Excerpt from Household Words, 1855, Vol. 10: A Weekly Journal; From the 19th of August to the 27th of January; Being From No. 230 to No. 253, and Also Including the Extra Number and a Half for Christmas I am afraid the bénéficiare does not ay many of his artists. You see he isso fashion able, so run after, that it is rather an honour than otherwise to sin for him gratis. The Misses Gooch can tru y affirm themselves to be of the nobility's concerts when they go starring round the provinces in the autumn after they have sung for a year or two at P.'s Grand Musical festival A great many pro fessionals sing for Papadaggi through pure friendshi and goodwill, for the little man is universal y liked and respected. A great many sing because others sing, and a~ great many more because they want to be heard at any risk. The bird that can sing and won't sing is a rare. Avis. I never knew a bird that could sing but that would whether his hearers liked it or not; even know a great many birds that can't sing and oughtn't to sing, who will sing. Papadaggi, however, does not get all the professionals atuitously. Orpheus B clyfl'e, with w om fifteen guineas for a song is as much a fixed idea as the cultivation of his garden was with Candide, says, I'll sing, by all means, but I must have the cash, Pap, my boy; and Pap pays him: while old Grabbatoni, the renowned erformer on the Violoncello, contents himselt with saying every year as he pockets his eight guineas, Next year, mio care, I play or noting for noting - yes but, somehow or other, with Grabbatoni that next year never comes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.