By John Lyly Master
of Art.

Corrected and augmented.

Imprinted at London
for Gabriel Cawood dwelling
in Paules. Church-yard.




(Continued from Volume I)

to the storms of air and sea; and while the soul of Mozart seems to
dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs
shuddering the storm-beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both! Each
represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is
due to both.

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only
begins for man with self-surrender.

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MAY 27TH, 1857.--Wagner's is a powerful mind endowed with strong
poetical sensitiveness. His work is even more poetical than musical. The
suppression of the lyrical element, and therefore of melody, is with him
a systematic _parti pris._ No more duos or trios; monologue and the aria
are alike done away with. There remains only declamation, the