. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. & B) m m urn© Q: IJ M. Editor-iu-Cliief For the first time the best After-dinner Speeches, Lectures, Address Anecdotes, Reminiscences and Repartee of America's and Ei land's most brilliant men have been selected, et ed, arranged, by an editorial board of men—the selves eloquent with word and pen^men w have attained eminence in varied fields of activi These gems of spoVen thought were fugitive, fr- lack of proper preservative means, until the H Thomas B. Reed, upon voluntarily retiring fri the Speakership of the House of Representa


. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. & B) m m urn© Q: IJ M. Editor-iu-Cliief For the first time the best After-dinner Speeches, Lectures, Address Anecdotes, Reminiscences and Repartee of America's and Ei land's most brilliant men have been selected, et ed, arranged, by an editorial board of men—the selves eloquent with word and pen^men w have attained eminence in varied fields of activi These gems of spoVen thought were fugitive, fr- lack of proper preservative means, until the H Thomas B. Reed, upon voluntarily retiring fri the Speakership of the House of Representativ \ gathered about him these men of mark and '\ perience in literature, his friends and co-work. | in other fields, and began the task of prepari this >.peeches that have been flashed across continen lectures that have been repeated over and over again to never-tiring an ences (but never published), addresses that have made famous the' mj the time and the place—these are brought together for the first tin and with them a large number of the wittiest sayings of the wittiest men the Nineteenth Century. For an hour—for a whole evening in the easy chair at home—for the stu of style and diction that have electrified brilliant assemblies—for the m ambitious to becoii:ie a successful or popular public speaker, and for t one who has to prepare a toast or an address—this work is a never-faili source of entertainment and inspiration. Nor is this solely "a man's worl "The tenderest tribute to woman 1 have ever read," said Senator Dc var when he read the manuscript of .Joseph Choate's after-dinner speech "The Pilgrim ; A Fine Portfolio Hailed Free JOHN D. MORRIS & CO., PHILADELPHIA. CiL'ntk'iiK-n: KeytTriuK to your iulverliseineiit of Hon. Tlios. B. Keed'slibrary of Modern Eloquence', I shall be pleased to receive portfolio of sample pages, iiliotogravnres and chroinatie plates; also full pmrticulars regardinj,'- bindings, prices, etc.


Size: 1357px × 1841px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectbeeculture, bookyear1