Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-05
AN IMPORTANT EVENT.

The publication of Modern Elo- qnenee' is an event of paramount i'm p6rta1tce. For the first time the best afterAdinner speeches, lectures, ad- dresses, anecdotes, rerniniscence and repartee of America's and EngIand's $ most brilliant men have been selected. edited, arranged, by an editorial board of men. themselves eloquent with word and pen-men who have attained eminenee in varied fields of activity. . These gems of spoken thought were fugitive, from lack of proper pfeservas tive means, until the Hon Thomas B. Reed, upon voluntarily retiring from the speakership Of the house of repre- setnatiyes, gathered about him these men of mark and experience in litera- tune. 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 nave 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 Hnes," was frRighted with the destinies of nations. Here was an eulogy expressing in few but yirile words the love. the honor and the tears of millions, and there an ad- dress pregnant with force--itself the fruit of a strenuous life's work. Lf, percnance. a reminfscence, keen, sc1n- tillant repartee, Or story potent in significance and afiame with human interest. Matter there was in abun- dance, for English-speaking people are eloquent, but the best--only the great, the brilliant the worthy to endure has been the guiding rule of MT Reed and his colleagues Their editorial la bors have been immense.
 While libraries and musty files were being delyed into in a hunded places while famous men were putting into manuscript their brain-children-- while reminiscence, repartee and story were being reduced to type, and speeches, addresses and lectures which money could not buy, were in Friendships name being offered, Mr Reed was pre- pairing for this work, his most ambi- tious contribution to llterature-his piece de resistance--'The\ Influence and the History of Oratory;' Prof Lorenzo Sears, beloved and honored in many lands for his critical and con tributory work in literature, was writ ing "The History of After-Dinner Speeches" So with Champ Clark. Ed ward Everett Hale. senator .D0lllVeE and Hamilton Wright Mabie-each was producing special contribution. which. of itself, is gem of thought, resultant research and observant ex- perience.
 Whatever the viewpoint. this work is without precedent. It has no pre- decessor. no competitor. Speeches that have been dashed across conti- nents, lectures that have been repeat ed over and over again to never-tiring audiences (but never published), ad- dresses that have made famous the man. the time and the place-wthese are brought together for the first time, and with them large numbers of the wittiest men of the nineteenth cen tury.
 Modern Eloquence'' is beautifully printed and sumptuously bound, but moderately priced.
 Our special offer: A large, hand some portfolio. containing sample pho- tograyures of famous authors, diplot mats and statesmen, chromatic plates and specimen pages of brilliant after dinner speeches. lectures. addresses, anecdotes, etc, will be sent on receipt of cents to pay postage. With this we also submit special proposition which easily will place thAs great work in your possession. John D, Morris & Go. Suite 100, Commonwealth Build Eng PhilAdNIphfa Pal