Maccabe, Frederic: Maccabe's Art of Ventriloquism and Vocal Illusions ©1875 Frederick Warne & Co., England Softcover, perfect-bound 4.25x6.5", 56 pages ©1875 Robert M. De Witt, NY Also released as: Maccabe, Frederick: Secrets of Ventriloquism and Vocal Illusions Softcover, staple bound, 5.25x7.5", 56 pages plus ads Also published as part of The People's Handbook Series F.M Lupton Publisher NY

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Comments: "With full directions to learners how to acquire a pleasing vocalization; showing how to being and practice marvelous illustrations of Ventriloquism..."

Contents (from R.M. DeWitt edition book ToC):

5 Ventriloquism
5 Why So Little Understood
5 Popular Misconception Dispelled
6 Instructions In
8 Opinions Of Amateurs On
9 Qualities Of A Professor Of

10 What Ventriloquism Is
10 Origin Of The Term
10 On Familiar Spirits
11 On The Vocal Organs
11 Effect Of Practice
12 Producing Illusive Effects
12 Voice And Speech In Reference To The Art
13 Modification Of The Voice

14 The Vocal Organs And Their Movements
14 Mechanism Of The Voice
15 Natural Laws Of Sound
15 Abuse Of The Vocal Organs
16 "Shut Your Mouth"
17 Modifications Of Voice By Lips, Teeth, Tongue And Voice
18 Dr Rush's Theories Of The Voice
19 Discoveries By The Laryngoscope
20 Importance Of Training The Voice
21 Influence Of Temperament

22 On The Effects Of Sound
22 On Tone
22 On The Strength Of A Sound
22 On The Pitch Of A Tone
23 Musical Examples
23 On The Qualities Of The Ear
24 The Eustachian Tube
25 Study Of Sound

26 How to Begin and Practice Ventriloquism
26 Use of a Mirror
26 Position of the Lips
26 Practice on the Consonants
27 Practice on the Vowels
27 Practice on Short Sentences
27 Improving the Voice
28 Transition of Voices
28 Falsetto Voice in Ventriloquism
29 Guttural Voice in Ventriloquism
29 Distant Voices
29 Illustration from "The Tempest"
30 Capital Practice with "Come Here"
31 Modulation of the Voice

31 Polxphonism And Ventriloquism
31 Imitation of Different Animals
31 Amusing Experiment
32 Proper Emphasis, &c

33 Ventriloquial Dialogues.
33 The Man on the Chimney and the Man on the Roof
38 Practical Remarks on Foregoing Dialogue
39 Dialogue between the Ventriloquist, Jem on the Roof, and Bill in the Chimney
40 Practical Remarks on the Foregoing
41 The English Railway Porter giving Imitations of the Fat Little Man, Fat Old Lady, Jocular Young Man, Asthmatical Old Man, Intoxicated Man, and Yankee Chaffer
42 Song, "The Railway Station"
47 Fred. Maccabe's Pranks when a Boy
48 Fred. Maccabe and the Irish Donkey
49 Example from "My Name is Norval"
49 Dummy Acting
50 Alexandre's Mimetic Powers
51 Alexandre's Trick on the Mayor of London
52 Alexandre and the Load of Hay

53 Concluding Remarks
53 Art of Breathing Speaking and Singing
54 The Physical Requirements of Song ; Dr. Pardee's Great Article from Lotus Leases

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