"  In  short,  the  utter  failure  of  Mr.  Aitken  to  coerce  local  musicians  in-
to accepting  his  absurd  and  insulting  propositions  is,  beyond  doubt,  proving
the  greatest  disappointment  our  indiscreet  critic  has  as  yet  experienced
during  his  recent  brilliant  career  in  the  cause  of  music  in  this  country.
///nc  illae  lacrhnuc  /"

A.   S.  VooT.
Toronto,  March  11th.
FROM  AN  AUSTRALIAN  MUSICIAN.
The  following  appeared  in  a  recent  issue  of  Toronto  Saturduy  A'ighf  :

Mr.  George  Peake,  the  eminent  Australian  musician  whose  manly
opposition  to  the  defective  examinations  of  several  of  the  foremost  English
examining  l)odies  has  of  late  brought  him  into  public  notice  throughout  the
Empire,  has  written  Saturday  Night  a  letter  of  commendation  and  en-
couragement in  its  "spirited  enterprise"  in  exposing  the  weakness  of  the
same  business  ventures  which  are  al)out  to  set  up  in  Canada  under  the
pretense  of  advancing  musical  "art"  in  this  benighted  land.  He  writes  :
"  I  am  delighted  that  the  subject  is  receiving  so  much  attention  in  your  city.
