FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers
NEW YORK and LONDON




_FORCEFUL SPEAKING BY NEW METHODS_

THE ESSENTIALS OF ELOCUTION

_Revised, Enlarged, New Matter_

By ALFRED AYRES

_Author of "The Orthoepist," "The Verbalist," etc., etc._

A unique and valuable guide on the art of speaking the language so as to
make the thought it expresses clear and impressive. It is a departure
from the old and conventional methods which have tended so often to make
mere automatons on the platform or stage instead of animated souls.

_HIGHLY PRAISED BY AUTHORITIES_

"It is worth more than all the ponderous philosophies on the
subject."--_The Lutheran Observer._

"It is a case where brevity is the soul of value."--_The Rochester
Herald._