(Durlacher), G. Chambers, The Emigrants, 1347. (same). Ir is significant that in the recently-published 'Second Report from the Select Committee on the Offices of the "Black Rod" and Clerk of Parliaments (156),' the Lords state their willingness to abandon to the Commons the Painted Chamber, and "hope that a competent architect may be employed to prepare the plans for the new room proposed to be given in exchange for the Painted Chamber, and for the approach to it from the landing-place on the staircase of the lower hall. As some alteration must be made in the window there, care should be taken that it is done in a manner consistent with the architectural effect. They are confident that the House would be unwilling that, for want of a proper design, the building should be in any way disfigured." Their Lordships do not seem to have profound confidence in the arrangements which have placed the Houses of Parliament in the hands of the Office of Works. A COLLECTION of the works of Holbein is to be formed at Dresden, and remain open from the 15th of August to the 15th of October. It is under the presidency of Herren Schnorr von Carolsfeld and Felsing, of Darmstadt; and includes, with the Committee, Herren E. His-Heusler of Basle, J. Hubner of Dresden, and Dr. A. Woltmann of Carlsruhe. D. A. von Zahn, of Dresden, is Secretary of the Committee; his address is 83, Ammonstrasse, Dresden. The Committee appeal for aid, loans of works, &c., to all lovers of Holbein. The Princess Charles of Hesse, who owns the superior 'Meyer Madonna,' has promised to lend that noble picture; we do not know whether the inferior version of the same will be placed side by side with the former. We earnestly trust that an exhibition of this kind will be made in England, where, except the Hesse Meyer Madonna' and a few transcendent pictures, nearly all the masterpieces of Holbein are. This would settle at once the value of the claims of the greater number of pictures which are erroneously ascribed to Holbein both here and abroad. Could not the Royal Academy undertake such a desirable service? The result would not fail to be of the highest importance in illustrating the history of Art in this country. A prodigious light was cast on this subject by the necessarily very imperfect aggregation of true and false Holbeins which occurred at the National Portrait Exhibitions. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.-IMPORTANT NOTICE. - The Directors of the Philharmonic Society being most anxious to make the Concert in "Honour of Beethoven as attractive as possible, have, in consequence of various unforeseen circumstances, determined to POSTPONE it until the following MONDAY, July 11, at St. James's Hall, when Mdlle. Christine Nilsson, Miss Edith Wynne, Mdle. Drasdil, Mr. W. H. Cummings, Mr. Santley and Madame Arabella Goddard will appear. They feel sure that these arrangements will meet the approbation of the Subscribers. All Tickets issued for Monday, July 4, will be available for this occasion.-Stalls, 108. 6d. and 78.; Tickets, 58. and 28. 6d. By Order, STANLEY LUCAS, Secretary. NEW MUSIC. Mozart's Miscellaneous Pianoforte Works. Edited and Fingered by Walter Macfarren. (Ashdown & Parry.)-Multiplied editions of classical works are a hopeful sign of the times, because music-publishers, being business men, are far from likely to engage in costly enterprises without a reasonable prospect of success. Editions like the one before us form the best proof of advance in public taste; and we therefore welcome them heartily. Messrs. Ashdown & Parry brought out Mozart's Sonatas some time ago; so that their present issue is a step towards completing the master's works for the piano. The Duets still remain, but it is to be hoped they have not long to wait. In the miscellaneous works Mr. Macfarren includes not only the juvenile pieces, but also those which authorities like Jahn and Köchel have pronounced of doubtful authenticity. The former possesses an obvious interest, while, as regards the latter, the doubt in each case is fairly stated, and the public left to entertain or reject it as they please. Mr. Macfarren has evidently done his work with The edition is remarkably free from typographical errors; and the suggestions for fingering, though not always beyond criticism, are likely to afford help to students. The general appearance of the work is worthy of the music; we do not know higher praise. care. Lieder ohne Worte, for the Pianoforte. By Edward Sharp. Book I. (Davison & Co.)