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of these classical composers. There is nothing which they will not undertake to describe from Genesis down to the present time. The ludicrous lines of a satirical pastoral, written about a century ago, running thus

"What sound was that which dawn'd a bleating hue,
And blushed a sigh!"

would present no difficulty to their melo-graphic capabilities. There can be nothing more absurd than to attempt a description by music of anything which in itself bears no harmonious affinity to the “concord of sweet sounds." Music has no prototype; it is coeval with the laws of nature, pervading her in her grandest moods; and, although Madame de Stael said there was a "glorious inutility" in it, a greater philosopher than the Baroness has asserted that

"The man who has not music in his soul

Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ;"

thereby, it would appear, representing it as a Пlvevμa 'ayıov which presided over the asperities of mortality, and sweetened away its crudities with the honey of its breath.

Now let us turn to the melodist, Dibdin, and see what he has done for the true art.

Charles Dibdin was born in Winchester, and was originally intended for the church but his love of music prevailed over the spiritual call of his friends; he preferred songs to sermons, and inculcated in them as pure doctrines of Christian charity and benevolence as may be found in the more orthodox productions of the pulpit. His musical knowledge was very great: no man understood better the simple and graceful counterpoint of his day. His melodies abound with pathos and true. English sentiment: witness his songs in the "Quaker," "The Waterman," and "Lionel and Clarissa," not to mention his twelve hundred songs, written for his own unassisted entertainments. In short, Dibdin was an honour to English minstrelsy, for he wrote, composed, and sang his own productions, with all the inspiration and enthusiasm of the bards of olden time. It has been the fashion to decry him for making Jack a puling, love-sick driveller; but the government of his day thought otherwise, and gave him a pension, which he enjoyed until his zeal carried him too far in some people's eyes in the cause of unpromoted merit. However, "Time, the avenger of the dead," as Byron beautifully says, has handed him down to us, hallowed by age: for the "Lads of the Village," and "Farewell, my trim-built wherry," are hailed by even modern corrupted ears with delight and enthusiasm still, and will continue to be received with pleasure as long as melody and sentiment hold a place in an English heart. He had two sons, Charles and Thomas, who in a great degree inherited their father's genius. The latter is still living, and though advanced in years, has all the fertile fancy and originality of his younger days. Dibdin, like Shakspeare, never attained a great reputation as an actor; but, as it has been said "that one subject only with one genius fits," he achieved so much fame in his mono-logue capacity, exhibiting so many coruscations of his own intellect and varied genius, that we can hardly regret to know he failed to express the brilliancy of the thoughts of others. "Take him for all in all, we ne'er shall look upon his like again!"

J. A. WADE.

INDEX

TO THE SECOND VOLUME.

A.

ABBOT and the Black Penitent, story of
the, 261.

Action of the Pyrenees,see Anecdotes of
Military Service.

Adams, John, President of the United
States, remarks on his death, 407.

-John Quincy, character of, 407.
Adventures in Paris-the Soubrette, 156.
Aglaè, Mademoiselle, character of, 156.
Allspy, Toby, adventures in Paris, by,
156.

America, remarks on the character of
the Presidents of, 406; on the literary
men, 410.

American boarding-houses, see Uncle
Sam.

American Lions, 405.

-Traveller, a Parisian Sabbath
by, 194.
Anacreon made Easy, 300, 439; ode
from, 580.

Anecdotes of Military Service--the Of
ficer's Lady, 435; the Two Mitchells,
436; a Night Ride, ib, ; a Wolf Ad-
venture, 438; the Action of the Pyre-
nees, 439; receipt for making a bowl
of punch, 570; the Veteran's Death-
bed, 571; death of the Corporal, 572.
Aram, Eugene, remarks respecting, 448,

n.

Arlotto, Provano, or Arlotto Mainardi,
anecdotes of, 342.

Autumn, stanzas written in, 482.
Authors, a chapter on some very cele-
brated, see Chapter.

B.

Bacchus, the Supper of, a poem, 542.
Baden, baths at,352; the Ursprung, 354;
the castle of Alles Schloss, 355; pas-
sion for gaming in, 356; custom of
mingling music at the banquets, 358.
Ball-room, lines written in a, 396.
Barney Maguire's History of the Cor-
onation, see Maguire.
Bayadere, song of the, 413.

