Supplement to the Singing Master.
The author of this novel and useful work has availed himself of the publication of a Supplement to notice some of the objections which have been made to his plan of elementary instruction ; to the perfecting of which he invites suggestions from all who are friendly to the laud- able object he has in view,—that is, " to teach children as much music as will increase the innocent enjoyments of youth, and at the same time lay a foundation upon which a more scientific structure may be raised in after years." In noticing the work itself, we expressed our doubts whether it was laid out with a sufficiently methodical and progressive arrangement to effect the author's design ; and these are confirmed by his own subsequent experience. " Since the work appeared, he has spent," as he informs us, "much of his time in schools ; and thus been enabled to discover the imperfections of the work, which was at first published with this experimental view. Should he be induced to per- severe in his labours, and set about the task of preparing a second edition, it will be recast in a different form."
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