-"Hope springs eternal in the human breast"; else, why the repeated attempts by young or obscure composers to follow Mendelssohn on to ground which he discovered and where he reigns supreme? Failures have been as numerous as efforts; yet there is no lack of men who fondly imagine that success may be reserved for them. We would not discourage such people, because, whether they win or lose, the cause is a good one, and the world escapes the result of their labours in pursuit of a less exalted object. Especially would we not discourage Mr. Sharp, for there is much in his Lieder we can honestly admire. He has facility, invention and melodic power beyond the average of those who attempt this form of composition. Occasionally, as in Nos. 1 and 3, he is more lavish of details than appears quite safe for him; but where, as in Nos. 4 and 5, he is content with simplicity, the result is very good. Without entering upon minute criticism (which would, let us say, be generally favourable), it will suffice to mention that Mr. Sharp's Book I. is good enough to warrant our encouraging the production of Book II.:-no mean praise. Sonata in F Major (Op. 5). By William Crowther Alwyn. (Lamborn Cock & Co.)-Mr. Alwyn is now, or was recently, a pupil in the Royal Academy of Music, and therefore his pianoforte Sonata must be looked at more for promise than performance. Admitting it to be in some points respectable, we cannot detect any special merit. The themes are all more or less suggestive of something else; the opening phrase, for example, has done duty a hundred times; while Mr. Alwyn's treatment of his subjects lacks the individuality which might have atoned for its crude ness. These remarks apply least to the Scherzo, wherein there are some signs of pover. Mr. Alwyn should work on, and avoid the printer for some time to come. The Restoration Anthem, "I have surely built thee an house." Composed for the re-opening of the Chancel of St. James's Church, Bury St. Edmunds, by Frederic Fernside, Organis. (Augener & Co.)-The present rage for church retoration has had an effect which might have been foreseen. It has set organists to work all over the country, and led to the infliction upon reviewers of much indifferent music. The Bury St. Edmunds Anthem is an ambitious thing, of singular constuction. Apart from two movements of fair length, t is all shreds and patches. Example: bass recit.,bars; tenor recit., 7 bars; interlude, 4 bars; uartet, 8 bars; and so on. Generally, this amours to a sign of weakness, but as the music here never rises above fluent commonplace, a variety is cured which helps attention. When a country oganist composes an anthem, it is incumbent upon him to show that he can at least begin a fugue. Mr. Fernside begins a fugue, and very soon leaves it. He may have done wisely; but, whether o no, we shall not complain. Overtures Transcribed for the Piano. By E. Paer. (Augener & Co.)-The works included in this series comprise the Overtures to 'Don Giovani,' 'Fra Diavolo,' 'Masaniello,' 'Oberon,' 'Guillaume Tell,' 'Crown Diamonds,' Midsummer Night's Dream,' Fidelio,' Der Freischütz,' 'Figaro,'Zama, 'La Dame Blanche,' 'Ruler of the Spirits' aid 'Le Domino Noir.' Transcriptions of these familar and favourite preludes are common enough; and another edition could have no raison d'être in the absence of uncommon excellence. Herr Pauer has met this requirement. So accomplished a pianist and good a musician might have been expected to produce something above the average; but we could not be sure that he would adapt it so exactly for popular use. After carefully looking through Herr Pauer's arrangements, we can say that no essential points are omitted, and that everything non-essential calculated to embarrass a moderate player is removed. The result is to give an accurate idea of the original, at least in its main features, and to place that idea within easy reach. For having kept the limits of amateur pianism well in view, Herr Pauer deserves much credit. A Juvenile Album; containing Eight Characteristic Pieces for the Pianoforte for Four Hands. Composed by Berthold Tours. (Novello, Ewer & Co.) The pieces in this book are arranged to be played by master and pupil, serving the latter mainly as exercises for one position of the hand. Their merit as music written under such conditions is considerable. Mr. Tours has produced pretty and varied melodies out of five notes and their semitones; and the accompanying harmonies are, for the most part, effective. The "character" of the music depends upon the skill with which ideas connected with certain names are expressed. Hector, for example, is appropriately introduced by an imperious March; Willie by a light-hearted Tempo di Polka; Mary by a sedate Andante in the minor; Evangeline by a gentle Andante con moto in the major; and Grace by an elegant Tempo di Valse. As far as we know, this idea is original. In any case, it will make interesting to the young folks that which cannot fail to be, also, useful. The Lullingstone March. Composed by W. Kipps. (Turner.) The opening phrases of this March are, consciously or unconsciously, borrowed from Beethoven's "Adelaide.' Elsewhere, the themes are more original, if not more striking. There is enough merit in the cantabile episode in G major to redeem Mr. Kipps's music from the charge of being uniformly commonplace. Gemme d'Antichità, raccolta di Pezzi Vocali composti dai piu celebri Maestri Antichi. (Lonsdale.)