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2. CHAPTER XVI. FLUTE IN AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA. Early notices and players—Later players of foreign origin—Ernst—Introduction of the Böhm flute—Native American players—Kyle—Lemmone ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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3. CHAPTER XVII. FLUTE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE—POET FLAUTISTS. Early English references—Chaucer—Flute and fife in Shakespeare—In the early dramatists—In the poets—References to the qualities of the flute—Epithets applied to it—Cowper—Longfellow—Other poets—Prose references—In modern novelists—Dickens—A weird flute story—Flute in American authors—Sidney Lanier—Other literary flautists—Legends ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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4. CHAPTER XVIII. CURIOSITIES OF THE FLUTE. Flutes of curious materials—Walking-stick flutes—Ornamented flutes—Böhm's crutch—Ward's terminator—Various other inventions—The Giorgi flute—Automaton players—Dulon, the blind flautist—Rebsomen, the one-armed flautist—Hallet, the youthful prodigy—How to silence a flautist ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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5. CHAPTER XIX. FLUTES OF ORIENTAL AND SAVAGE NATIONS. Oriental flutes—Chinese—Japanese—Effect of the flute on animals—Indian flutes—Nose-flutes—South American flutes—The love flute—Ancient prejudices—The Fathers and the Puritans ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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6. Appendix I.—Early Instruction Books for Transverse Flute ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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7. ″ II.—Wooden and Metal Flutes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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8. ″ III.—Bibliography of the Flute ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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9. Index ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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