"Beat the British," remarks on the uni-
versality of the phrase in America,46,n.
Blast of winter, a Poem, 520,
Bolton, Mr. Robert, the "gentleman
connected with the Press," story of,
204.

Boz, Oliver Twist, by, 1. 105. 313. 417.
521; Full Report of the second Meet-

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Caroline, Queen of England, account of
her appearance at Westminster Hall
on the coronation of George IV. 70.
C- -ford, Lord, and the Pirate, see
Nights at sea.
Charades-the Warlock, 89; the Cut-
Purse, 104.

Childe, Walter, legend of, see Walter.
Chorus of Bubble Buyers, a poem, see

Paper Money Lyrics.

Claus, Narr, the jester, account of, 341,
Claqueur System, remarks on the, 651;

on the state of, in France, 594. 600.
Clear-Starcher, the handsome, 369.
Club, proceedings of the Wide-Awake,
359.

Coronation Miseries, or Reminiscences

of the Inauguration of George IV. 65.
Coronation, Mr. Barney Maguire's ac..
count of the, 207.
Cough, lines to a, 470.
Courier, the, 90.

Counterfeit Presentments of Two Bro-
thers, 496.

Cumming, Mr. Amyere, story respect-
ing, 175.

Cumberland, Mr., his account of the first
performance of She Stoops to Con-
quer, 591.

Cupid and Jupiter, a fable, 266.
Cupid couched, a poem, 172.
Cutpurse, the, a charade, 104.

D.

Day-dreams, a poem, 260.
Dead Clearing, the, 129.

De Lorny, M.,deception practised upon,
respecting Madame Molière,454 456.
Dew-drop and the Rose, a poem, 60.
Diamond Company, the, 174.
Distich Dick, Nutmegs for Nightin-
gales, by, 457.

Double-bedded Room, the, 575.
Dreum Aiken, story respecting, 365.
Drury Lane Theatre, remarks on the
representation of the coronation of
George IV. at, 73.

E.

Earth to the Moon, song of the, 450.
Electrical Gentleman, story of the, 374.
Elliston, Mr., his exertions in the repre-
sentation of the coronation of George
IV. 73.

Enchanted Mountains, a night on the,
306.

England, comparison between the ed
ucation and treatment of females in
France and England, 496.
English,comparison between the charac-
ter of, and the French, 512.
Epitaph on Rapp, 293.

Extraordinary! lines so entitled, 600.

F.

Family Stories, No. X.-Grandpapa's
Story--the Witches' Frolic, 501.
Fight of Hell-kettle, the, 55.
Fire-king, song of the, 93.
Forlorn One, the, 373.
France, comparison between the educa
tion and treatment of females in Eng.
land and France, 496; remarks on
the state of the Claqueur System in,
594, 600.
French,comparison between the charact-
er of the English and French, 512.
Franklin, Benjamin, remarks on his
character, 406.

G.

Gaulard, Sieur, anecdotes of, 341.
Germans, observations on the custom of
intermingling music at their banquets,
358.

George III. King, remarks on the mis-
management at his coronation, 72.

-IV. King, reminiscences of his
coronation, 65. 73.
Ghost Riders, a legend of the Great
American Desert, 471.
Gianni, or a Night Scene, 459.
Gibson, John Ward, narrative of, 383.
Gondolier, song of the, 203.
Gonello the Jester, a poem, 553.
Good-for-nothing, story of the, 94.
Gore, Mrs. Charles, the Counterfeit Pre-
sentments of Two Brothers, by, 496.

Gourmanderie, a chapter on, 228.
Grandpapa's Story-the Witches' Fro-
lic, see Family Stories.

Griffone, a tale of the Peninsula, 74.
Grouse-Shooting, a chapter on, 271.

H.

Handsome Clear-Starcher, a legend of
the days of Queen Elizabeth, 362.
Hauteville, Marquis of, anecdote re-
specting him, 122.

Heather for me, the, 48.

Her Majesty's Portraits-the Great
State Secret, 240.

"Heiress," the, Phantom Ship by the
author of, 433.

Henry VIII., King, extract from an
order by him for the daily allowance
of a maid of honour, 369 n.
Hippsley, Mr., The Electrical Gentle-
man, story respecting, 374.
Hoffman, C. F., the Inn of Wolfswald,
by, 49; the Dead Clearing, 129; a
Night on the Enchanted Mountains,
306; the Missionary Bride, 330; the
Ghost-Riders, 471.

