Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). [Illustration: Portrait with inscription - Yours faithfully Charles Wesley Emerson] P S Y C H O V O X OR THE EMERSON SYSTEM OF VOICE CULTURE. BY CHARLES WESLEY EMERSON. _Founder of the Emerson College of Oratory_, BOSTON, MASS. [Illustration: logo] EMERSON PUBLISHING COMPANY MILLIS, MASS. 1923 COPYRIGHT, 1897. BY CHARLES WESLEY EMERSON. CONTENTS Voice, the Natural Reporter of the Individual. Organs that Produce, Reinforce, and Give Resonant Forms to the Voice. Relation of the Proper Use of the Voice to Health. Relation of the Proper Use of the Voice to the Nervous System. Relation of Pitch to Resonance. Methods for Cultivating the Voice. Exercises. Rhythm. Quality of Voice. Vocal Technique. Index. “_When a man lives with God, his_ _voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of_ _the brook and the rustle of the corn._” =PSYCHO VOX.= =_VOICE, THE NATURAL REPORTER OF THE INDIVIDUAL._= It is true in nature, in both organic and inorganic matter, that sound reports the quality of substance, that is, the quality of the sound indicates the quality of the object which produces it. This is very apparent in the animal kingdom. The naturalist knows by the tone of the bird’s voice what kind of bird it is. The hunter knows by the voice of a wild animal heard in the distance whether it is carniverous or herbiverous; for in the voice of the former he hears something which is savage, something which tears, while in the latter he hears the softer tones of the milder animal. In this treatise I shall consider the human voice as the natural reporter of the individual, his character, and his physical and mental states. I am not considering the individual in any narrow sense, but in the sense of his entire being—body and mind.