5 JULY 1845, Page 19

Vocal Gems of Germany. A Selection of Songs by the

most celebrated German Composers ; with the Original Words and an English Translation. Edited, with an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte, by W. II. Calcott. The absolute amount of lyrical merit in these productions is perhaps not higher than our own country could claim were originality the sole standard: yet have the German song-writers a great superiority in the modulation, movement, and design of their works; which are so artistically dressed up for public appearance, that a melody by no means original passes off with applause and something like novelty, disguised by artful accompaniments. One of the prettiest of the present set of Vocal Gems is " The Bride at the Grave of her Mother," by Heinrich Proch.