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serving distinctly the original air, and never sacrificing the rules of 

 harmony and melody for any clap-trap temporary applause. Men- 

 tioning these observations to his father, he told me that, when a 

 mere child, he would immediately detect the resemblance of airs (if 

 there existed any) of diiFerent composers, and he would point out 

 the exact difference between them ; and when his infantile mind 

 could not express its thoughts in words, he would whistle first the 

 one air, then the other, and, with a quickness of gesticulation and 

 pantomimic language, call attention to any actual or supposed re- 

 semblance between them. 



MASTER SHAW, 

 Organist to St. Peter's Church, Drypool, Hull. 



Master Shaw is robust, but small in stature, being fifteen years 

 old. He has rather a large head, and his temperament is nervo- 

 sanguineous. At the present time he is a pupil under Mr. Skelton, 

 a very talented musician. He plays on the organ with taste (Ide- 

 ality is large) ; his execution is excellent (Imitation is large) ; his 

 manipulation is surprising for one so young (Constructiveness is very 

 large) ; and he has an excellent moral organization, with large Self- 

 esteem, Love of Approbation, and Firmness ; and, even when sing- 

 ing before large audiences at the Hull concerts, he is never abashed. 

 Master Shaw gives evidence of the accuracy of his perception of 

 melody that he is quite an iraprovisatore, astonishing those who 

 hear him with the sweetness, power, and harmony he displays when 

 performing the voluntary. 



MASTER WILLIAM M ANTON, 



Commonly called " The Infant Paganini." 



This child is not quite six years old, of a nervo-bilious tempera- 

 ment, and with a head which is much malformed in the lateral and 

 posterior regions, but, as in other cases of precocity, the anterior 

 lobes are large. The sentiments and feelings are also strongly de- 

 veloped, particularly those which give confidence, taste, skill in exe- 

 cution, and the power of expressing the thoughts of a composer. 

 The organs of Self-esteem, Love of Approbation, and Firmness, 

 are very large, as are also Constructiveness, Ideality, and Imitation ; 

 and Order, Number, Individuality, and Eventuality, are very large : 

 Time is full. 



Master Manton is travelling with IMr. F. A. Beverley, vocalist 