Hogarth, George, Moliere and his Wife

by, 451; the Claqueur System, 391.
Holme, Mrs. Torre, Lines written in a
Ball-room by, 395; song of the Baya-
dere,413; Stanzas written in Autumn,
482.

I.

I met her in the Omnibus, No. VI., Nut-
megs for Nightingales, see Nutmegs.
Impromptu, by the Rev. Sydney Smith,
305.

Ingoldsby, Thomas, the Forlorn One,
by, 373; Family Stories, 501.
Inn of Wolfswald, story of the, 49.
Irving, Washington, his popularity in
America, 410.

J.

Jackson, Andrew, ex-president of Ame-
rica, character of, 407.
Jane, Queen of the Two Sicilies, laws
made by, 169.

Jefferson, Thomas, character of, 407.
Jerdan, William, Nonsense! a Miscel

lany about Love, by, 167.
Jesters, remarks on the custom of retain-
ing 338; anecdotes of different jesters,
339; Klauss von Raustet, or Claus
Narr, 341; Provano Arlotte 342; Joe
Miller, 344, 345; Gonello, 553.
Jest-books of England, 343.
Jocund, Joyce, a question by, 536.
Joe Miller, and the jesters of all times
and climes, 339.

Johns, Lieut. Richard, the Diamond
Company, by, 174; the Electrical
Gentleman, 374.

Journey from New York to Philadelphia
and back, see Uncle Sam.

K.

Klauss von Ranstet, see Claus Narr.

L.

Lafayette, Gen., his popularity in Ame.
rica, 406.
Legends-Walter Childe, 17, 121, 277,
440, 537; the Ghost-Riders, 471.
Lemon, Mark, Song of the Fire-King by,

93.

Le Gros, W. B., the Love-Merchant, by,

61; Cupid and Jupiter, 266; Pluto
and Proserpine, a poem, 413.
Lines-on the Power of Beauty, 54; to

-, 155; Memory, paraphrased from
the French, 133; on Venice, 193; on
seeing the timber representation of the
Duke of Wellington on the arch at
Hyde Park Corner, 276; written in a
Ball-room, 396; to a Cough, 470;
Extra.Ordinary, 500; on Will-ing
Mourners, 511; lines, 552.
Lions of Baden in Baden, 353.
Loss of my Leg, story of, 181.
Love and the Flimsies, a poem, see Pa-
per Money Lyrics.
Love-merchant, a poem, 61.

M.

Mackay, Mungo, see Mungo.
Macready, Mr., notice of his check of
the Claqueur System, 591.
Maguire, Barney, his history of the Co-
ronation, 207.

Maid of Honour, extract from an order

of Henry VIII. for the daily allow-
ance of, 369 n.

Marcel, M., story of his last minuet,397.
Matilda to King John, a poem, 556.
Mayhew, Edward, the Good-for-noth-
ing, by, 94.

Mayhew, Henry, Peter Punctilio, by,609.
Medwin, Capt., Pasquile, by, 286.
Memory, paraphrased from the French.
133.

Miller, Joe, the jester, particulars re-
specting him, 344, 345.

Minuet, story of Marcel's last, 397.
Missionary Bride, story of the, 330.
Mitchells, the Two, see Anecdotes of Mi
litary Service.

Molière, M., account of his marriage,
451; his attachment to his wife, 452;
circumstances respecting his funeral,

457.

Madame, her marriage, 451; her

ccquetry, 453; deception practised up-
on M. de Lorny respecting her, 454,
456; her remark on the outrage of.
fered to her husband's remains, 457.
Motley, song of the Gondolier by, 203.
Mudfog Association, full Report of the
Second Meeting of, for the advance.
ment of Everything, 209.
MungoMackay, the Practical Joker,346.
N.

Napier, Col., Griffone, a tale of the
Peninsula, by, 74.

Napoleon's Midnight Review, 173.
National Guards, remarks on the, 194.
Nights at Sea; or Sketches of Naval

Life during the War-Lord C--ford
and the Pirate, 141, 557.

Night on the Enchanted Mountains,306.
Night Ride, see Anecdotes of Military
Service.

Scene, see Gianni.
Nonsense! a Miscellany about Love,167.
Nutmegs for Nightingales, No.V.-Wa.
terloo, 457! No. VI-I met her in
the Omnibus, 458.

0.

Ode from Anacreon, 580.
Officer's Lady, the, see Anecdotes of Mi
litary Service.

