Modern Eloquence 





THOMAS B. R£:£I> 



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I^HE publication of Modern Eloquence {i^n 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. 



lliese gems of spoken ihot4ght were fugitive from lack of 



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



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 wrought upon the very souls of great audiences ; there 

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

 nations. Here was 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 wath human interest. Matter there was in abundance, for 

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

 Worthy to endure, \\2.% been the guiding rule of Mr. Reed and his colleagues. Their 

 editorial labors have been immense. 



Whatever the view^point, 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 



— for the man ambi- 



style and diction that have electrified brilliant assemblies 



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



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



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



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



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



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MODERN ELOQUENCE is sumptuously published in 



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lo octavo volumes, but moderately priced. To properly 

 present this electric library, Portfolios conj prising Table 

 of Contents, fine photogravures, chromatic plates, 

 sample pages, and other interesting material have 

 been prepared. One of these portfolios with 

 full particulars regarding bindings, prices, 

 terms, etc., will be mailed on application. 



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O* Reed's library of Modern Eloquence 



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