NOTICES OF BOOKS.

Evening Star, Issue 3458, 23 March 1874, Page 2

NOTICES OF BOOKS.

■ MUSIC. itodM Tutor for ' tfo Piofa> JorU, Metier ‘R^d : Ca,; libndon. G". : "••E; S.Zi’. Perhaps few eiyhithtaVy V6rk4 have'goiie through so,many Homy’s instruc-r toip, for, tpp.JialeVqf^ West P°ffited agent, 'and ,we scarcely know a;batter, test of its large _use' and, we may idd,', usefulness. Nor is it surprising that its‘salehas been wo extensiveTas to.-retoh the 427ih' edition ,- • for ;it is calculated to aid a teachelr materially in smoothing .over the initiatory' difficulties, of piano playing; by pupils. . Not/ witbstandangvthe grbab number of >able performers we meet with,! but few reflect upon' the .mqqtgd agd pliysicuVtrpining.undflfgorieby young V ; Tbe, Has. to, obt4m complete masipry.'oyer, the' ihuwles ,b£ ; the hands and fingers,"ad that each finger must pe v able, to. ; act '■ independently of -all •' the test,; while J;he, ; mio.d has to give the pulse, at th® PWne, time reading complicated chords with such rapidity as to be able to measure 'the 1 'properiddfatidri • of edph- nofe,' hud to’ take bald-that every passage i 4 played With the same evenness and strength Re-'' ( j»: the wonder is that jm>; eflorts to master the piaho,| and every System that aids in \ siroplifwng such complex Operations' is a boon.' Mr Heoiya ft r ui|bis; inttoduction, *elia;Uß/ he-has, jbeep led, toi'compile tlje w.orjt, because, ing , a professional career of, nearly, twenty years* he . could ipot meat with one that proyjd suitable.; ( quite ooninqi lei him, and also in his remarks regarding I the, mistake so many parents and guardians fall into, 1 that Üby instruction” or ‘‘any in*' strunient, however; bad,” may be toadetb serve -♦* as the’ 'first' means of teaching' 'children music. Such au idea has been 4 the - jca.usp. of wastq .of money, and utter, failure. i^ d . r reading and playing once 'contracted. are seldom eradicated, and are', always^" 'more difficult to be :gqt pf» : ,than : i 1 habits. ' are to ini the' first instance. But yet jit. is not impossible for a person with gopdr/ear- and cultivated intellect to iasqpire the art of piano playing moderately IweJl, jevfrU without a ; .master,, ; with the.help, pf Hemy’s Instructor. The-lesapus are,prp-, jgrjßSßiye, :an4 (fpjarranged ficulties of comprehending musical notation., iare overcome and o pleat method is laiddpWn for; time,.. Thp airs arp’*w«U ‘selected, and the- arrangements gopd without. being too difficult. Une very great advantage of this is thht thefe. ‘are ] duets iqr two performers on the shihe' instrument—a branch'of musical trailing, hcarcely sUffiV' cjehtly, praot.ised, bat which; heift to PfChes?' tfal playing, tends to accuracy of executlon. • Clear and . simple explanationa' are given. ' ,There; is' no redundancy bf 'wprds, .'and pnly v so'fiUUch' said as is reqUired to Pxpraih'What >is

