The Late Bro. Sirarthur Sullivan, Past Grand Organist.

to be a not unhandsome eulogy , with hardly more than a reference to that " classical " bogey with which certain of our critics used to try to frighten Sir Arthur occasionally . The other allusion was made—and the fact is in the nature of a pathetic coincidence from my own point of

viewon the last time , three weeks before his death , that I met him . That was on October 29 th . I knew that he had caught a severe cold during his visit to Switzerland , and understood that he was rapidly mending from the resulting bronchitis , when he telegraphed me that he would like me to

run in and see him . It was the Monday on which the C . I . Y . procession passed through the metropolis , and when I found that he had only partly recovered the use of his voice , I was surprised to lincl that he had been to see it . He was then—no one dreaming that he was but within three weeks of his death—hard at work on the opera ( " Tlie Emerald Isle " ) which , in the ordinary course , would , by this

time , have seen the light of production . He was as energetic and as sympathetic as ever , and in order to go on with the other work—which I think he enjoyed—of recounting his reminiscences , he suggested that I should take advantage of his afternoon " interval " and take tea with him each day that

week . It was the lirst time I had called on him since the death of Sims Reeves . He immediately asked me for any particulars I could give , and it was not until afterwards that I fully realised the intent way in which he listened to my brief recital of the fact that Reeves had fallen into

a sleep which proved to be without any awakening , and the earnest way in which Sullivan told me how glad and relieved he was to know that his old friend had passed away painlessly . It was the only time that death had formed any part of our little discussions , nor did we dream that it was to

be the last conversation between us . It has been said that Sullivan was superstitious . He did not care to begin anything on a Friday , and avoided the

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number thirteen . It is a little weakness , more particularly of the dramatic profession , but , with Sir Arthur , these notions were quite superficial . He had , however , a delight in coincidences , and it is not the least of coincidences that his death took place on the dav devoted in our calendar to

St . Cecilia , the patroness saint of the great art to which Sullivan had devoted his life . By way of adding to the history of mournful coincidence , 1 am permitted by Capt . Basil Hood , the latest and by no means the least of Sir Arthur ' s librettists , to disclose the

interesting fact that , in response to Sullivan ' s suggestion that his next work after " The Emerald Isle" should be Grand Opera , Capt . Hood had composed the words of a serious opera , which Sir Arthur had read and approved . The work was entitled "SI . Cecilia . " It was Sullivan ' s wish that his body should be embalmed ,

which , of course , has been carried out , and , as we know , his mortal remains have been laid to rest in the precincts of St . Paul ' s Cathedral . The funeral procession was the more impressive for being spontaneous . No direction was needed for the behaviour of the large and orderly crowds , and from

till sides , and from all classes , one heard expressions of that respectful sympath y which comes from the heart at the passing away of any man of proved worth , of great powers , and of sterling" integrity . It is for posterity , by the aid of the winnowings and sifting

of time , to judge of his work . Those who knew him and loved him have lost no mean exemplar , and for ourselves , in this place , it should be recorded that we thank his memory for the good music which he has given the Church , for the refining" work which he and his confrere did for the Stage ,

and for the happy hours which he hits given to many ; nor is it without emotion that we utter our vale to not the least distinguished brother of the Masonic Fraternity . ARTHUR LAWRF . XCK .