The vocalist who sings with a correct method well mastered, is the rare exception. How few there are who have perfect freedom of voice, whose voices are evenly developed and of the same beauty Of tone throughout, upon all the vowel forms of the language. How few who can produce the same form and quality Of tone time after time, and who know beyond question just how they produce the tone. Such singers are rare even among professionals. With the much teaching and study of the present day in view, the question naturally arises, how is this to be accounted for? In no other way can it be accounted for than that tile art of voice culture is, as a rule, empirical, and not as it sfioula' oe, scientific.