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THOMASB.REED 

 Editor-iu-Cliief 



For the first time the best After-d inner Speeches, Lectures, Address 

 Anecdotes, Reminiscences and Repartee of America's and Ei 



land's most brilliant men have been selected, et 

 ed, arranged, by an editorial board of men — the 

 selves eloquent with word and pen^men w 

 have attained eminence in varied fields of activi 

 These gems of spoVen thought were fugitive, fr- 

 lack of proper preservative means, until the H 

 Thomas B. Reed, upon voluntarily retiring fri 

 the Speakership of the House of Representativ \ 

 gathered about him these men of mark and '\ 

 perience in literature, his friends and co-work. | 

 in other fields, and began the task of prepari 

 this <;reat work. 



yorth. East, South and West and the Motl 

 Country as well, have been searched for gems 

 every field of eloquence. 



Here teas a lecture that Jiad wrought upon 1 

 very souls of great audiences; there an after-din: 

 speech, which "between the lines" was freighted with the destinies of : 

 tions. Here was an eulogy expressing in a few but virile words the lo 

 the honor, and the tears of millions, and there an address pregnant w 

 force — itself the fruit of a strenuous life's work. Or, perchance, a remin 

 cence, keen, scintillant repartee, or a story potent in significance and afia 

 with human interest. :Matter there was in abundance, for English-speaki 

 peoples are eloquent, but the hest—onhj the best, only the great, the briUia 

 the u-orihy to endure—hiMi been the guiding rule of Mr. Reed and his c 

 leagues. Their editorial labors have been immense. 



Whatever the vietcpoint, this work is without precedent. It has no pre( 

 cessor. no competitor. >>.peeches that have been flashed across continen 

 lectures that have been repeated over and over again to never-tiring an 

 ences (but never published), addresses that have made famous the' mj 

 the time and the place— these are brought together for the first tin 

 and with them a large number of the wittiest sayings of the wittiest men 

 the Nineteenth Century. 



For an hour— for a whole evening in the easy chair at home— for the stu 

 of style and diction that have electrified brilliant assemblies— for the m 

 ambitious to becoii:ie a successful or popular public speaker, and for t 

 one who has to prepare a toast or an address— this work is a never-faili 

 source of entertainment and inspiration. Nor is this solely "a man's worl 

 "The tenderest tribute to woman 1 have ever read," said Senator Dc 

 var when he read the manuscript of .Joseph Choate's after-dinner speech 

 "The Pilgrim Mothers." 



A Fine Portfolio Hailed Fre e 



JOHN D. MORRIS & CO., PHILADELPHIA. 



CiL'ntk'iiK-n: KeytTriuK to your iulverliseineiit of 

 Hon. Tlios. B. Keed's library of Modern Eloquence', 

 I shall be pleased to receive portfolio of sample 

 pages, iiliotogravnres and chroinatie plates; also 

 full pmrticulars regardinj,'- bindings, prices, etc. 



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