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VERY SHORT STORIES
AND
VERSES FOR CHILDREN.
By MRS. W. K. CLIFFORD.
_A NEW NATURAL HISTORY_
OF BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES.
By JOHN K. LEYS, M.A.
Life Stories of Famous Children.
ADAPTED FROM THE FRENCH.
_By the Author of "Spenser for Children."_
LONDON: WALTER SCOTT, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row.
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Transcriber's note:
Minor punctuation errors have been corrected.
Hyphenation and accent usage have been made consistent.
Spelling inconsistencies between the introduction and main text have
been preserved as printed, e.g. Jommelli, Jomelli; Metastasia,
Metastasio; Bonacini, Bononcini; etc.
Typographic errors, including errors in consistency, have been
corrected as follows:
Page x--parodox amended to paradox--"... what may with
seeming paradox be called statuesque, ..."
Page xiv--psuedo amended to pseudo--"... when
pseudo-classicism had given all it had to give; ..."
Page xv--Brahm amended to Brahms--"... Liszt, Franz, Thomas,
Brahms, Rubenstein, ..."
Page xv--writen amended to written--"... and of his work a
competent judge has written ..."
Page 30--Scheolcher amended to Schoelcher--"Schoelcher, in
his _Life of Handel_, says ..."
Page 33--and amended to andt--"Why, by the mercy of Heaven,
andt the waders of Aix-la-Chapelle, ..."
Page 40--Encyclopedists amended to Encyclopædists--"The
Encyclopædists stimulated the ferment ..."
Page 49--spmphony amended to symphony--"... (alluding to
Haydn's brown complexion and small stature) "composed that
symphony?""
Page 49--Hadyn amended to Haydn--"Haydn continued the
intimate friend and associate of Prince Nicholas ..."
Page 57--Hadyn amended to Haydn--"Haydn was present, but he
was so old and feeble ..."
Page 61--Mme. amended to Mdme.--"... when Mdme. Pompadour
refused to kiss him, ..."
Page 73--expected amended to excepted--"The "Sinfonia
Eroica," the "Choral" only excepted, is the longest ..."
Page 81--Mme. amended to Mdme.--"... the following anecdote
related by Mdme. Moscheles ..."
Page 83--Paesiello amended to Paisiello--"Paisiello liked
the warm bed in which to jot down his musical notions, ..."
Page 89--medodies amended to melodies--"The immemorial
melodies to which the popular songs of Germany were set ..."
Page 96--effertories amended to offertories--"His church
music, consisting of six masses, many offertories, ..."
Page 100--Musikallische amended to Musikalische--"... in a
critical article published in the _Wiener Musikalische
Zeitung_, ..."
Page 102--veilleicht amended to vielleicht--"Ein Mann
vielleicht von dreissig Jahr, ..."
Page 113--noctures amended to nocturnes--"... the preludes,
nocturnes, scherzos, ballads, etc., ..."
Page 134--harmouy amended to harmony--"... sweetness of
harmony and tune, ..."
Page 139--Tanhäuser amended to Tannhäuser--"... next came
"Tannhäuser" and "Lohengrin," ..."
Page 141--Tanhäuser amended to Tannhäuser--"In "Tannhäuser"
and "Lohengrin" they find full sway."
Page 145--Büloz amended to Bülow--"... originated chiefly
with the masterly playing of Herr Von Bülow, ..."
Page 149--Da amended to da, and Michel amended to
Michael--"... Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Correggio, Titian,
and Michael Angelo."
Page 149--Perluigui amended to Perluigi--"GIOVANNI PERLUIGI
ALOISIO DA PALESTRINA was born at Palestrina, ..."
Page 156--musiq amended to music--"... where comedies and
other plays are represented in recitative music ..."
Page 165--opportuity amended to opportunity--"... as gave
Vestris the opportunity for one of his greatest triumphs."
Page 168--Petersburgh amended to Petersburg--"... the
invitation of Catherine to become the court composer at St.
Petersburg, ..."
Page 173--Stendhal amended to Stendhall--"... Stendhall
says, in his _Life of Rossini_, ..."
Page 178--accomodations amended to accommodations--"... and
those unable to get other accommodations encamp ..."
Page 181--totaly amended to totally--"Sterbini made the
libretto totally different ..."
Page 184--Davide amended to David--"Mdme. Colbran,
afterwards Rossini's wife, sang Desdemona, and David,
Otello."
Page 185--you amended to your--"... they have not left you
a seat in your own house."
Page 202--Faleiro amended to Faliero--""Marino Faliero" was
composed for Paris in 1835, ..."
Page 204--Nigida amended to Nisida--"... the story of which
was drawn from "L'Ange de Nisida," ..."
Page 209--chief amended to chef--"... and M. Habeneck, _chef
d'orchestre_ of the Académie Royale, ..."
Page 224--Skakespearian amended to Shakespearian--"... that
probably only a Shakespearian subject could induce him ..."
Page 225--Othello amended to Otello--"There are no symphonic
pieces in "Otello," ..."
Page 228--maurir amended to mourir--"_... pécheur, il faut
mourir_, ..."
Page 229--fall amended to full--"... but with a voice so
full of shakes and quavers, ..."
Page 261--La amended to Le--"In 1797 he produced his "Le
Jeune Henri," ..."
Page 264--Gaspardo amended to Gasparo--"LUIGI GASPARO
PACIFICO SPONTINI, born of peasant parents ..."
Page 266--rejoiner amended to rejoinder--""What's the use? I
can't hear a note," was the impatient rejoinder."
Page 268--Formental amended to Fromental--"FROMENTAL HALÉVY,
a scion of the Hebrew race, ..."
Page 282--Anslem amended to Anselm--"... Clementi, Bernhard
Anselm Weber, and Abbé Vogler."
Page 284--Veluti amended to Velluti--"In the latter city,
Velluti, the last of the male sopranists, ..."
Page 292--faancs amended to francs--"... I certainly would
have given two hundred francs for a seat; ..."
Page 297--avried amended to varied--"... accordingly as the
varied meanings of Goethe's masterpiece demand."
Page 326--by-word amended to bye-word--"... his name was a
laughing-stock and a bye-word."
Page 335--S. Bach amended to J. S. Bach--"1685-1750 _J. S.
Bach._"
Page 335--Cerubini amended to Cherubini--"1760-1842
_Cherubini._"