Supplemental Hymn and Tune Book. Compiled by the Rev. R.
Brown, St. Mary Hall, Oxford, Carats of Evesham, Worcestershire.—In few things has there been a greater revolution than in our psalmody, and considering the widespread enjoyment which may be produced by a really good hymn-tune, and the amount of misery to which sensitive ears are subjected by a bad one, we really are inclined to endorse the observation of a friend who has just listened to some of the beautiful harmonies in the arrangement before us, that "the composer of a really good hymn-tune is a benefactor to the human race." Mr. Brown has really succeeded in compiling a valuable addition to our present hymnals. Rich in new harmonies, with many absolutely original tunes from able composers, with every advantage that clear print and appropriate words an furnish, we commend the careful result of mach patient labour and unusual musical talent to the notice of those of our readers who can find in each fresh harmony a new delight.
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