This volume is comprised of five lectures, delivered by J. A. Broadus to a popular audience at Newton Theological Institution in 1875. This work discusses preaching styles, as well as French and English preachers throughout history.
[Broadus'] textbook...is the most widely used text on preaching ever published; more than a century later, it is still used in many colleges and seminaries.
—Michael Duduit, Handbook of Contemporary Preaching