15 MAY 1886, Page 14

MUSICAL LITERATURE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—In my paper on " Musical Literature," I find that by an oversight I inadvertently substituted " sparing "—the Word which ends the nett stanza—for " daring," in the quotation from Rubinstein's songs. As this error introduces an absurdity for which the translator is not responsible, I must ask you to allow me to offer him an apology for my carelessness.—I am,