emand for it amongst the members of the musical
public. The style is admirably simple and lucid, and every statement
made is in accordance with the latest views on the subject held by
physiologists and anatomists of acknowledged eminence.

KEY BOARD.

The most reasonable, practical, and common-sense work to be found
anywhere.

THE VOICE.

This book is clear and plain, and gives just the information that every
singer and speaker should have. It is the ablest and most practical
treatise on the voice we have seen.

THE INQUIRER.

Men have set themselves to try and ascertain the actual process by which
vocal sounds are produced, and thus to form a scientific basis on which
to found a way of training voices. Herr Behnke, in a singularly clear
and lucid manner, brings the whole subject before the reader, and, to
make it readily understood by non-scientific people, gives a translation
of the Greek terms used by physiologists side by side with the
originals. We cannot too strongly insist upon the necessity of forming a
scientific basis for teaching singing, and, indeed, for training the
voice for public speaking, &c. We congratulate Herr Behnke upon the
patience and perseverance with which he has pursued his investigations
with the laryngoscope.

MUSIC.

Mr. Emil Behnke has already made himself known to the leading members of
the musical and medical professions by his learned lectures on "The
Theory of Voice Production," and has gained the esteem of those
interested in the subject by the masterly manner in which he deals with
the matter, as well as his unaffected and, as far as possible,
untechnical treatment of it. Mr. Behnke has done much to popularize the
study of the human voice, and his book (which abounds in admirable
plates) deserves to be widely known.

EDUCATIONAL TIMES.

It is but rarely that science figures as the handmaid of art, yet this
book is a signal instance of it, for it is one of the first attempts, if
not the very first, at an investigation, on strictly scientific
principles, of the normal and the abnormal development of the voice,
both in speaking and singing. Herr Behnke, who is both a musician and a
physiologist, has brought to bear upon this subject his knowledge as a
musician, and the results of several years of patient and careful
scientific experiments. We cannot too highly commend this little work to
the attention of all those interested in so important a subject.

BIRMIN