"The Exiled Knight;" a Song. By JOHN BARNETT.
Our opinion of this song was given in the review of the Musical Bijou ; it is only necessary, therefore, to announce its republication in a separate form.
A Set of Ten Songs, and Two Duets. The Words and Music by Two Sisters. Gallantry forbids our judging of this very pretty book, set off as it is in Mr. PonrEn's best style of getting up, by the severe rules which we are wont to apply to compositions in general The fair writers and com- posers are the Hon. Mrs. NORTON and Mrs. BLACKWOOD : whe- ther the poetry is all by one hand, is not stated, but the music is their joint production. Upon the former we are inclined to bestow the larger share of commendation ; of the latter our praise must be qualified. We have no doubt, that in a room filled with fashionables, these airs, sung and accompanied by their composers, have been listened to with pleasure ; but this gratification has never fallen to our lot, and we are compelled to judge of them by our own (we dare say indifferent) per- formance. The truth is, we did begin to feel rather tired before we arrived at the end of the work, and to wish that the muse of the ladies had prompted some relief to such a succession of sombre sentiments. The Book of Lamentations would have been a fit title for the volume. Some of the airs pleased us • but they are not remarkable for melody, and the modulations are the fewest possible. It would have been wise in the "Two Sisters" to have submitted their arrangements, at least, to some professional adviser, who would have purged them of certain technical errors, such as the following
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