Kightlinger, Flora N. The Star Speaker : A Complete and Choice Collection of The Best Productions by the Best Authors, with an Exhaustive Treatise on the Subject of Vocal and Physical Culture and Gesturing. Jersey City, NJ: Star Publishing Co., 1894. First Edition. [11707]
Teal textured cloth with silver titles on front and spine, a little edge-wear, 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Both end paper hinges torn yet not detached, making the boards wobbly. Frontispiece in color, reproduced photo of a young woman in a blue dress, striking a fetching pose, entitled "Coquetry." 590 clean pages plus 96 pp. supplement. Many illustrations, both in text and half-tone plates, some in colors. Fair. Hardcover.
"The aim and scope of this work is to not only give our friends something to speak, but to teach them how to speak it...Our idea has been to carry the student through a course of general instructions, with appropriate and numerous illustrations what will open an avenue of graceful, forcible and pleasing carriage and delivery for all occasions." - Preface.
