did not know that it was 'the air that his neglected daughter
sang to his dead son'!


_Piano_

Lady musicians are numerous, and of very varied degrees of
excellence. Amongst the pianists is Miss Teresa Malderton, who
nearly fell a prey to that gay deceiver Mr. Horatio Sparkins
(_S.B.T._ 5). Her contribution to a musical evening was
'The Fall of Paris,' played, as Mr. Sparkins declared, in a
masterly manner.

There was a song called 'The Fall of Paris,' but it is most
probable that Dickens was thinking of a very popular piece
which he must have often heard in his young days, of which
the full title was

THE SURRENDER OF PARIS. A characteristic Divertimento
for the Pianoforte, including the events from the Duke
of Wellington and Prince Blucher's marching to that
capital to the evacuation by the French troops and
taking possession by the Allies, composed by Louis
Jansen, 1816.

Not the least curious section of this piece of early programme
music is a _moderato_ recording the various articles of the
capitulation. These are eighteen in number, and each has
its own 'theme.' The interspersion of some discords seems to
imply serious differences of opinion between the parties to