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All Musio intended for review should be addressed to the Editor of the Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works , Hermea Hill , Pentonville , London , N . — : o : — " The Fairies' Spring . " Cantata for female voices . Libretto by Clifton Bingham , musio by F . H . Cowan . •*Dance Album . "

" Th * Burlington Voluntaries , " No . 10 , for American organ or harmonium . By J . W . Elliott . « ' Shilling Pianoforte Tutor . " " The London Album . " No . 16 . " Melodie for Violin . " By George Pfeiffer . Transcribed by Johannes Woolf .

" Forty short melodious exercises for the Violin . " By W . R . Cave . " Romance in Re . " For the violin , with piano accompaniment . By Johannes Wolff , " For all Eternity . " Song . Worda by S . A . Herbert , musio by

Angelo Mascheroni . « ' The King ' s Mere . " Song . Worda by F . E . Weatherley , musio by Martyn Van-Lennep . " Little Lovers' Song . " Worda by R . S . Hitohins , musio by Edward German .

"Last of All . " Song . Words by Ellis Walton , music by A . H . Behrend . " Going to Kildare . " Song . Worda by F . E . Weatherley , musio by Ernest Newton .

London : ROBERT COCKS AND Co ., New Burlington Street , W . W E have recently received from Messrs . Robert Cooks and Co ., musio publishers to the Qneen , and H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , the above parcel of new musio , and after careful attention to the several items , we are in a position to my that it is one of the best collections

we have seen for some time . Pieces for the violin , harmonium , American organ , pianoforte ; songs , dance musio , and instruction books are well represented , and will be found worthy the attention of our readers . First on the list is " Tbe Fairies' Spring , " an Elfin legend , founded on a nursery poem by White Melville . The

libretto of thia cantata haa been written by Clifton Bingham , and the argument is cleverly worked out . It is auppoaed that the elves , having fallen in love with a child of Earth , steal him away , and bring him to the world below , the beauties and treasures of whioh they show to him . But , in spite of every care and devotion , the child

pines away , and , to their everlasting sorrow , dies . They bury him , iu a hidden glen , -where , according to the legend , their tears of remorse and sorrow are welling up to earth in a fairy spring for ever . This little story has been set to bright tuneful musio by Frederic H . Cowan , whose nnmbers are so enlivening that the cantata ought

to become a great favourite . It is not over difficult , and is very effective in representation . " The Dance Album" contains many waltzes and quadrilles ; indeed , musio for all kinds of dance , both popular aud new . We recommend our readers to spend the nominal price , and procure one of theae books ; they are sure to derive

satisfaction from it . "The Burlington Voluntaries" are adapted for American organ , or harmonium . Tbe musio contained in this book is of high class and very impressive . The one nnder consideration , No . 10 , contains 12 Voluntaries , and this book ia offered at one shilling . For beginners we must recommend " Messrs . Cocks' Piano .

forte Tutor , " aa being fully capable of imparting instruction . ''The London Album " contains 3 tenor songs . We think it wonderfully cheap , the songs being pretty , not difficult , and suitable foran encore . " Melodie for Violin , " with pianoforte accompaniment and violoncello if desired , is a capitally arranged and harmonioua accompaniment ,

and altogether very effective . The " Forty short Melodious exercises for the Violin" supply a great want ; they are written in various rhythms and keys , graduating in progressive order from semibreves to ssmiquaves . We all know how trying it is to listen to a violin badly treated , yet there is not a more pleasing instrument when

played well . This cannot be brought about unless every attention be given to scales , & c , and Mr . Cave has done all he can to make the drudgery agreeable and as short as possible . " Romance in Re " for violin , the musio of this is good * it is dedicated by special permission to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria . " For all

Eternity ' is a aong which will stand severe criticism , and is chosen by Madame Adeline Patti for her concert tour just now commenced . " The King ' s Mere " ia composed by Martyn Van-Lennep , words by Weatherley ; this song ia well blended , worda and musio both being pathetio . The popular aong " In Seville ' s Groves " is by the same

composer . "Little Lover's Song" tells ns how small our aorrowa are as children to what they become as we grow older . The contribution by Edward German ia light and pretty . " Last of all , " words by Ellis Walton , music by our old friend A . H . Behrend j we feel sure all lovers of musio look upon Mr . Behrend as a friendfor

, he knows well how to touch our heart strings . This song will become as popular as any of his other works . " Going to Kildare " w sung nightly at the Princess ' s Theatre , by Miss Ella Terriss , in ' Arrah-na-Pogue . " Misa Terriss singa it welland is always encored ;

, indeed it is so pretty that one catches the tune quickly . We mast heartily recommend thia among the many others , and should our readers be tempted to purchase any of the above named , we are quite sure thoy will not be dissatisfied .

