How to Improve Your Conversation

The purpose of this book is twofold: to stimulate fresh interest in the vital subject of good conversation, and to offer some practical suggestions for self-instruction. Paradoxically, conversation in its best form – formal and spontaneous. It appears to ignore rules and regulations when it is really observing the best traditions. The author’s chief desire is that this treatise shall contribute something to the general improvement of daily speech. – GRENVTLLE KLEISER

CONTENTS
PREFACE
I VALUE OF THE ART
II MATTER AND MANNER
III WHAT TO TALK ABOUT
IV THE PERSONAL ELEMENT
V CULTURE AND CONVERSATION
VI FLIPPANCY AND SLANG
VII THE PART THE VOICE PLAYS
VIII THE CONVERSATION OF CHILDREN
IX THE ART OF LISTENING
X YOUR COMMAND OF ENGLISH