HINTS ON 



WRITING AND SPEECH-MAKING 



BY 



THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON, 



AUTHOR OF 



'Tousg Folks' History op the United States," "Young 

 Folks' American Explorers," "Malbone," 



"Outdoor Papers," "Oldport Days," Army Life in 

 a Black Regiment," "Atlantic Essays," etc. 



Price, 50 cents. 



" So delicate and yet so strong in the style ; So apt, yet so 

 abundant his illustrations ; So fascinating the easy, polished 

 leisurely diction, that the literary enjoyment cannot be im- 

 paired. He has all the charms of Montaigne without his 

 egotism."— Minneapolis Press. 



The following from the author's Preface shows the purpose 

 of this volume: — 



" The first of these two chapters appeared long since in the 

 Atlantic Monthly, and was afterwards included in the author's 

 volume entitled 'Atlantic Essays.' Teachers have several 

 times urged that it should be reprinted as a little manual of 

 literary composition; and I have indeed seen it used for that 

 purpose in a college class-room. Now that similiar sugges- 

 tions are beginning to come in respecting the other brief essay, 

 4 Hints on Speech-making,' it has seemed well to present the 

 k*°r together in a small volume, The last-named paper ap 

 peared first in ' Harper's Magazine' and it is here reprinted 

 with the consent of the publishers." 



