The Moonrise. Schottische. By Carlo Minasi. (simpson And...
piece is below the average of the author's previous compositions of dance-music, many of which are deservedly well known. Thire is a want of originality in this schottische.......
New Music.
Fleur de Lys. By E. Renville. (Simpson and Co.)—We can find nothing to admire in this piece, for it is devoid of anything likely to advance music in its purest form. There are,......
Children's Boosts.—a Few " Children's Books " Remain To Be
noticed. The Daisy Root, by Mrs. Herbert Martin (Sunday-School Association), is a simple, pathetic little story of how two children were rescued from the misery and want of......
Memoir Of The Life And Episcopate Of Edward Feild, D.d.,
Bishop of Newfoundland. By the Rev. H. W. Tucker. (W. Wells Gardner.)— Edward Feild, after a successful career at Oxford, where he united the duties of a college lecturer (he......
Cradle Song, For The Pianoforte. By Walter Macfarren....
and Co.)—Mr. Macfarren's piece is extremely elegant in style, and will prove to be very useful as a lesson to players of moderate ability. We cannot account for his superfluous......
Meeting And Parting. Canzonet. By Herbert Baines. (cramer...
is a laboured and unsatisfactory effort. There is an absence of melody in it. The symphony is meaningless; it suggests a spirited march, rather than the sentiment of the words......
Marks On The Door. By Mark May. (sampson Low And
Co.)—The only thing in this novel distinguishing it from countless others which describe love-making, successful or unsuccessful, is the alarming sug- gestion of a society in......
A Wooing Of Ate: By John Olive. 3 Vols. (chapman
and Hall.) —Here we have the old problem of whether a man should marry into a family where there is a taint of hereditary insanity. We are introduced in the first chapter to two......
The Savage Life. A Second Series Of " Camp Notes."
By Frederick Boyle. (Chapman and Hall.)—Mr. Boyle is an indefatigable wanderer. The Diamond-Fields of South Africa, Nicaragua, the Gold Coast, Sarawak, are among the scenes of......
Hymn For The Night. Sacred Song. By H. W. A.
Beale. (Simpson and Co.)—This is a well-written though simple song, and is within the limits of voices of ordinary compass. There is, perhaps, a little too much......
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