Over thirty-five unpublished and out-of-print speeches of Emperor Haile Selassie the First of Ethiopia. "This volume of His Imperial Majesty's public utterances is published on the 57th Anniversary of His Birthday as a beginning of the publication of a collection of these utterances." An Anthology of Some of the Public Utterances of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I was published in 1949 and is the first official speech book in the series. Speeches delivered by His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie 1st, Emperor of Ethiopia, on various occasions, May 1957-December 1959 published in 1960, Selected Speeches of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I published in 1967, Important Utterances of H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I published in 1972 and The Fruit of the Lips of Emperor Haile Selassie I (seven Amharic volumes) are considered to be the five official speech books of the Emperor.