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Inscribed
TO THE
REV. JOSEPH PARKER, D.D.
(HIMSELF A MASTER IN THE ART
THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN TO COMMEND), WHOM THE AUTHOR
FOUND TO BE FAIR IN DISCUSSION, IN DAYS
WHEN FEW MINISTERS WERE SO;
AND WHO IN LATER YEARS WAS HIS FRIEND, NOTWITHSTANDING
HIS DIVERGENCY IN THEOLOGICAL OPINION.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II.
THE SOCIAL AND PUBLIC USES OF RHETORIC
CHAPTER III.
THE NATURE OF RHETORIC
CHAPTER IV.
WHAT IS MEANT BY ELOCUTION
CHAPTER V.
REPRESENTATIVE SPEECH
CHAPTER VI.
LOGIC OF EVERY-DAY LIFE
CHAPTER VII.
DELIVERY
CHAPTER VIII.
GESTURE MEASURED BY CONVICTION
CHAPTER IX.
CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS
CHAPTER X.
LAWS OF DEBATE
CHAPTER XI.
PERSONALITIES THE DIGRESSIONS OF DEBATE
CHAPTER XII.
POLICY OF DEBATE
CHAPTER XIII.
DEFENCE OF DEBATE
CHAPTER XIV.
THE THEORY OF EPITHETS — MORAL AS WELL AS RHETORICAL
CHAPTER XV.
METHOD IN EXPRESSION
CHAPTER XVI.
TACT AN ACQUISITION
CHAPTER XVII.
CONTINGENCIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS
CHAPTER XVIII.
WRITING FOR THE PRESS
CHAPTER XIX.
SOURCES OF TASTE
CHAPTER XX.
PREMEDITATION IN SPEECH
CHAPTER XXI.
REPETITION A NECESSITY
CHAPTER XXII.
SIGNS OF MASTERY
CHAPTER XXIII.
NATURE AND CONDITIONS OF ORATORY
CHAPTER XXIV.
ORIGINALITY IN ORATORY
CHAPTER XXV.
THE OUTSIDE MIND OF THE ORATOR
CHAPTER XXVI.
PULPIT ORATORY
CHAPTER XXVII.
PLATFORM READING
CHAPTER XXVIII.
FIGURES OF SPEECH
CHAPTER XXIX.
POETRY IN RELATION TO RHETORIC
CHAPTER XXX.
STYLE EXPLAINED
CHAPTER XXXI.
WHAT HAS BEEN SAID
CHAPTER XXXIII.
PARLIAMENTARY ORATORY
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