XIV CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



PAGE 



Certain Marks which Characterize the Sounds of Monkeys 

 as Speech. — Sounds Accompanied by Gestures. — Cer- 

 tain Acts Follow Certain Sounds. — They Acquire New 

 Sounds. — Their Speech Addressed to Certain Individ- 

 uals. — Deliberation and Premeditation. — They Re- 

 member and Anticipate Results. — Thought and 

 Reason, 169 



CHAPTER VI. 



The Phonograph as an Aid to Science. — Vowels the Basis 

 of Phonation. — Consonants Developed from a Vowel 

 Basis. — Vowels are Compound. — The Analysis of 

 Vowels by the Phonograph. — Current Theories of 

 Sound. — Augmentation of Sounds. — Sound-Waves and 

 Sound- Units. — Consonants among the Lower Races, 176 



CHAPTER VII. 



The Human Voice. — Human Bag-Pipe. — Human Piccolo, 

 Flute, and Fife. — The Voice as a Whistle. — Music and 

 Noise. — Dr. Bell and his Visible Speech, . . . 185 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Some Curious Facts in Vocal Growth. — Children and 

 Consonants. — Single, Double, and Treble Conso- 

 nants. — Sounds of Birds. — Fishes and their Lan- 

 guage. — Insects and their Language, . . .189 



CHAPTER IX. 



Facts and Fancies of Speech. — Language in the Vege- 

 table Kingdom. — Language in the Mineral Kingdom, 199 



CHAPTER X. 



The Speech and Reason of Domestic Animals. —Dash 

 and the Baby. — Two Collies Talk. — Eunice Under- 

 stands her Mistress. — Two Dogs and the Phono- 

 graph.— A Canine Family. — Cats and Dogs.— Insects, 207 



