Lybrary.com: ebooks and download videos
Home / Author / George (Steamboat) Stewart

The Stewart Simplified Method of Mimicry and Parlor Amusement
by George (Steamboat) Stewart

$5
PDF | by download [1.11 MByte]  
The Stewart Simplified Method of Mimicry and Parlor Amusement by George (Steamboat) Stewart

If you are an entertainer you will surely appreciate this little book. This original manuscript teaches you how to imitate a wide range of sounds using only your hands and your mouth. It is very difficult to find other books on this subject so this may be your only opportunity to learn this fun and entertaining art.

Although it is not exactly magic, the magician can incorporate one or more ideas within the book in his performance with a comic effect. In the right "hands" this act will be a riot.

The booklet is packed with many imitations to learn. You will be taught to produce the following 37 sounds:

  • Flute
  • Ocarina
  • Calliope
  • Double Toned Steamboat Whistle Very Deep
  • Two Toned Whistle Siren Whistle
  • Chime Locomotive Whistle
  • Single Note Locomotive Whistle
  • Freight or Traction Engine Whistle
  • Fog Horn
  • Canary Bird
  • Mocking Bird
  • Whippoorwill
  • Quail
  • Sparrow
  • Lark
  • Parrot
  • Dove
  • Screech Owl
  • Cow, Calf, Sheep or Goat
  • Dog
  • Cat
  • Kitten
  • Mouse
  • Rat
  • Squirrel
  • Cricket
  • Horse
  • Mule
  • Monkey
  • Rooster
  • Chicken
  • Squeaking of Pulley
  • Speaking Tube Whistle

1st edition 1918, 16 pages; 1st digital edition 2015, 18 pages
word count: 3378 which is equivalent to 13 standard pages of text