LLOYD and ALBANI As _Boaz_ and _Ruth_, Were perfect, no blarney, I'm telling the truth. The applause was enthusiastic: indeed, not only in this instance, but throughout the performance, these two sang magnificently. _Boaz_ must have been a very kind man; at all events, as _Boaz_ and _Ruth_ are invariably heard of together, it is clear that he could never be accused of being Ruthless. Now, just one question: the Book of Words with musical phrases, is sold in the room, and on the title-page we read that "the words are selected,"--most judiciously too--by Mr. JOSEPH BENNETT, and "the Book of Words" is fitted "with analytical notes by JOSEPH BENNETT,"--though we should have thought that Mr. COWEN'S notes were sufficient by themselves. Then we find the analytical Noter saying at the end of Part I., "_The assertion may safely be made, that no poetical situation in dramatic Oratorio, has been treated more successfully than the foregoing._" Now, suppose this were a book of a new Opera, would it be right and proper for the librettist who had adapted the subject from SHAKSPEARE, for example, to give his opinion on the work of his _collaborateur_? Wouldn't this be taking an unfair advantage of his position? It doesn't matter in this case, as I perfectly agree with him, but it is the principle, whatever it may be, for which I contend, and sign myself, Your Musical Representative, PETER PIPER. * * * * * UNCLE REMUS ON C. S. P-RN-LL.--"Brer Fox he lay low." * * * * * SHOWS VIEWS. [Illustration] Amongst entertainments of a pleasing character the performances of "Mr. and Mrs. GERMAN REED" hold their own gallantly. At the present moment a little play called _Tally Ho_ is occupying the boards, much to the delight of those serious pleasure-seekers who consider a box at a theatre wicked, but find no particular harm in the stalls of St. George's Hall. Mr. ALFRED REED and Miss FANNY HOLLAND are as amusing as ever, and the music is all that could be desired. The dialogue of the piece, or entertainment, or whatever it is, is not too new. I fancy the author must have seen _London Assurance_, and listened to _Lady Gay Spanker's_ description of the fox chase. And having seen the piece and heard the speech, possibly read the burlesque thereon by the late GILBERT ABBOTT À BECKETT, in the _Scenes from Rejected Comedies_, published as long ago as the forties. "How time flies!" as a lady behind me observed, after expressing her opinion that Mr. CORNEY GRAIN was better than his pupil--JOHN PARRY! "I remember him as far back as a quarter of a century," continued the fair dame, "and didn't you hear him say he was over fifty years old when he sang that song calling himself an old fogey?" Mr. GRAIN fails to do himself justice when he assumes an elderly air inconsistent with the number of his summers. Such an assumption can but cause pain--to his contemporaries!