wen, the founder of Tonic-Sol-fa, and to his indefatigable followers. A man like Mr. Warr, I conscientiously believe to be more useful to society than fifty Howard Pauls or any of his compeers could ever hope to be. All honour, too, to the promoters of the concerts at the St. Leonards Temperance Hall. I am glad to see that their productions are getting higher in tone, and that the mechanic patronises them.
And, lastly, sire, think me not coarse in flattery when I give you a need of praise so richly deserved. I conjure you, sir, not to let your Letterpress Music drop. Like Tonic-sol-fa its usefulness will surely sooner or later, be universally acknowledged if you persevere in its propagation. Allow me, in conclusion, to suggest to you to open a class, either personally, or under your supervision, and the first pupil shall be yours truly,
C. B."
Foot Note to the last paragraph. "[Our correspondent's commendation of the system of Letterpress music which is being practically developed in this journal, is fully appreciated, but we are, nevertheless chary of its being invested with an undue importance. We have neither time nor inclination to act upon the suggestion to form a class, and shall be quite content with giving to our musical friends, through the new medium such compositions as may not be obtainable in the ordinary way, most of which will probably be our own.]"
Further Remarks The following also appeared in the Gazette of May 11th. -"The adaptation of ordinary type to musical compositions as proposed in last week's St. Leonards and Hastings Gazette, has been received with very considerably favour, many of our readers having testified their appreciation of the plan, both verbal and written communications. One objection only has reached us, which is to the effect that persons who are not printers would not be able to distinguish sufficiently between one octave and another, and would therefore not know the "ups and downs" of the notes; they would also, as amateurs, not know how to write music in such a system for the Press. Now, the only reply to this double objection is that the objector cannot have carefully read the instructions laid down; otherwise he would have seen that the "ups and downs" as he terms it, are as readily distinguishable as in the established notation. This is fully borne out by the statements of other persons. One says that "it is a capital idea"; another, that it is "as plain as A B C"; a third, that "I was able to pick it out and to sing it off, I believe correctly, in a few minutes"; and a fourth that "It is as easy as Sol-fa, and in some respects preferable."
Lost and Found
A triple illustration of the aphorism "Honesty is the best policy" (says Brett's Gazette, of May 23rd has recently come to our notice, and the -
