! theoretical studies under Cherubini, which he continued with great ardor for a year or so. His first opera given in public was le Sejour militaire, in one act, which failed completely in 1813. After another failure in 1819, he scored a genuine success at the The'atre-Feydeau (the then Opera- Comique) with la Bergere chatelaine (3 acts) in 1820, and Emma, ou la pro- messe imprudente, confirmed his reputation the next year. About 1824, in which year his Concert a la Cour and Leocadie were brought out, a change in his manner was noticeable : his style became broader and more finished, his writing was, so to speak, on a larger scale ; this tendency became still more marked with le Magon, given in 1825, which is generally considered as marking the beginning of his second manner. This second period of Auber's closed in splendor with la Muette de Portici, given at the Academie de Musique in 1828. His masterpieces, la Fiancee, Fra Diavolo, Lestocq, le Domino noir, and le Cheval de Bronze belong to his third period. With les Diamants de la Couronne, brought out in 1841, his style began to expand still further, and, unlike most great composers, he entered upon a fourth period, to which belong his operas, la Part du Diable, la Sirene, and Maydie. Auber was undoubtedly the greatest, as well as one of the most charac- teristic, French writers of opera-comique ; it was in this vein that he was most at home and in which he won his greatest successes. Nevertheless, one of his grand operas, la Muette de Portici (better known in this country in its Italian version, Masanielld), is accounted his greatest masterpiece by some judges, and was moreover an epoch-making work. In la Muette Auber began that revolution in the style of French grand opera which was continued by Rossini in his Guillaume Tell, and completed — in the way of Just Published E. A. MACDOWELL ALBUM OF EIGHT SONGS No. 1. The Robin Sings in the Apple Tree. No. 2. Midsummer Lullaby. No. 3. Folk Song. No. 4. Confidence No. 5. The West-wind Croons in the Cedar Trees. No. 6. In the Woods. No. 7. The Sea. No. 8. Through the Meadow. Op. 47 Price, $1.00 net. TECHNICAL EXERCISES FOR THE PIANOFORTE. 3 Books. Book 1, #1.25. Books 2 and 3 under press. BREITKOPF & HARTEL, - 39 East 19th Street, NEW YORK. Catalogue of String Instruments, 120 pages, 8vo, profusely illustrated, of interest to all professional and amateur players. Free on application. (20).