Famous lectures
Subtitle: humorous, inspirational, scientific
By: Ashley H. Thorndike, editor
Series: Modern eloquence -- v.8
Publisher: Modern Eloquence Corp.
Published: 1923
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
Subjects: Speeches, addresses
Notes: "Modern eloquence founded by Thomas B. Reed."
Table of contents: title: The reign of the common people / Henry Ward Beecher; title: The keys to success / Edward William Bok; title: The Mormons / Charles Farrar Browne ("Artimus Ward"); title: The Prince of Peace ; The spoken word / William Jennings Bryan; title: The rise and fall of the mustache / Robert Jones Burdette; title: The Sandwich Islands / Samuel Langhorne Clemens ("Mark Twain"); title: Acres  of diamonds / Russell Herrman Conwell; title: Last days of the Confederacy / John Brown Gordon; title: Social responsibilities / John Bartholomew Gough; title: On  a piece of chalk / Thomas Henry Huxley; title: Shakespeare / Robert Green Ingersoll; title: The lost arts ; Toussaint L'Ouverture / Wendell Phillips; title: Memories of the Lyceum / James Burton Pond; title: Work / John Ruskin; title: Milk / Henry Wheeler Shaw ("Josh Billings"); title: Through the great forest / Sir Henry Morton Stanley; title: The scattered nation / Zebulon Baird Vance; title: Scottish traits / John Watson ("Ian Maclaren"); title: The teachings of Confucius / Wu Ting-Fang.