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There has never been, in this country at least, so thorough an atteramme music As a definite helper in some cases and as a refresher in others we believe Mr Upton's book to have a lasting value The book, in brief, shows enthusiastic and honorable educational purpose, good taste, and sound scholarshi+p--_The American, Philadelphia_
Upton's books should be read and studied by all who desire to acquaint themselves with the facts and acco forms of musical composition--_The Voice, New York_
It is written in a style that cannot fail to stimulate the reader, if also a student of s of the coreat composers It contains, besides, a vast amount of information about the symphony, its evolution and structure, with sketches of the composers, and a detailed technical description of a few syoers--_The Chautauquan_
GROUND ARMS!
_The Story of a Life_
BY BERTHA VON SUTTNER
This story is one of the strongest works of fiction of the present decade The author is a philosopher and a philanthropist Her clear, incisive reasoning, her large sympathies, coive the world a story which will hold in its thrall even the ood literature--_The Arena_, Boston
The author pierces to theshe is verily possessed; it has made of her a seer The bare, bald outline of ”Die Waffen nieder!” (”Ground Arive but a faint, feeble idea of its power and pathos, and none at all of the ht and hu episodes, the piquant glireat world of Austria and France, which relieve the glooic story--_International Journal of Ethics_
We have here unquestionably a very reeneral disarmament it stands unrivaled For a familiarity with the details of the subject treated, for breadth of view, for logical acumen, for dramatic effect and literary excellence, it stands unequaled by any ritten with a purpose--_Literary Digest_
With a powerful pen the author tells of the horrors of war; not alone the desolation of battlefields, but the scourges of typhus and cholera that follow in their wake, and the wretchedness, ht to countless homes The story in itself is simple but pathetic The book, which is sound and calrand impression upon military circles of Europe, and its influence is destined to extend far into the future--_Public Opinion_, New York