ABSTRACT
Picciola (piano), Ignorant (concertina), Flora Bradbroke (general), Harmonious Blacksmith (music history and appreciation), Bernard, B.C.T. M.L., Ethel, Mysotis, Marie, Christie (music education), Pianette, Dix-Sept, Country Girl, H.C.W. (general), White Cockade (composition), Cunobelin (piano), A Waif on Life’s Ocean (general), Agnes (music potential), Union Jack (general), Lover of Music (voice)
Number 250 (11 October 1884) For Listeners at Instrumental Concerts I. The ‘Strings’ of the Orchestra pp. 20-2 Varieties (Lovers of Music) p. 27 The Mountain Path Ch. 2 pp. 28-30 Answers to Correspondents (Music heading) pp. 31-2
Effie Deans (terms, guitar), Helen Danvers (general), Ellen, Anxious One (piano), Maria Orford (banjo, mandolin, choosing instrument), E. B. Morris (national anthem)
Number 251 (18 October 1884) The Mountain Path Ch. 3 pp. 33-5 The Fairies: Scherzo for the Pianoforte (music score) (Ernst Pauer) pp. 36-9
Number 252 (25 October 1884) The Mountain Path Ch. 4 pp. 49-51 New Music p. 55 Answers to Correspondents pp. 62-3
Urania (violin)
Number 253 (1 November 1884) The Mountain Path (Lily Watson) Ch. 5 pp. 65-7 New Music p. 69
Number 254 (8 November 1884) The Mountain Path Ch. 6* pp. 81-3
Illustration ‘And trilled away like a bird’ shows Adela singing p. 81 Love Is Ours (music score) (Louisa Bodda-Pyne, Words H. Barrington) pp. 84-6 Village Bands (Alice King) pp. 91-2
Focuses on management of village bands, which should be an amusement and relaxation for its members and help to teach sobriety and high morality.
