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[Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photo. by Elliott & Fry._]
Mr. F. H. Cowen, whose new opera will appear about the same time as
these portraits, was born at Kingston, in Jamaica, and showed at a very
early age so much musical talent that it was decided he should follow
music as a career, with what excellent results is known to all
musicians. His more important works comprise five cantatas, "The Rose
Maiden," "The Corsair," "Saint Ursula," "The Sleeping Beauty," and "St.
John's Eve," several symphonies, the opera "Thorgrim," considered his
finest work, and over two hundred songs and ballads, many of which have
attained great popularity.
_The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes._