Hanky Panky

by Wiljalba Frikell

THE OCULAR AND OLFACTORY HARPSICHORD.

Reverends Père Castel and the Abbé Poncell have constructed, on the supposed connection of flavours, perfumes, and colours, the following amusing scales:—

Ut	blue	sharp.
Ut dièze	sea-green
Re	bright green	sickly, insipid.
Re dièze	olive
Mi	yellow	sweet.
Fa	deep yellow	bitter.
Fa dièze	orange
Sol	red	bitter-sweet.
Sol dièze	crimson
La	violet	harsh.
La dièze	violet-blue
Si	iris blue	piquant.

It is true that a blind man, noted in ocular science, likened the blast of a trumpet to scarlet, and Shakspeare speaks of the sweet south wind, but for the greater part of the above comparisons there is a deficiency of authorities.