itheplano* forte,., in. familiar ' with pro*. | ~ .gressiye wetodiq$ t ,\by . Edward JL-. Kim* •r >bault., i OhappeU-and 00-.-I^ndon/jG'. ( iO :R.. Wo3t. Priace3 street,,Dunerliw. - t ,, Me have, before noticed this admirable! [little work, : writtendaivery fair.-rhyme, isuch<; iao; Ohildren, would, ait andirepeat, tofeftoK .other, s iaud; which by that, means becojineflia jmnemonio aid that, older students: might rtn4- j acceptable. t tfcliei.beautifully illustrated,> onii good paper, , and contains: pretty lairs'that 1 [very young children would soon learn and delight to play; ’ < ’' ' d - ■The Popular Musical Library) Mo. 10 ; (Christman number). Wetzler and Co.’ London. ; G. Pi West,. mueiciaiUer! ranees street, Dunedin. -f s : This cheap and elegantly got*np work contains nine very pretty compositions, whwh are.not difficult to play, and are very suitable te introduce; at ; private balls. The selection comprises quadrilles, galops, pblkas. and, waltzes. The beauty of the airi, com' bmed with the low price, at which the ndm ! - ber is published; should aecttte a ready and extensive sale. : ’ , ; . J Liquids Olophofi, lor'JStpae Flageolet \n% Djunedim ** Princes street, This is a novelty—;not a book—but a small of, good tone,, and obtainable, Mr, u^s , “^”? 8 u *‘ for half-*Vorowq.; It is well nmshed, and the iinouth-pi«ce of difiterent faietel,, mJs ; usual/m 'hrass instru* "“fe J*

k em ß,£MeQUyin to he of musical and dehghMrO boys, who^iuldi^dilymngel - it so it is singing .usefdl,asany key noth coaid at oiuie be taken with', the utmost 'certainty and in dountry ■places;'where thej service ofatuuer could .not be had atoned, a note of two of a piano i out nf tune might: be so for corrected as to playing tolerable,'always provided it has been tuned to concert pitch.' It may he as well to observe, however, lest some should imagine that by the aid of such an instrument, they could dispense with a professional tuner, if they were to try they would find themselves, much mistaken. . The flageolet.ia in tune, but a piano requires very different handling, and such an expedient as we suggest is merely like taking simple medicine ; it may answer , till the. doctor-comea... Beyondthat, no one should venture, for. quack tuning is as hurtful to a pianoas quaok mediolne to a human being. ~, ....... .. . - bfr 6. ®.. West, of Princes street,, bar sent' .us. specimens of .various editions#! YiHymiWi Ancient and Modern,” with the appendix, how in-use in the, Anglican Churches of Dost /' edin. i They are new,; editions, published at’a remarkably low price, and on] that account amtable'for dunday .fschoo s as well as being easiljccarried. in.the„pooket_ -,Che-type~oL. every Che is exceedingly, clear, and the prices vary from 2d each tb L2 j the difference being that while the lowest, priced contains tlio~ complete collectiun-bf Kyinalsin a neat wrapper, in a volume feasily in thb waistcoat pocket, work cont al ? 8 owe,f9^uTcb;§ervioe,, 0 w e ,f9^ u T c b;§ervioe,, hymns hnd. One'editipn/bound, in leather With metallih edging bn the fcovW, 1 eontainßjthei “ißjok of Common' Prayer,'? ,in> clear (type, . and ,the hymns, for which-only-lsOdiper, pbpy.is.cbarged. That iuqh.a bppk can be printed android, at that, price, is one of the marvels of the agp. I o£iPnncesstreet,hasreceived, by . the. .Wild. T)eer, (audfayoredous with copms of ;a .yapiety of works published ;by Messrs Nelson and Son. They are pll :velegantfe bound and beautiful nyi printedw aud j P®*®. vi^ e d in detail as.soou as wchavo. had opportunity;pf mastering. their contents,, • m f ar ® “ Under the Southern Crosse i a Tale of the Now Worlds V The, Studeutls Treasury,;ofyJfiuglish Lives, of; Labor, or incidents in the career of eminent * ;*** Travellers}” “The,-,yye?tern World,” being-picturesque Sketches. i>f > N«t&»,and Natural Ristpry r by-ift,. f fwgtton Adrpntureslpf on R t te i^Mfc ”foWwibys ;.and u The Ireaaury of Pictures and StqriM.”lfoohipt; these elegant volumes is fusely illustrated jyith'*epgr®vingß, occasionally colored, pf high art|stic merit.