, 1879-01-26

;. 617l521n approximately, which numbers hp d;,1
uotcommit to paper until the same visitor ret,,rn.
l. ed, when theY were dictated from metuory. tn
}, sums are: indeed, puzzlingi but for real jn,r;-
cacy and uufathomabcness they do not corDn.r.
with the 1lorid's prize,queStion: "Why js !,
door-nail called dead'"
THE BRAVuRA STYLE OF MUSICAL CRIT.
CISM.
It was an interesting, II not p,ofonnd,r
original, reflection OF 4 Chicago preacher fast
Sabbath that the pleasures and amuscments ~
one portion Of society are not infrequently nj.
tended by corresponding degree OF misery in.
hicted on another class. We think we have mat
fancy OF this kind before; ii we arc not mis-
taken, something OF the same sort is intimatpd
in the verses OF a number Of poets, and In The
pages Of several nhilosophic writer's: but tha
idea Is none the less striking in many OF the an-
plications to which the eloquent speaker mt r.
and would have been still more striking in soma
applications to which he might have put il. Int
did not.
He might hare told u.s. for instance. II ha
cou1d,-stnce it is to be presumed that be. Hta
every other higa-toned clergyman in the ctr
had attended the Royal Opera during the yeek
by what peculiar application OF the priucin1e
unlcr discussion an event OF surh exa1te,
happiness as the opera season has been to one
class OF people should be to another class pno
| found and burdensome af1iiction. For weeks
before the opening night, while Miss SAMANTHA
CLEAENTIsB Was In an ecstasy OF delightful
anttcipations Of the great event, young
MIR. ADoLPaUs PERIwISkLE, who Is re-.
porter or something on the Daily Buq'e. Blaa.
| was III q condition OF the heaviest melaucholy
! Not that ADoLpHUs has no love OF music in bin
| soul. II he cannot be moved bY q concord Of
sweet sounds, he thinks no man On the paper
can. And hc was going to the opera, Of course:
| be had arranged to be present every night Of
| the season. But here was the secret OF hi,
grict-the source of all his woes: He was TO
report the opera for his paper. ADoLPaUs
had reported musical events before. He had
experienced the curses Of printers and the
wrath OF proof-readers who 1aoored to present
his musical reports in print; and his spirits had
not been soothed by accidentally overhcasiny
some musical people whom be had criticised
referring to him as s' the colossal ass who does
the music criticism for the Buge-Blust.n y He
had scarcely Jet recovered from his terrific
Trestle with the English aud most other modern
languages, on the occasion OF the concerts Of
WILnELM1, when be had succeeded In making
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the1a tHvp~ - y. .. n'ss !o1' "as ~
=. ,:a1r - 49, -as - .ts stse D1l@4 es'
the reflection arises whether there Is apy y1tal
neccsz;tv that newzn,,or cr;t;c,.n,e ~ -,,s;.,1
J .1s 1 ~, ~'e''u1' VI n1"sGai
constructed affairs that custom has made them,
Thoea ,rbo rv-,+a thorn or;dor+1r ,,o,-. 49,.
>aro;o atto,'ats ~ ~ ~ 4s,,: .m .e ..ls u,os'
to certain model; but may It not be possible
that the model ia q far1tr ona7 .r,1r-.d II,
.A"1 l.e 1.4""ot - s4a"ttl ooe' auH!1eo d lit
..e' ~ ''ohs ~ 1noush ane prevailing st''e OF
uiu'ieai e1itletsa "cfe psseo upon not'on tnat
uAos'e' ou' 11ae tuese "ust W al analQ&7 De-
tween u,e iause " NOES .. musical pe51orm-
auee auu Ane !anse VI oesel1ptl'e terms appEed
W lt'~sne "1ner seehlnS 10 lofce taesc terms
~ "1onI eaaS ~ 1ansuaso corresponding u
the musical gamut OF the singers voice.
when the voice rises fnto the hfoher and nnoro
a;n7n,tt ,t. 49,; --.a- :,:I.
toteoa tNe Acbo1lef LIES W CHILD 10 the
same altitude; but his dull 1eaden pencil will
not reach those si1verr nfphts he attemnta tn
49,. ...e -:Ss sr ~
pot lnlo pf4nt tne tr1'Is, roulades, staccatos,
and sudden octave iumps'' that he heard
from GEpsrrR. b,,t those do ,or +o,a rood:1.
ta 1-.sa D.S .'.sse w ~ ...AG leaoI5
10 prose- anu seem out OF place in ITS slow and
ponderous measures. He specially admires tho
lk ka,,hro;aa.,-u - ;+h ,,;a, a
.;no~;no<. o,,a ~ ~ .sanssz.;aaoa ;, ,;s saa
49,. ~ ~ " o' Ai' o''e"'p
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,ot.a7 20 h,+ e.an;;t. ~. su.eualSSn WIN eaas
a., o ~ =, VIZ tAt; LuescIIoaoe. oataI"ays
t' G,, ,nas 80 'he .ue tle oe!ow .ae oioom OF tne
toMsl, or me secret springs that unknown and
While in the wonderful canacitv m TINT he.pt-
'n upper register, which il Of itself crystalline
ths the wl M san2 f9ia Ttn a. a5y ses o.