From the Special Article (71 pages) by Mr. HENRY BIRD, Accompanist at the ‘Pops,’ and the St. James’s Ballad Concerts; Organist at St. Mary Abbot’s, Kensington, &c.:
Ballad Concerts.—... A long and arduous experience of this class of entertainment has convinced me of the immense difficulty of prolonging the life of children beyond the second verse of a sentimental ballad. Once the chords in the accompaniment are grouped in threes nothing can save them from the celestial regions. Here we may note the great superiority of Music over the other arts. Literature gives us the grand conception of the Heavenly Twins, but Music presents us with the still grander achievement of the Angelic Triplets....
[The New Volumes also contain Articles on MADAME CLARA BUTT, WHOOPING COUGH, and the Works of F. E. WEATHERLY.]
Baskervilles, Hound of. See DOGS’ HOME.
Bigham, Mr. Justice. See OMAN’S ‘ART OF WAUGH.’
MEN OF LETTERS MANUFACTURED NOT BORN.