We extract the following from tbe Pictorial World : The FHKEMASON ' CHRONIC * -, !* - finds fault with our recent remark ou tliB- . iiicotijjrnity nf military FrWuasKmry , Mid B-iggnstfl that the

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writer of these notes " belongs to that old-fashioned class of martinets whioh haa done ao much to bring the Army into disrepute , but whose days are , happily for all concerned , numbered . " Before entering further into the controversy , it may be well to state tbat the writer of these notes haa since 1859 had an exceptionally intimate acquaintance as an officer both with Volunteering and

Freemasonry , and his experience enables him to state positively that the military authorities are discouraging Freemasonry . Volunteer Maaonio Lodges were nearly all formed at a time when men of the well-to-do classes composed the rank . and . file . Any Freemason can see for himaelf by reference to the quarterly returns of Grand Lodge that the military Lodgea ara gradually becoming

extinct , or are getting moribund . If further inquiry be made , it will be found that very few initiatea are now made ; and it will also ba found on reference to the by-laws of the military Lodges that some of them give no option aa to dress , uniform being imperative ; others permit evening dress , but only for officers ; and the rest eschew uniform altogether , and meet in evening dress , amongst the latter

being the London Scottish . But thia and the London Irish Lodge are purely clan Lodgea , and cannot be brought forward aa exemplify , ing the progress of Freemasonry in the Volunteer force . On the general question of incongruity we cannot profitably aay much in theae columns , but we must protest against the doctrine of social equality aet up for the soldier Freemason . Hia organ says :

" Men in the ranks now recognise that their position entitles them to certain privileges , and they will , no donbt , secure even greater concessions as year by year they make their voices more strongly felt" ! This is subversive of all military discipline , and ia the germ of that detestable freethinking doctrine whioh is doing so much to demoralise the Army and to destroy ita discipline , the breach of whioh brought about the recent rustication of a battalion of the

Guards . Fortunately the few Volunteer corps with whioh Maaonio Lodgea are connected are amongst the best in the force , and there is little likelihood of any harm being done to the discipline of their regiments , but there ia clearly no need to foster Freemasonry in the Volunteer force any moro than there is to encourage it in the Regular Army .

A new volume of tbe Magazine of Art ia begun with the November number . The new features introduced for the first time are thoae of a frontispiece in colours ( " A Breezy Day , " by H . Detmold ) , and tha monthly paper , entitled " Oar Illustrated Note-Book , " wherein subjeots , pictorial , architectural , sculptural , Ac ., are placed before the reader in a manner not hitherto attempted in the Magazine , and by

means of which the art movement of the day will be kept up to date by piotorial as well as by descriptive illustration . To this nnmber Mr . Diokes contributes an article entitled " The Mystery of Holbein ' s ' Ambassadors '; a Solution , " in whioh the author not only joins issue with all other writers on the subject of the nation ' s splendid new acquisition , but establishes a fair claim to have determined the

identity and meaning of the picture and its figures . The article contains eight illustrations , all of whioh form links in the writer ' s chain of evidence . Mr . Thomas Woolner , E . A ., gives advice to students in a paper entitled by him " Where to Draw the Line . " It is accompanied by a portrait of the popular sculptor . The collection of Mr . Alexander Henderson forms the subject of an article by

Mr . Shaw Sparrow , whioh is illustrated by the famous six pictures by Mr . Burne Jones , A . R . A ., of "The Days of Creation . " "Political Cartoons " are treated ! by Mr . Linley Sambourne . The late Mr . R . Redgrave , O . B ., R . A ., ia the subject of an article by Mr . F . Q . Stephens , whioh is embellished by three of the artist ' s most success .

ful works . Mr . Alan Cole describes and illustrates the recent movements in the manufacture of " Honiton Lace , " and " Tha Chronicle of Art in November" conoludes the part . A highly finished engraving of Mr . Titcombe's touching picture , " Primitive Methodists , " which was rewarded with a medal at the Paris Salon , is among the chief wood-engravings of the number .

Madame Worrell announces that her annual evening concert will take place on Tuesday next , the 3 rd November , at the Brixton Hall , where she will be assisted by the following artistes : —Mdlle . Elvira Trevollini , Madame Hope-Glen , Miss Susetta Fenn , and Miss Emma Buer . Bros . Reginald Groome , Sinclair Dunn , William Llewellyn and James Budd . Humorous Songs—Bro . H . P . Matthews and Mr . F . C .

Everill . Solo Pianorte — Miss Emma Buer , A . R . A . M . Violin—Madame Anna Lang . Reoitatations—Mr . Charles Fry . Conductors—Bro . Walter Hedgoook and Bro . Dr . H . Walmsley Little . Doors open at . 7 * 30 . Commence at 8 o ' clock . Tickets 3 s , 2 s and ls each , which may be obtained of Madame Worrell , 69 Wiltshire Road , Angell Park Gardens , S . W ., or of the Hall keeper .

" A Royal Divorce " at the New Olympic Theatre has proved to successful that Manager W . W . Kelly has renewed his tenancy of said Theatre , and been obliged to cancel the provincial tour he had already booked for Miss Grace Hawthorne . The cast of " A Royal Divorce" has been greatly strengthened by the special engagement of Mr . Hermann Vezin , who will appear aa "Napoleon" on and after Saturday , 31 st October .

At the meeting on the 19 th inst , it was unanimously resolved to alter the name of the Warner Lodge of Instruction to the Walthamstow . In future , therefore , the Lodge will be known as the Walthamstow Lodge of Ins' ruction , No . 2192 , and it will meet afc Bridge Chambers , Hoe Street Railway Station , every Monday al 8 .