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before the Young Men's Christian Association, in the city of

Dublin.

They are decidedly above the average standard of such compositions; and the members of this association are very fortunate in finding such men as Archbishop Whately, the Right Hon. James Whiteside, and the Right Hon. Joseph Napier, both ready and willing to minister to their instruction and amusement. One of the most interesting lectures in the volume is that on music, by Robert Prescott Stewart, Professor of Music in Dublin University.