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“ ME. AMY SHERWIN, whose vocal gifts are well known to every lover of music, is a native of Tasmania, and enjoys the unique distinction of being the first Australian lady who has won the position of a prima donna in Great Britain. Mr. N. Vert and Dr. Hans Richter were the first in this country to recognise her great abilities, from which time forth her name has been conspicuous in the programmes of the most important London concerts. ”

“ At sixteen he became a student at the Royal Academy of Music, where he continued to study for three years. At twenty-five he was appointed organist at St. Andrew's, Well Street, which post he held for eight years, when he was elected organist at St. Anne's, Soho, where he continued until 1886. During most of this time he was acting as conductor of oratorio concerts, and succeeded Gounod as conductor of the Royal Albert Hall Choral Society in 1872. In 1875 he was appointed Precentor and Director of Musical Instruction at Eton College. ”

“ He has been brought up as a soldier, and now holds the rank of colonel, but he is of a modest and retiring disposition, deeply attached to his parents, who have brought him up in the best traditions of his house. ”