In 1836, M. Molique made a journey to Paris, and executed one of his concertos for the violin, at the Concerts of the _Conservatoire_. The journals which spoke of the effect of this composition, did justice to its beauty: but, according to their account, the execution does not appear to have produced upon the audience such an effect as ought to have resulted from the talent of the artist. It has been a subject of remark, that something of the same sort has happened in the case of most of the violinists of the German School who have performed before audiences at Paris; and that Spohr and Lipinski, who have had a great reputation elsewhere, produced but little sensation in that city. Must not the cause of this be sought in the diversity of national taste?—The published works of M. Molique have for many years contributed to the extension of his renown. Vainly, oh, Pen! expectant here thou turn’st To trace the doings of Teutonic ERNST— To shew what praise he won, what hearts he moved, What realms he traversed, and what trials proved. Wanting the _records_ that should speak his fame, Prose fails—and Verse, alas! but gives _his name_. So, in life’s common round, when just aware That one whom we have longed to _know_, is near— To see him, hear him, _chat_ with him, prepared, We find he’s gone, and has but _left his card_! Under the German branch of our subject, as more analogous to that than to any one of the others, may perhaps be most fitly presented some particulars concerning the remarkable Norwegian artist, OLE (or OLAUS) BULL, who, in 1836, came hither to dazzle and animate us, like a coruscation from those “northern lights” that are often so conspicuous in his own land. His advent to our shores was immediately preceded by a visit to our lively neighbours on the southern side of the Channel. The following sketch—of which the earlier and more picturesque portion is chiefly derived from a French account, written by a medical professor and musical amateur at Lyons—will furnish some idea of the powers and peculiarities of this individual.