THE ORGANS OF SPEECH, 



And their Application in the Formation of 

 Articulate Sounds. 



By GEORG HERMANN VON MEYER, 



Professor of Anatomy at the University of Zurich. 



Witli numerous Illustrations. - - - 12mo, clotli, §1.75. 



" At once philosophical and practical, suitable as a text-book in a medical col- 

 lege or for reading at home. Persons engaged in philological studies, and all 

 professional musicians, will find it full of extremely useful facts and suggestions." 

 —New York Journal of Commerce. 



" This volume comprises the author''s researches into the anatomy of the vo- 

 cal organs, with special reference to the point of view and needs of the philolo- 

 gist and the trainer of the voice. It seeks to explain the origin of artif'-Jate 

 sounds, and to outline a system in which all elements of all languages may be 

 co-ordinated in their proper place. The work has obviously a special value for 

 students in the science of the transmutations of lantruage, for etymologists, elo- 

 cutionists, and musicians."— A'isto York Home Journal. 



" The author perceives in the sounds made by animals meanings analogous to 

 words, and in support of this is the fact that in the legends of all nations an im- 

 portant part is played by wise men who understand the language of the brute 

 creation. With patient thoroughness Professor von Meyer describes minutely 

 the vocal apparatus, and the sounds produced by the complex combinations of 

 its simple parts."— Ciw^/i/iaii Commercial Gazette. 



" It is surprising to note what different sounds, and shades of tone and mean- 

 ing, can be produced by volition in the use of the human organs of speech." — 

 Hartford Daily Times. 



"The book presents a happy combination of the Teutonic thoroughness of 

 treatment with the method and lucidity of statement which especially distinguit-h 

 French scientists. The author's expositions are remarkable for their clearness 

 and avoidance of technicalities ; while their meaning is rcndend more apparent 

 by the use of numerous diagrams."— jE<i/«6Mr^A Scotsman. 



" Tlie work is a thorough and exhaustive one."— JBo«/o» Commonwealth. 



"The author's plan h;is been to give a sketch of all possible articulate sounds, 

 and to trace upon that basis their relations and capacity for combination." — 

 Philadelphia North American. 



" A treatise of remarkable interest,"— Boston Transcript, 



" Ought to be welcomed for the varied, new, and original interpretations con- 

 tained in the book.'"— Ilarrisburg Telegraph. 



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