-We have here Nos. 66 and 67 of a series, the first containing Nel riposo' from Handel's 'Deidamia,' the second 'O del mio dolce ardor,' from Gluck's 'Elena e Paride.' As both songs of works to which they belong, we need only are tolerably well known, for the age and the class observe that Mr. Chalmers Masters in the one case, and Herr Ganz in the other, have arranged the accompaniments with all necessary skill. Chappell's Organ Journal. Nos. 1, 2, 3. (Chappell & Co.) This new collection of organ music is issued in a convenient oblong form, and leaves nothing to desire as regards paper and print. Its matter, so far, is interesting. The first three numbers contain the 'Sanctus,' 'Domine Deus,' and 'Gratias agimus,' from Rossini's 'Messe Solennelle,' arranged by Dr. Spark with considerable taste and good judgment. We are not partial to arrange ments for the organ, because the instrument has a repertory of its own more satisfactory than any adaptations can be. On the other hand, we know that arrangements are popular; and since the public will have them they may as well have them good. From this point of view we see enough in Dr. Spark's transcriptions to feel warranted in commending them. Amateurs may care to know that the music is laid out upon three lines for instruments of moderate size and players of moderate ability. Quatre Morceaux Caractéristiques, pour le Pianoforte. Composés par Émile Koettlitz. (Davison & Co.) These four pieces may pair off without offence. No. 1, 'Berceuse,' with No. 3, Fileuse,' and No. 2, 'Toccate,' with No. 4, Caprice.' The former belong to the type of Lieder ohne Worte, now so frequently employed, a melody with florid accompaniment in the inner part. They are by no means unfavourable examples. The themes are pleasant, and their whole treatment unaffected; which implies that the pieces are agreeable both for performer and audience. The remaining two are more brilliant, fanciful and difficult. Moreover, their construction adapts them for usefulness as studies. The amateur whose perseverance enables him to master the 'Toccate' need not shrink from any test of left-hand octave-playing. OPERAS AND CONCERTS. In spite of the feverish activity both of managers and of concert-givers, as the end of the season becomes imminent there is scarcely anything in the doings of the past week that demands comment. At both Operas we have had, up to the time of writing, nothing but repetition performances. Madame Barbot made a debut at Drury Lane in 'Les Huguenots,' but the fatigue from which she was evidently suffering prevented the hearer from coming to any fair conclusion as to the present state of her powers. At Covent Garden Un Ballo in Maschera has been given, with Signor Mario in the part in which he was wont to be without a rival. In appearance and manner he is still unapproachable, and there is still a rare charm in the quality of a voice which, alas! is now powerless to follow the dictates of its owner's will. Malle. Tietjens' fine organ is heard to advantage in some of Amelia's passionate phrases; and Signor Graziani's mellow tones are equally well suited to Renato's dolorous regrets. Among the benefit-concerts may be mentioned those of Malle. Thérèse Castellan, a young violinist of unquestionable talent; M. Antoine de Kontski, a pianist who belongs to the new school of demonstrative players; Mr. F. Archer, who included in his scheme a concertante piano quartet by W. Lindsay Sloper; Mr. I. Gibsone and Malle. Enequist. The last named lady, moreover, appeared with M. Jules Lefort in 'Les Noces de Jeannette' at the soirée given to the subscribers of the New Philharmonic concerts. A matinée, given at Stafford House by Mr. Henry Holmes, also claims notice for the thoroughly-artistic playing of the clever violinist, and for the admirable singing by Herr Stockhausen of several of Schumann's songs. