readers. The book is not intended to be a treatise on singing, nor does it profess to be an exhaustive treatment of tone production. It deals only with the fundamentals, the basis on which all more advanced work must rest. Its purpose is to present simply and in easily understood terms the essentials—and essentials only— of good tone production in such order, and the accompanying instruction and exercises with such definiteness, that the difficulties which discourage so many earnest voice students may be, at least, minimized. The lessons are the outcome qf practical studio experience, and the exercises have been tested again and again with many students qf varying degrees qf vocal talent. —Arthur L. Manchester. Spartanburg, S. C, October, 1907.

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