A MUSICAL PUMP.
A Composer, whom we cannot do less than call a Musical Pump, so full is his head of crotchets and water—has published three watery sheets of music for the Pianoforte, respectively entitled "The Morning Mist," "The Rainbow," and "The Waterfall." Why should he stop here? why not thoroughly drain the subject? why not fathom it in all its depths, until he has not left a drop of water that can be sounded, or out of which any sound can be got, by any other composer? In our liberality, we beg to suggest a few subjects for him.
The Shower of Rain—dedicated to the Lessee of Vauxhall, with an illuminated frontispiece, showing a view of the "Ten Thousand additional Lamps," in water colours.
The Umbrella Galop, and Parasol Polka, dedicated to the fair frequenters of the Horticultural and Botanical Gardens—with a fine running accompaniment.
The Deluge—humbly inscribed to Lord Maidstone.
The Mackintosh March—with a view of Chobham Camp—and a beautiful waterproof wrapper.
The Bucket of Water—A composition for the milk-pail.
The Overflow—with a splendid engraving of the Surrey Zoological Gardens, showing the overflow caused by a little Poole. "Exceedingly playful."—Musical Review.
The Cats and Dogs' Schottishe, as danced at all the Scottish Fêtes in Holland Park, Cremorne, &c.
And when the subject of rain-water is fairly pumped out, there are all the other atmospheric changes, of which our climate offers such a tempting variety, and some of which must surely contain a few of the elements of success. We scarcely know which are the most ridiculous—the titles that are given now-a-days to new shirts, or the subjects that are chosen, as the sources of inspiration, by our musical composers.