Grenville Kleiser (1868– 1935) was a North American author. He was the author of a long list of inspirational books and guides to oratorical success and personal development. Kleiser also worked as an instructor in Public Speaking at Yale Divinity School, Yale University.^[1]

Kleiser was born in 1868 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He married Elizabeth Thompson in 1894. He died on August 27, 1953^[2] in New York City.

Works

• How to Speak in Public (1906)
• Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience (1908)
• The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01: Basil to Calvin (1908, as editor)
• The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02: Hooker to South (1908, as editor)
• The World's Great Sermons, Volume 03: Massillon to Mason (1908, as editor)
• The World's Great Sermons, Volume 04: L. Beecher to Bushnell (1908, as editor)
• The World's Great Sermons, Volume 05: Guthrie to Mozley (1908, as editor)
• The World's Great Sermons, Volume 06: H.W. Beecher to Punshon (1908, as editor)
• The World's Great Sermons, Volume 07: Hale to Farrar (1908, as editor)
• The World's Great Sermons, Volume 08: Talmage to Knox Little (1908, as editor)
• The World's Great Sermons, Volume 09: Cuyler to Van Dyke (1908, as editor)
• The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10: Drummond to Jowett - General Index (1908, as editor)
• Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases (1917)
• How to Argue and Win (1910)
• Stories that Take (1910)
• Phrases for Public Speakers and Paragraphs for Study (1910, as compiler)
• Christ, the Master Speaker (1910, as compiler)
• Helpful Hints on Writing and Reading (1911, as compiler)
• How to Read and Declaim (1911)
• Miscellaneous Studies in Prose (1911, as compiler)
• Richard Chenevix Trench, The Study of Words (1911, condensed by)
• Models for Study (1911, as compiler)
• Kleiser's Complete Guide to Public Speaking (1915)
• Talks on Talking (1916)
• Inspiration and Ideals. Thoughts for Every Day (1917)
• Successful Methods of Public Speaking (1919)
• Model Speeches for Practise (1920, as compiler)
• The Training of a Public Speaker (1920)
• How to Sell Through Speech (1920)
• Impromptu Speeches: How to Make Them (1920)
• Something to Say: and How to Say It (1920)
• Word Power: How to Develop It (1920)
• How to Build Mental Power
• How to Develop Self-confidence in Speech and Manner
• How to Improve Your Conversation
• How to Develop Power and Personality in Speaking
• Great Speeches and How to Make Them
• Make Your Life Worth Living
• Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric (editor)
• Training for Power and Leadership
• Mail Course in Public Speaking
• Mail Course in Practical English
• Mail Course in Business Success
• George Campbell, The Philosophy of Rhetoric (editor)
• How to Speak Without Notes
• Vital English for Speakers and Writers
• Salesmanship and Advertising
• Daily Steps to Power
• Talks on Efficiency
• Letters that Produce Results
• How to Make and Save Money