The accompaniments are charming.
_Ivy Green._ A good song for basses or baritones. The words by Charles
Dickens, the music by Arthur C. Stericker.--Plenty of go about it, and
quite the song for strong, manly voices.
_Wandering Wishes._ Poetry by Lady Charlotte Elliot (from "Medusa" and
other poems). Music by Robert B. Addison.--A very poetical setting of a
very fanciful poem.
_Our Darling._ Ballad by Robert Reece, with music by Berthold
Tours.--This justly favourite composer has written the simplest, most
touching, and melodious music to a very touching and sad story. It is a
compliment to this ballad to recommend it to all who wish for a good
cry. It has this advantage over the maudlin griefs of the discontented
folk to whom we have called attention in previous notices, that the poor
bereaved parents who miss their little darling from the chair in which
he used to listen to their fairy stories and tales of distant lands over
the sea, are content to regard him as at rest in the heavenly country,
and in the angels' care. After all, if you do get the song, your tears
will be happy ones.
EDWIN ASHDOWN.
_Inez.
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