Gleanings.
ESCAPE or GuoTrus FROM PRISON.—Grotius was freely allowed, during his close imprisonment, all the relaxations of study.—His friends supplied him with quantities of books, which......
Absent Thoughts ; A Ballad, Sung By Madame Malibran. By
G. A. OsuonNE. Where we do not know that a falsehood is either expressed or implied in the titlepage of a song, we are loth to suspect one : yet we cannot help expressing our......
Musi C.
Instructions for the Pianoforte ; in which the Rudiments of Music are simplified and adapted to the capacities of the youngest Pupils. By JAMES CLARKE. Pupils. By JAMES CLARKE.......
"awake Thee, Love !" A Serenade. By J. F. Reddie.
This song is very creditable to Mr. REDDIE'S talents, and has several points about it which give an earnest of better things to come.......
"strike, Strike The Lyre !" A Patriotic Song And Chorus.
By J. GREEN. We wish the poetry of this song bad been more worthy the noble achievements it attempts to celebrate. The music, too, is worthy some- thing better than such verses......
"dash From Thy Lips The Treacherous Glass." By J. F.
REDDIE. If the author had shown this and the preceding song to any judicious friend, he would have said, " Publish the 'first, but not the second." The structure and melody of......
The Pride Of The Village ; A Bolero Ballad. By
J. GREEN. An attempt, not altogether unsuccessful, to adapt the measure of the Spanish bolero to English words. Mr. GREEN appears to be poet as well as musician, but he will do......