His Dream might have shown, had it ever been finished.
Columbia, I bear o'er the ocean that sunders
But cannot un-kin us, the love undiminished
Of all whom I speak for—that's England all over—
Here's luck, in a bumper, to you and your Show!
Ambassador Punch, your Admirer and Lover,
Believes the World's Fair will turn out a Great Go!
Music in May.—Albert Hall gave a good Concert last Wednesday night. C. V. Stanford's "East to West," libretto by Poet Swinburne, is cleverish. To encores Sir Joseph Barnby says, as a rule, "Not for Sir Joseph." Quite right. Miss Palliser, known as Miss Buckingham Palliser, because she sang at a Court Concert, charming; and Mr. E. J. Lloyd as The Old Obadiah, excellent. Chorus, like the weather, very fine; Orchestra set fair, or fair set. Hall full, but, now and again, it's a Hall-full place for sound.