ENGLISH STYLE IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE USAGES OF THE PULPIT by AUSTIN PHELPS - 1888

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888 RARE BOOK, 20 LECTURES WITH APPENDIX, AUTHOR STATES NONE OF THIS WRITING HAS EVER BEEN SAID BEFORE. TERRIFIC REVIEW AND EDUCATION ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE. INTRODUCTION, PURITY OF STYLE, PRECISION, LOOSE STYLE, PERSPICUITY, INTELLECTUALITY OF PULPIT, ENERGY, PREACHING, ELEGANCE, VARIETY, NATURALNESS. GREAT BOOK FOR ANY SPEAKER. BROWN COVER, GOOD SHAPE, FEW SMALL BROWN SPECKS OF PAINT LOWER FRONT COVER, FORMER OWNERS NAME, SEPTEMBER 1888 INSIDE FRONT COVER. TIGHT, WRITTEN PENCIL NOTES FRONT AND BACK OF BLANK PAGE IN BACK. Austin Phelps (January 7, 1820 – October 13, 1890), was an American Congregational minister and educator. He was for 10 years President of the Andover Theological Seminary and his writings became standard textbooks for Christian theological education and remain in print today. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.