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. roused the ire even of a Parisian audience. The IN 'Our Island Home,' the latest entertainment of Mr. German Reed, Mr. W. S. Gilbert has departed somewhat from the track beaten out by previous concocters of such semi-dramatic sketches. He has represented the present members of the little company as the sole inhabitants of a desert island upon which they have been abandoned, as a just punishment for performing Ages Ago' in the chief cabin of the ship which has borne them to their projected Eastern tournée. A good deal of practical fun is got out of the daily occupations of the deserted comedians; and the extravagant situations devised by Mr. Gilbert are made the most of by all concerned. The long stage experience of Mrs. German Reed stands her in good stead, while Mr. Arthur Cecil plays in the true spirit of genuine burlesque. The music, fitted by Mr. Reed, is not only strictly appropriate to the far-fetched fun of the piece, but is written in genuine artistic fashion, and displays talent which under more favourable circumstances might have done credit to our native school of composers. FRENCH PLAYS. WHEN 'La Périchole' was first brought out at the Variétés, in October, 1868, we gave some account (Athen. No. 2138) of the piece itself, of the source whence the idea of the story was derived, and of its reception. It proved a failure, and yet it is in many respects superior to several much more celebrated compositions of M. Offenbach. The music has elegance as well as animation; and although the dialogue is full of equivocal allusions, the dramatic situations are devoid of the coarseness which attaches to some of the scenes in 'La Grande Duchesse' and 'La Belle Hélène.' There is, however, one intensely disgusting episode in the introduction of a drunken woman; but in this scene Malle. Schneider has modified the ultra-realistic tricks which, on the first production of the piece, Musical Gossip. THE last Philharmonic Concert of the season, "in honour of Beethoven," is postponed from Monday next, to Monday the 11th inst. WE understand that Mr. Henry Smart has just completed a cantata for female voices, entitled 'King Rene's Daughter.' The libretto, the story of which is taken from Henrich Hertz's drama, is by Mr. Frederick Enoch. DRAMA THÉÂTRE DE CLUNY. THREE new pieces constitute the summer programme at this house. Of these one only is a work of importance. 'Père et Mari,' by M. Émile Bergerat, is a three-act comedy in the vein of M. Octave Feuillet. It is pleasantly written if not very original, and has a subject which, in these days of unsavoury analysis, may rank as exceptionally nasty. M. Mauvilain, a notary, has a wife still younglooking and attractive, and a daughter, who is the light of his household. Travelling in Italy with the latter, who is so delicate as to require change of scene, Mauvilain meets Jacques Cerny, a young man of fashion, with whom Eva soon falls violently in love. As the girl's passion is reciprocated by Cerny, and as her father's life is bound up in her own, marriage preliminaries are soon settled. The entire party then return to Paris, where Cerny is introduced to Madame Mauvilain. His consternation is great to find in the mother of the girl he is about to espouse a woman, who, under another name, has been his mistress. Nothing is now left him but flight. But Eva's health suffers so much from the desertion of her lover that M. Mauvilain is compelled to seek the fugitive. His entreaties and menaces are powerless to obtain from Cerny any avowal or explanation, and are followed by a blow. This incentive to a duel brings forward Madame Mauvilain, who, hidden by Cerny, has overheard the dispute. At length the state of affairs is made apparent to the notary, whose love for his daughter is so great that it causes him to pardon the offence to his honour, and even to consent still to receive the offender as his son-in-law. The young couple will in future live in Italy; the father, in order to secure his child's happiness, resigning himself to an eternal separation from her. This termination was scarcely to the taste of the audience, though the piece was successful. MM. Tallien and Reynald, Madame Larmet and Melle. Kelly divided the honours of the representation. Le Valet de Trèfle' of M. Edmond Lasnier is the first dramatic venture of its author. It shows a man who is starting on an expedition, the end of which is matrimony, personating the servant of his friend in order that he may have an oppor THERE is some talk of bringing out at the Théâtre Ealien of Paris several of Signor Petrella's operas. He is, after Signor Verdi, the most popular composer in Italy, and we have more than once expressed in these columns our astonishment at his works being persistently ignored on this side of the Alps. Among his best-known compositions may be mentioned, Marco Visconti,' 'Le Precauzioni,' ‘I Promess. Sposi,' 'La Contessa d'Amalfi' and 'Ione,' and we can speak from experience of the two latter containing much elegant and tuneful