Mid-nineteenth century guide to "Extempore" or impromptu public speaking. Aimed for the use of clergy, lawyers and politicians:

The Art of Extempore Speaking. Hints for the Pulpit, the Senate and the Bar

by M. Bautain

Published by Bosworth and Harrison. Second Edition. 1859.

Contents: Exposition of the Subject - Definition of an Extemporaneous Speech; The Qualifications Necessary for Public Speaking; Mental Aptitudes for Public Speaking...; Physical Qualities of the Orator...; Division of the Sbject; preparation of the Plan; Political and Forensic Speaking; Speaking from the Pulpit and Teaching; Determination of the Subject and Composition of the Idea of the Discourse; Conception of the Subject - Indirect Method; The Formation and Arrangement of Ideas; Arrangement of the Plan; Character of the Plan; Final Preparation Before Speaking; Final Intellectutal Preparation; Final Moral Preparation; Bodily Preparation; The Discourse; The Beginning or Exordium; Entrance into the Subject; The Development; The Crisis of the Discourse; The Close of the Discourse or Peroration; After the Discourse.

Small Hardback. 299 pages. 13 cm by 19 cm.

Acceptable condition

Some wear and marks to the cover with small holes in the bookcloth to the cover corners and splits to the edge of the book spine that have been reglued. . Binding intact but endpapers are split in the hinge region. Marks and impressed stamp on the endpaper.  Some marks on the inner pages including light pencil highlighting of text and small annotations on several pages. Pencil writing on the back endpaper.

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