8 MAY 1886, Page 13

MUSICAL LITERATURE.

[To THY EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...

SIR,—In order to avoid all possible misconception of the allusion to the grotesque translations of Rubinstein's songs, in the article which appeared under the above heading in your issue of May let, it is only fair to explain that the renderings attached to Messrs. Novello and Ewer's edition, and for which Mr. Hueffer is responsible, were not those referred to by yours,

THE WRITER OF THE ARTICLE.