music.tunity of studying the character of the woman be 'Ione' is founded on Lord Lytton's 'Last Days of Pompeii,' and the story is well compressed into an interesting libretto. If it gives no evidence of musical enius, the opera is eminently pleasant, and is therefore worth fifty such concoctions as Signor Cmpana's Esmeralda.' A propos of Signor Petrella, ve observe that the production at Ferrara of one of his works, 'Celinda,' has just occasioned an upror in that torpid city, the theatre being divided between the enthusiastic admirers and bitter eemies of the composer. That his inoffensive mse should provoke angry altercations is incompehensible to us stolid northerners. At all events,no such excitement need be apprehended in Pari or London. THEintense heat in Paris has crushed out all activit in the theatres there. Our neighbours, wiser n their generation than Londoners, object to cop themselves up in gas-heated places on sultry June evenings. The suburban theatres, howeer, are rather more frequented than those in the Fart of the city, and at the Folies Marigny a littlemusical piece, 'L'Alchimiste des Batignolles, has een brought out with success. SONOR GIUSEPPE TRAMBUSTI in his short hisory of music, 'Storia della Musica, e specialmente de Italiana,' has done good service in attempting to upply the want of a well-written and complete hiory of Italian music. is to marry. The result of such an experiment may easily be guessed. While the intended husband is speculating on the value of the prize, it is seized by the man he has allowed to personate him. 'La Folie Persécutrice,' of M. Georges Charpentier, is also the work of an untried author. It is a trifling piece, but forms a not unpleasing baisser de rideau. FOLIES MARIGNY. A NEW entertainment at this summer theatre consists of a revival and two novelties. 'Le Paratonnerre' is a gay little comic vaudeville, produced ten years ago, with great success, at the Gymnase Dramatique, though a more suitable home for it would appear to have been either the Palais Royal Cerises,' a one-act comedy, by M. Alfred Duprez, or the house at which it is now presented. "Les is in verse. Its hero is Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and its very simple plot is founded the scene upon in Les Confessions,' in which the writer describes fenried and throwing cherries at them. The treathimself as toying with Mdlles. Galley and Graf ment is unsuited to the theme, and the whole is a little turgid. 'L'Alchimiste des Batignolles' is an absurd farce, representing the adventures of a young lover who succeeds in entering the house of a confectioner, addicted to alchemy, by passing for a corpse, which the worthy professor of forbidden arts needs for some occult experiments. Dramatic Gossip. A NEW drama, by Mr. Charles Reade, in which Mr. Hermann Vezin will appear, is announced for immediate production at the Gaiety. 'LITTLE EM'LY,' Mr. Halliday's version of 'David Copperfield,' has been revived at the Olympic. Many changes have been made in the cast. Mr. George Belmore succeeds Mr. Emery as Peggotty; Mr. David Fisher replaces Mr. Rowe as Micawber, and gives a representation of the character far less extravagant and highly coloured than that of his predecessor; and Mr. George Elliott plays the part of Uriah Heep, formerly sustained by Mr. Joseph Irving. A spectacular romance, entitled Undine,' SAMPSON LOW & CO.'S BY SPECIAL PERMISSION. In One Volume, small 4to. choicely printed on paper specially made, is announced for production at the Olympic this The GENTLE LIFE. Essays in Aid of the evening. MR. F. A. MARSHALL has given at the Hanover Square Rooms the first of a series of dramatic readings. The plays selected, 'Hamlet' and ' Volpone,' were effectively read. THE Austrians speak very highly of the new tragedy Olympias,' by Herr Friedrich Marx, recently brought out at the theatre of Gratz. AT Trieste the Morelli Company, of which the Signora Marini is a member, has been very suc Formation of Character. By J. HAIN FRISWELL. The QUEEN An OLD-FASHIONED GIRL. By LOUISA Superior Edition, fcap. cloth extra, gilt edges, 38. 6d. cessful. It is said that a new dramatic work by REMINISCENCES of AMERICA in 1869. Signor Ferrari will be shortly brought out. By TWO ENGLISHMEN. Crown 8vo. cloth extra, 78. 6d. YEARS in PARAGUAY: a Narrative of Personal Service and AT this season in Italy most of the theatres are closed, and dramatic art seeks a refuge in the arène The HEART of the CONTINENT. By Firzor open-air theatres. For about five months, that HUGH LUDLOW. A Record of Travel in Oregon and Utah. is to say, from May to September, comedy and tra- With Illustrations. 