Professor Dickson's contains valuable instruction by this famous memory expert. He has done his work well, and has shown a charming insight into the heart of his subject. As Appendices to this work are "Self Improvement Through Public Speaking" and "If You Can talk Well" by Dr. Orison Swett Marden, being a lecture on memory delivered by Dickson before the Metaphysical Society. Within are over one thousand topics for orations, speeches, essays, etc., also model questions for debate and preparation of programs.