Notes on Speech-Making

New York: Longmans, Green, 1901. Second printing. Small octavo in polished red cloth; 92 pages; 17 cm Mild bumping and wear to board edges and tips; else a tight, clean about near fine copy thus.. Hardcover.

Brander Matthews (1852–1929) was an American author and critic who served as Columbia University’s Professor of Dramatic Literature—the first such appointment in the United States. A key advocate for recognizing drama as a literary art, he taught its history and form, helped found Columbia’s Dramatic Museum, and wrote influential works such as The Development of the Drama (1903).~Wikipedia // Art oratoire, Orator, Elocution.