINKING AND PERSONALITY
* CHAPTER XXX--AFTER-DINNER AND OTHER OCCASIONAL SPEAKING
* CHAPTER

References: 6. THE SPOILS SYSTEM. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Henry van Dyke, reported in the New York Tribune, February 25, 1895. 7. THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS. Part III, Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs, Pennsylvania, 1912. 20. MODERN FICTION AND MODERN LIFE. Article in Lippincott 's, October, 1907. 22. THE JOY OF RECEIVING. Article in Woman 's Home Companion, December, 1914. 23. PHYSICAL TRAINING VS. COLLEGE ATHLETICS. Article in Literary Digest, November 28, 1914. 26. THE DECAY OF ACTING. Article in Current Opinion, November, 1914. 28. INHERITING SUCCESS. Article in Current Opinion, November, 1914. 29. THE INDIAN IN OKLAHOMA. Article in Literary Digest, November 28, 1914. 30. HATE AND THE NATION. Article in Literary Digest, November 14, 1914.