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 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 Xxxi Making Conversation Effective Fifty Questions for Debate Thirty Themes for Speeches, With Source-References Suggestive Subjects for Speeches; Hints for Treatment Speeches for Study and Practise.