ESSENTIALS OF
PUBLIC SPEAKING

outant BY

WARREN C. DUBOIS, A.M., LL.B.

INSTRUCTOR IN PUBLIC SPEAKING, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
OF COMMERCE, ACCOUNTS AND FINANCE

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PREFACE

Short, intensive courses in public speaking have become so popular among business and professional men that the problem of supplementing the work in the classroom with the proper text material has given instructors no little difficulty. The average textbook is far too detailed in its treatment, and few students have the time in which to carry out programs of selective reading.

The author has attempted to meet this need by setting forth in a brief, concise form the essentials of the subject. His sole aim has been to include in one small volume a brief but comprehensive summary of the fundamentals of effective speaking as he has taught them for the past fourteen years.

To the masterful work of Professor James A. Winans (Public Speaking) and of Professor Arthur E. Phillips (Effective Speaking), the author gratefully acknowledges his indebtedness.

WARREN C. DUBOIS.

New York University.