Dickens was always very careful in his choice of names and titles, and the evolution of some of the latter is very interesting. One of the many he conceived for the magazine which was to succeed _Household Words_ was _Household Harmony_, while another was _Home Music_. Considering his dislike of bells in general, it is rather surprising that two other suggestions were _English Bells_ and _Weekly Bells_, but the final choice was _All the Year Round_. Only once does he make use of a musician's name in his novels, and that is in _Great Expectations_. Philip, otherwise known as Pip, the hero, becomes friendly with Herbert Pocket. The latter objects to the name Philip, 'it sounds like a moral boy out of a spelling-book,' and as Pip had been a blacksmith and the two youngsters were 'harmonious,' Pocket asks him: 'Would you mind Handel for a familiar name? There's a charming piece of music, by Handel, called the "Harmonious Blacksmith."' 'I should like it very much.' Dickens' only contribution to hymnology appeared in the _Daily News_ February 14, 1846, with the title 'Hymn of the Wiltshire Labourers.' It was written after reading a speech at one of the night meetings of the wives of agricultural labourers in Wiltshire, held with the object of petitioning for Free Trade. This is the first verse: O God, who by Thy Prophet's hand Did'st smite the rocky brake, Whence water came at Thy command Thy people's thirst to slake, Strike, now, upon this granite wall, Stern, obdurate, and high; And let some drop of pity fall For us who starve and die! We find the fondness for Italian names shown by vocalists and pianists humorously parodied in such self-evident forms as Jacksonini, Signora Marra Boni, and Billsmethi. Banjo Bones is a self-evident _nom d'occasion_, and the high-sounding name of Rinaldo di Velasco ill befits the giant Pickleson (_Dr. M._), who had a little head and less in it. As it was essential that the Miss Crumptons of Minerva House should have an Italian master for their pupils, we find Signer Lobskini introduced, while the modern rage for Russian musicians is to some extent anticipated in Major Tpschoffki of the Imperial Bulgraderian Brigade (_G.S._). His real name, if he ever had one, is said to have been Stakes. Dickens has little to say about the music of his time, but in the reprinted paper called _Old Lamps for New Ones_ (written in 1850), which is a strong condemnation of pre-Raphaelism in art, he attacks a similar movement in regard to music, and makes much fun of the Brotherhood. He detects their influence in things musical, and writes thus: