26 DECEMBER 1846, Page 19

Davidson's Songs of Charles Dibdin. Part I. Davidson's Universal Melodist.

Part I.

The first of these is a reprint of a collection of Dibdin's Songs, which originally appeared in numbers, under the editorial superintendence of Mr. Hogarth. As we noticed this work formerly, it is sufficient to say that the present republication is very correctly and handsomely got up.

The Universal Melodist is a miscellaneous Collection of all sorts of songs; of which the melodies only are given, without any sort of accom- paniment. It promises to be much more ample than select; for the part before us contains many things of a very hackneyed and vulgar description.