, 1869-04-18

"At the close OF thsB concert / CHANGED In
es.s eas p1 e xesas...esa; 81 sss 7ssa ssa. :,
alVay. had Kind loof ior iii IN Inv va, con-
ncessd With him. he remarked me, and s.id WITH
delight! 1ou Intend 70 learn to sing like THAI
since hearing Jenny Lind, should Ike 10 study
oay M sad nagai, he eagerly rctolned: Well done:
tne Presence Of real greatness viii never become
iooFoo&1ly Artistic Ncmust ever sttte after the
h'Fhea aims, and ntser become weary, or allow our
wings Idly 10 droep, merely because Others have,
Garner taa1 OURSELVES, attained the goal 10 which
The extract VIC have quoted not only recalls
Fcz5 dellghuul "Reminiscences Of tho great cantA-
trce In the palny days Of her renown, but viii
gtve The reader very Isir idea Of the style Of the
book In addition TO the leeoEectons OF the
winter, the usaslAtoE has earned the gratitude Of
cvery lover Of Aendelssohn By addng an sppen-
dix to the work, containing some valuable letter.
hitherto unpublished, contributed ty the w1doN
Of MI. Bartholomew, who wrote the hSrstta OF
many Of hts works three letters on the subject OF
the INT performance OF the "Eljah, :" b! The BIZ
nlngnsm Harmonic Society: letter from Ar.
Ferdinand David, wntle1 at the time OF Aendeis-
sohn 3 death letters to Nj. Sovello anl Madame
Ermann; and an interesting correspondence On
tic subject OF Sebastian Bach 5 Organ Sonata2
The complete life Of Mendclssohn ts yet TO be
written, hut the work before Is none the Less
acceptable. Anything which tends - shed addt-
uouzl light upon the laIucuted uaster. or to bring
on, more clearly his extraordinary moral and In
tellectual worth, hts beauty of character, and
hia exalted musical genius Is not only valuable
contribution for the future bographcr, but dear
ly-prized souvenir for the admirers OF Felix Men,
del1sohn- n-BaIthold{.
EMS. By EpwARD C1ARxScE STKDxAN- 199 pp-
Boston: Fields, O4good Co. Chicago: Amer.-'
can News Company. ls6ss
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beauty Of "Altce Of Monmouth compare NTH
tha id5s Of tutnuItnuus and guilty passion only
the breath Of the cool west wind cout1sssa with
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Ia faulty IN The very LACE OF that umpld and trans
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lie MI. stedmaua writing, whether here or else
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Long since, tnere was PItnee@ o. INC oiood-
sole nelress to me cfoNn he1 iatnet 19lsI
Phi for4h and xi,herei ere II others bore:
And scarce the King her blossomed youth had
secu,
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A't. sAeseu " W. outn"4ot "".A p'|t1t" y
ubout half wnJ between England and Arcadia, We
return to the Queen:
Her beauty WIS not that which brings to ruth
MenR lives, but clear and luminous. and far
fier locks, and over all q sovereign 1lr
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