Elements of Public Speaking

Books in Public Speaking

By Harry Garfield Houghton, University of Wisconsin xi + 333 pages

This textbook aims to teach the student,

First, how to organize his subject matter into clear and logical form for purposes of public utterance.

Second, how to cultivate his powers of expression so as to enable him to convey his ideas most effectively.

The book combines a definite amount of accurately expressed theory with a maximum of practice. Special emphasis has been laid upon clear and accurate thinking as the foundation for all expression, and each principle has been treated in its relation thereto.

The book, while intended primarily for college courses, will also prove valuable in classes in practical speaking in preparatory schools, as an aid in declamatory work (for this purpose Chapter II, The Conversational Mode, and Appendix II, Declamation, are particularly useful), and as a reference book.