Mr. DRESELr was greeted with a spontaneous ani fervent welcome, when he took his seat at the piano, and his exquisitely expressive rendering of the two Songs without Words by Mendelssohn (the “ Duet” and “ Spring Song”), the striking Etude by Ferdi- : nand Hiller, the Adagio from a Concerto and the Etude by Chopin, held the andience in hushed delight; indeed we know of more than one adverse prejudice that owned itself melted away by that performance.