THE LONDON MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY. Six songs by Erskine Allon to words by Sir Thomas Wyatt, who died in 1542.—All that Mr. Allon writes is interesting. In these songs the accompaniments are as full of charm as the melodies are of quaint character and grace. C. KING. Shakesperian Sketches, for Pianoforte, by Frank Adlam.—Clever illustrations of passages and scenes in Shakespeare’s plays. BOOSEY AND CO. _The Choralist_: 269, “Waiting for the Spring.” 270, “A Winter Serenade.”—Two capital four-part songs by J. S. Mitchell.—267, “Come, Lassies and Lads.”—A masterly arrangement in four parts of the good old seventeenth-century ditty. _Cavendish Music Books._—In No. 101 we have a selection of American pieces. To those who wish to know what our cousins on the other side of the Atlantic are doing in musical composition, we advise a perusal of this selection. It proves that, at any rate in this kind of art work, we are more “go-ahead” than they are. _The Sweet old River._ Song by Sydney Smith.—A smoothly written song, published in C and E flat. _Dreams._ Song by Cecile S. Hartog.—Miss Hartog’s compositions are exceptionally good, and far above the average ballad. _The Wide, Wide Sea._—One of the best songs that Stephen Adams has written. Compass, B flat to E flat, or C to F. _In the Chimney Corner._ By F. H. Cowen.—A song of the Behrend type, but higher in conception, and rather more hopeful in tone. _Go, Pretty Rose._ Duet in canon. By Marzials.—We recommend this duet to all who have sung and admired his other canon, “My true love hath my heart.” It is a most elegant canon, and very melodious and bright withal. STANLEY LUCAS AND CO. _Grave and Corno._ By Joseph Gibbs (1744), and air and jigg by Richard Jones (17th century). All for violin and piano.—These really good and interesting relics of old English composition have been revived by Herr Peiniger, who has arranged a piano part from the figured basses. Just as we admire the case of an organ, so may we speak of the admirable covers to these pieces. They are in excellent taste. _Five Pictures on a Journey._ By F. W. Davenport.—Well written and suggestive piano pieces. _Episodes for the Piano._ By Frederick Westlake.—We have received No. 1, Prelude, and feel sure that the others equally well sustain the reputation of this esteemed professor of the Royal Academy. EVERY GIRL A BUSINESS WOMAN. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF INDUSTRY AND THRIFT. BY JAMES MASON. PART II. We come now to speak about the receiving and the paying away of money. These are things which, by common consent, are always done in a certain way. If they are done otherwise it shows either a want of sense or a want of education.