Excerpt from Chalk Talk and Crayon Presentation: A Handbook of Practice and Performance in Pictorial Expression of Ideas The speaker along any line who uses a story, relates an anecdote or describes a scene, is in reality drawing a picture with words before his audience. The use of illustrations is not confined to entertainment. The appeal through the eye is universal. The lecturer who presents facts in picture most pleasingly conveys information to others. The teacher who can visualize ideas is the one whose lessons will be most enduring, as well as most attractive. The reformer or evangelist who can present truths in picture most quickly attracts attention and most convincingly arrives at conclusions. One need not be an artist to convey ideas pictorially. The simple diagrammatic picturing of ideas constituted the printed language of many primitive peoples. The lecturer, teacher, reformer or promoter of thought along any line, whether in business, education or entertainment, will do well to get the habit of carrying a piece of crayon before his audience, if it is for no other purpose than focusing attention in the introduction of his subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.