... to the world I lat heads, round heads, narrow heads, heads with no back to them worth mentioning, I others with no top to speak of, heads on which the bump of benevolence appears I as a depression instead of an elevation, as I though it had taken effect ...

... musical proficiency considerably above the amateur level. It is quite unnecessary, and v would be entirely beside the mark, to speak of v his mausical compositions as ?? did of M' Ltouis XIV.'s verses, as Voltaire did of those to of the Great Frederick;. They ...

... the English version of I Wagner's DeT Fliqeside Hettasider (as produced by Mr. Rosa in 1876) was announced. Of this we must speak t hereafter. t THi. MONING BALLAD CONCERT given by 1 Mr. JohnBoosey, atSt.James'sHall, lastweek consisted largely of songs ...

... repetition by year corresp~ondent re- veals a complete misconception of the problem involved in teachinp singing ; and, to speak mildly, is a disin- genuous disregard of easily ascertainable facts. l sup- pose it may bh taken for granted that insular ...

... Johann Svedsen, a Norwegian composer (now in the meridian of his career), of whose music we have had several occasions to speak in terms of commendation, especially of an orchestral symphony of his Rhapsodies Nen'rgiennes, I and his overturs to Sisursd ...

... however like to point :out a few of the errors into which Mr. Bingham has fallen, espe- cially in the first volume. In page 20, speaking of the negotiations which followed the battle of Austerlitz, he says: It was either the height of impudence or insanity ...

... the A student to prepare himself for public exaiMIha- sson tions. It assumes that the learner's object is to ?? write and speak French, and not merely to was study the language as we study Greek and y Latin. in these days, from a purely literary point ...

... from the weall-known episode t in Moore's La~le .Rokh. Of Mr.' Staford's composi- t ?? we have more than ones had occasion to speak, i among them bking a symphony and a Festival Overture that have been performed at Crystal Palace concerts. The operatic overture ...

... English regiment, his father had commanded an Irish regiment,' and his brother dommanded a Scotch regiment, so that lie might speak with some little authority on the qualities of the British soldier, who was now, he believed, what he had ever been. (Cheers ...

... London a t extra effort should be made to add whatever may be of interest to the general public, though it may, strictly speaking, come under the cate- gory of non-essentials. Tanks containing sped- mens of living fish, for example, would be of E the ...

... laughed over the performance of Mr. Edison's speaking pho- nograph, The words 1 Welcome to their Royal Highnesses the Dukeandfuchessof Edinburgh, were spoken into the phonograph by Mr. John- son. When the speaking trumpet was put on the instrument, and the ...

... o srsuv in risiseg to propose the next resolution,sadatith noble lord whlo spoklaclst felt it necessary to apologisa for speaking on such a lbt subject, and to indicate an intention of~ limiting his I5'l remarks, still moreowas such a necessity imposed ...