ART OF CORRECT SPEECH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18346, 12 March 1923, Page 5

ART OF CORRECT SPEECH.

SELF-TRAINING METHOD.

An aid to all who desire to cultivate perfect speaking, whether on the public platform, in the drawing room, or in the business office, is contained in the selftraining method devised and now published in booklet form by Mr. C. N. Baeyertz. A perusal of this new correspondence course will, it is claimed, leave no doubt as to the efficacy of the instruction, and anyone capable of distinguishing between good and indifferent English can, it is said, readily understand that conscious application on the lessons for a few minutes a day should speedily develop in the student a voice and enunciation of pleasant pitch, quality, and resonance. The instruction is concise and unmistakable in meaning, and the reader soon becomes absorbed with the entertaining character and simplicity of the lessons. The author imparts his instruction with keen insight into most of the prevalent defects in speech and practical knowledge of the most successful means for their reading. As a critic in art, a journalist, and judge of numerous elocutionary, literary and musical competitions throughout Australasia he is well known, and his ability as a literary critic commands respect. The lesssons are as much stamped with his originality as his well-known writings. As an antidote to slovenliness of speech and a factor in encouraging virility and melody in language, the method will doubtless be regarded as an important contribution to the modern educational system, of special value to adults and teachers of children. In conjunction with his course of instruction, Mr. Baeyertz has issued a brochure entitled "Purpose and Attainment," in which the new method is described and its purpose explained. The brochure and books of instruction are published by the C. N. Baeyertz Institute, Sydney, New South Wales.