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This is as powerful as the " Erlking," and it 

 deserves a place as a companion-piece to Schu- 

 bert's grand rendition of the German lyric. 



Doctors in summer should prescribe a light 

 literary course, tonic rather than stimulating, 

 not only to the weak-kneed, but the robust as 

 well on the same principle that salads, cooling 

 vegetables, and dainty entrees are craved by the 

 stomach during the tyranny of Sirius. I would fur- 

 ther proscribe heating music : Strauss's waltzes, 

 Von Weber's " Invitation to the Dance," Men- 

 delssohn's " Wedding March," even Beetho- 

 ven's " Adelaide," are entirely out of place during 

 the heated term. Rather let us listen to the 

 solemn chords of the " Dead March in Saul," 

 the " Lacrymosa " of the " Requiem," the sob- 

 bing of the " Serenade." 



The worst of existing hot-weather customs is 

 that of sending bills in July. A law should be 

 passed rendering this an indictable offense, if, 

 withal, creditors should not be compelled to de- 

 duct a liberal percentage from all accounts fall- 

 ing due during the summer solstice. 



Planchet's motto, " Laissons faire et ne dtsons 

 rien," is a good one for summer, and preferable 

 to D'Artagnan's, " Faisons bien et latssons dire!' 

 Happy in July is the man on the sea-shore ! 

 How refreshing it is to get it all wet on one side 