"Old Sailor," Nights at Sea by the, 141.
Oliver Twist, or the Parish Boy's Pro
gress-particulars of the adventure ex-
plained, 1; conversations concerning
him, 15, 105, 107; disclosures respect-
ing, 316, 321; his interview with Mr.
Brownlow,325; particulars relating to
an old acquaintance of his, 417; con-
versations respecting him, 532.
Ouseley, T. J., song of the Earth to the
Moon, by, 450.

P.

Paddy Flynn, or the Miseries of Dining
out, 31.

Palatable Pilgrimage to the Eating.
houses of Paris, 485.

Paper Money Lyrics-Love and the
Flimsies, a poem, 140; Chorus of
Bubblebuyers, 239.

Pasquale, a tale of Italy, 286.
Paris, the Restaurants of, 228: a Pala

table Pilgrimage to the Eating-houses
of, 485; remarks on the Cafés of,
543.

Parisian Sabbath, a, 194.

Parisian Cafes, description of, 543.
Parent-Duchatelet, M., character of,
301; his description of the employ-
ment of a burying.woman, 303.
Peninsula, a tale of the, see Griffone.

Phantom Ship, the, a poem, 433.
Pluto and Proserpine, a poem, 483.
Poems, the Dew-drop and the Rose, 60;
the Love-Merchant, 61; Paper Money
Lyrics, 140, 239; Cupid couched, 172;
Day Dreams, 260; Cupid and Jupiter,
266; the Phantom Ship, 433; Pluto
and Proserpine, 483; the Blast of
Winter, 520; the Supper of Bacchus,
542; Gonello the Jester, 553; Three
Weeks before Marriage, 590.

Portrait, the, 329.

Power of Beauty, lines on the, 54.
Power, Tyrone, Fight of Hell-Kettle
by, 55.

Press, Gentleman connected with the,
204.

Profession, an extraordinary, 301.
Punch,receipt for making a bowl of, 570.

R.

Raff's
's Epitaph, 293.
Reminiscences of the Inauguration of
George IV., see Coronation Miseries.
Restaurants in Paris, peep at the, 228.

S.

Sabbath, description of a Parisian, 194.
Sargent, E., Gonello the Jester by, 556.
Scoggin's Jests, story taken from, 343.
Sheehan, John, Paddy Flynn by, 31.
Sheridan, Miss L. H., Lines to a Cough
by, 470.

Smith, Rev. Sydney, anecdote of, 305.
Songs of the Fire King, 93; of the
Gondolier, 203; of the Sun, 352; of
the Bayadere, 413 of the Earth to
the Moon, 450.

Sonnets-translation of a Sonnet by
Tasso, 30.

Soubrette, the, see Adventures in Paris.
Stanzas written in Autumn, 482.

Sun, song of the, 352.

Supper of Bacchus, a poem, 542.

T.

Thomas, William J., Joe Miller and the
Jesters of all times and climes by, 338.

Three Weeks before Marriage, 590.
T. H., Mrs., see Holme.

ToujoursGai, the French or English,572.
Translation of a Sonnet by Tasso, see
Sonnet.

Trinity College, extract from a Manu.
script found in, see, Cambridge 'Row!'

U.

Uncle Sam's Peculiarities Journeys
from New York to Philadelphia and
back, 40, 134, 294: American
boarding houses, 581.

V.

Vaslyn, The Courier, by, 90.
Venice, lines on, 193.
Veteran's Death-bed, 571.

W.

Wade, J. A., Matilda to King John by,
556; Three Weeks before Marriage
by, 590. Charles Dibdin, and National
Šong, 626.

Walter Childe, legend of, canto III. 17;
canto IV. 121,127; canto V. 440, 537.
Warlock, the, a charade, 89.
Washington, General, remarks respect-
ing, 405.

Washington Irving, see Irving.
Waterloo, No. V., Nutmegs for Night.
ingales, see Nutmegs.
Wellington, Duke of, lines on seeing
the representation of him on the arch
at Hyde Park Corner, 276.
Whitehead, C., Narrative of John
Ward Gibson by, 383.

White Horse Hill, origin of the name
of, 123 n.

Wide Awake Club, proceedings of the,

359.

Will-ing Mourners, lines on, 511.
Witches' Frolic, see Family Stories.
Wolf Adventure, see Anecdotes of Mili
tary Service.

END OF THE SECOND VOLUME

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