The book Conversation is a classic language arts text by Mary Greer Conklin. Here is a quote from the author, “Those heretofore interested in agreeable speech will at once recognize my obligation to the few men and women who have written entertainingly on conversation, and from whom I have often quoted. My excuse for offering a new treatment is that I may perhaps have succeeded in bringing the subject more within the reach of the general public, and to have written more exhaustively. The deductions I have made are the result of an affectionate interest in my subject and of notes taken during a period of many years. If the book affords readers one-half the pleasure and stimulus it has brought to me, my labors will be happily rewarded.”

This book has been reprinted many times and as recently as 2022.

Note: There is a pencil date on the inside back cover, “April 17, ’15.” plus the numbers “141, 179”