The Art of Public Speaking was written by J. Berg Esenwein, who was author of

How to atract and hold an audience,

Writting the short story,

Writting a photoplay, etc...

It is useful guide book for those who want to improve themselves in public speaking and make it attractive, natural and professional.

An Excerpt from the Book:

The efficiency of a book is like that of a man, in one important respect: its attitude toward its subject is the first source of its power. A book may be full of good ideas well expressed, but if its writer views his subject from the wrong angle even his excellent advice may prove to be ineffective.

Training in public speaking is not a matter of externalsprimarily; it is not a matter of imitationfundamentally; it is not a matter of conformity to standardsat all. Public speaking is public utterance, public issuance, of the man himself; therefore the first thing both in time and in importance is that the man should be and think and feel things that are worthy of being given forth. Unless there be something of value within, no tricks of training can ever make of the talker anything more than a machinealbeit a highly perfected machinefor the delivery of other mens goods. So self-development is fundamental in our plan...