CHAPTER PAGE

1. Introductory 5
2. Exordium 8
3. Begin Well 11
4. Speak Deliberately 14
5. Peroration 17
6. Read Widely 20
7. Read the Best 23
8. Subject 26
9. Learn to Stop 29
10. Chairman 33
11. Mannerisms 36
12. Course Lecturing—No Chairman 39
13. Course Lecturing—Learn to Classify 43
14. Preparation 47
15. Debating 52
16. Tricks of Debate 64
17. Rhetoric 68
18. The Audience 73
19. Street Speaking:
    1. The Place 77
    2. The Style 78
    3. Disturbers 80
    4. Police Interference 81
    5. Book-Selling and Professionalism 83
20. Book-Selling at Meetings 86
21. Example Book Talks 92
22. Conclusion 104