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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  %M 
  

  

  ALEXANDER 
  BELL 
  OE 
  LONDON 
  

  

  Elocutionist 
  and 
  corrector 
  of 
  defective 
  ut- 
  

   terance, 
  who 
  exerted 
  a 
  profound 
  influence 
  on 
  

   his 
  grandson, 
  Alexander 
  Graham 
  Bell. 
  

  

  "mm 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Edinburgh 
  Society 
  

  

  ALEXANDER 
  GRAHAM 
  BELL 
  AT 
  TWENTY 
  

  

  From 
  early 
  childhood 
  the 
  inventor 
  of 
  the 
  

   telephone 
  evinced 
  a 
  great 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  

   of 
  sound 
  and 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  speech. 
  

  

  

  ALEXANDER 
  MELVILLE 
  BELL 
  IN 
  l868 
  

  

  The 
  father 
  of 
  Alexander 
  Graham 
  Bell, 
  who 
  

   devised 
  a 
  universal 
  alphabet 
  for 
  recording 
  the 
  

   sounds 
  of 
  all 
  languages 
  (see 
  page 
  228). 
  

  

  MRS. 
  ALEXANDER 
  MELVILLE 
  BELL 
  

  

  The 
  mother 
  of 
  Alexander 
  Graham 
  Bell, 
  whose 
  

   paintings 
  reflected 
  an 
  artistic 
  nature 
  which 
  

   was 
  transmitted 
  to 
  her 
  son 
  as 
  a 
  gift 
  for 
  music. 
  

  

  