vin Modern Rloquence 



E publication of Modern Eloquence (ten handsome library 

 _ _ . volumes) is an event of premier importance. For the 



first time the best After-dinner Speeches, Lectures, Addresses, 

 Anecdotes, Reminiscences, and Repartee of America's and 

 England's most brilliant men have been selected, edited, 

 arranged, by an editorial board of men — themselves eloquent 

 with word and pen — who have achieved eminence in varied 

 fields of activity. 



These gems of spoken thought were fugitive from lack of 



THOMAiS B. RKED proper preservative means until the Hon. Thomas B. Reed, 



Editor-in-CKief upon voluntarily retiring from the Speakership of the House 



of Representatives, gathered about him these men of mark and 

 experience in literature, his friends and co-workers in other fields, and began the task 

 of preparing this great work. North, East, South, and West, and the Mother Country as 



well, have been searched for gems in every field of eloquence. 



Here was a lecture that had wTOught upon the very souls of great audiences ; there 

 an after-dinner speech, which ''between the lines" was freighted with the destinies of 

 nations. Here Avas an eulogy expressing in few but virile words the love, the honor, 

 and the tears of millions, and there an address pregnant with the fruits of a strenuous 

 life's work. Or, perchance, a reminiscence, keen, scintillant repartee, or a story potent 

 in significance and aflame with human interest. Matter there was in abundance, for 

 English-speaking peoples are eloquent, but the best — only the great ^ the brilliant, the 

 worthy to endure, has been the guiding rule of Mr. Reed and his colleagues. Their 

 editorial labors have been immense. 



Whatever the viewpoint, this work is without precedent. It has no predecessor, no 

 competitor. Speeches that have been flashed across continents, lectures that have been 

 repeated over and over again to never-tiring audiences (but never published), addresses 

 that have made famous the man, the time and the place — these are brought together 

 for the first time, and with them a large number of the wittiest sayings of the wittiest 

 men of the nineteenth century. 



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

 style and diction that have electrified brilliant assemblies — for the man ambi- 

 tious to become a successful or popular public speaker, and for the om 

 has to prepare a toast or an address — this work is a never-failing source 

 charm and inspiration. Nor is this solely "a man's work." "The ten- X Portfolio 

 derest tribute to woman I have ever read," said Senator Dolliver when 

 he read the manuscript of J 

 '*The Pilgrim Mothers." / Morris ^ ww- 



MODERN ELOQUENCE is sumptuously published in ^ Philadelfhia 



10 octavo volumes, but moderately priced. To properly <^ (r^«^/^«*«.'Kererringtoyour 

 present this electric library, Portfolios comprising Table ^,< ^:S:t:^':,t^:^S^^^ 

 Of Contents, fine photogravures, chromatic plates, ^ ishaii be pleased to reccWc portfolio ot 

 sample pages, and other interesting material have <& sample pages, photogravures, and chro- 

 been prepared. One of these portfolios with / ^^^^^^ p^^^^^ ^^^ ^"^^ particulars regarding 

 full particulars regarding bindings, prices, ^ bindings, prices, etc. 



terms, etc., will be mailed on application. / Name 



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JOHN O. MORRIiSCS^C O.t 



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