8vo. cloth, 148. gedy yield to melo-drama, which is more adapted to theatres where the audience smoke and drink and SECOND EDITION of SEVEN EVENTFUL read the papers during the acts; and where the scenery is blown about by the evening breezes, and the sound of a bell tolling the Ave Maria, or the noise of some musical instrument played in the street close by distracts the attention of the spectators. In Paris, where the heat in the theatres is quite as great as in the Italian theatres, comedy is acted the whole year round, but no comedy would seem to have sufficient attractions for an Italian audience during summer. M. VERCONSIN has finished for the Vaudeville a comedy, entitled 'Roule ta Bosse.' A SPECTACULAR drama, entitled 'L'Odalisque,' is a forthcoming novelty at the Châtelet. M. CADOL, the author of the 'Inutiles,' has written for the Théâtre de Cluny a new comedy in which Laferrière will support the principal part. M. LAFONT will shortly appear at the Vaudeville in the new comedy of M. Théodore Barrière, 'L'Amour sur la Branche.' A CURIOUS experiment is about to be made at the Comédie Française. It consists of a revival of ne of the old farces in vogue contemporaneously with mysteries and miracle plays. Maistre Pierre Pathelin,' the authorship of which has given rise to much speculation, has been fitted for the modern stage by M. Édouard Fournier. It will be played as nearly as possible as it was at its first production in the days of Louis the Eleventh. The dresses and decorations will be copied from the black letter edition of 1490. Got will undertake the role of Pathelin. As the farce is written in eight-syllable verse, it will be a complete innovation upon recent custom. No work in verse other than ten-syllable has been played at the Française for more than two centuries. The last instance of employment of octosyllabic verse was the 'Sot Vengé' of Poisson, performed in 1652. THE Folies Nouvelles will open with 'Histoire d'une Gifle,' by MM. Busnach and De Woestyne, a fantaisie by MM. Fleury and Huart, and an operetta by MM. Leterrier, Vanloo and Villebichot. 'FERNANDE' has been played a hundred nights at the Gymnase. It will soon be produced in one of the New York theatres. THE 'Passeur du Louvre,' now in course of performance at the Ambigu-Comique, will be followed by the Gladiateur de Ravenne' of M. Taillade, in which the author will play the role of Caligula. TO CORRESPONDENTS.-W. J.-R. S.-L. F.-H. S. F.L. H. K.-received. ESSAYS in MOSAIC. Forming the New Volume The BAYARD SERIES, edited by J. HAIN FRISWELL, CON- The HYMNAL COMPANION to the BOOK LOW'S MINION SERIES OF POPULAR 1. The GATES AJAR. (The Original English 'dition.) 3. 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"In speaking of a book where the poems are so singularly equal in merit as this, it has been scarcely possible to do more than name the most important, and several even must remain unnamed; but it is something of a satisfaction to finish with the mentioning the 'Song of the Bower, so full of passion and melody, and more like a song to be sung than any modern piece I know. To conclude, I think these lyrics, with all their other merits, the most complete of their time; no difficulty is avoided in them, no subject is treated vaguely, languidly, or heartlessly; as there is no commonplace or second-hand left in them to be atoned for by beauty of execution, so no thought is allowed to overshadow that beauty of art which compels a real poet to speak in verse and not in prose. Nor do I know what lyrics of any time are to be called great, if we are to deny that title to these." Now Ready, crown Svo. cloth, price 7s. 6d. "COMMONPLACE:" a Tale of To-day, AND OTHER STORIES. By CHRISTINA G. 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Every student of popular legendary lore will find this faithful and fine translation highly valuable, and it is, moreover, a thing to be grateful for as a permanent accession to English literature... To conclude a notice which our space will not allow us to enlarge, we trust this strange old story, in its present dress, will find readers. The English, although we should say too elaborately and obtrusively archaic, is, on the whole, noble and pure-a marvel in these hasty days of novel and newspaper." F. S. ELLIS, 33, King-street, Covent-garden. A CRITICAL ACCOUNT of the DRAWINGS of MICHEL ANGELO and RAFFAELLO, in the University Galleries, Oxford. By J. C. ROBINSON, F.S.A. [This day. Crown Svo. 48. TRUM ANALYSIS: Six Lectures, with Appendices, Engravings, Maps, and Chromo-lithographs. Medium 8vo. 218. [This day. This Day, in 8vo. price 18. DEAN STANLEY'S FUNERAL SERMON on CHARLES DICKENS. Preached in Westminster Abbey, June 19th. By E. A FREEMAN, D.C.L., Oxon. 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