We also greatly regret to record the death, through an
accident in America, of Mr. Gervase Elwes, the well-known singer. When he left the Diplomatic Service to become a professional singer he did so out of sheer love for the singer's art. His interpretation of every song was a thing complete in itself, distinguished, and perfectly considered. We have had no finer interpreter of Bach, and, at all events in his later years, Mr. Elwes would probably have admitted that Bach was his favourite even to the displace- ment of Balms. His accomplished singing was inseparable from his character and his temperament. He sang always with perfect taste and perfect good breeding ; it was this which distinguished him rather than the quality of his voice. In all his acts he was unfailingly regardful of others. He was a devout Roman Catholic, and it would be impossible to point to a more admirable type among the English Roman Catholic, families.
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