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TESTIMONIAL OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS TO STEINWAY & SONS. NEW YORK, December, 1861. The Pianc-fortes, Grand. Square, and Upright, manufactured by Messrs. STEINWAY & SONS have established for themselves so world-wide a reputation that it is hardly possible for us to add anything to their just fame. Having thoroughly tested and tried these instruments personally for years, both in public and private, it becomes our pleasant duty to express our candid opinion regarding their unquestioned superiority over any other Piano known to us. Among the chief points of their uniform excellence are: Greatest possible depth, richness and volume of tone, combined with a rare brilliancy, clearness and perfect evenness throughout the entire scato, and, above all, a surprising duration of sound, the pure and sympathetic quality of which never changes under the most delicate or powerful touch. Tais peculiarity is found exclusively in the STEINWAY Pian), and together with the matchless precision, elasticity, and promptness of action always characterizing these instruments, as well as thoir unequaled durability under the severest trials, is truly surprising, and claims at onco the admiration of every art st. We therefore consider the STEINWAY Pianos in all respects the best instruments made in this country or in Europe, use them solely and exclusively ourselves in public or privat, and recommend them invariab'y to our friends and the public. We have at different times expressed our opinion regarding the Pianos of various makers, but freely and unhesitatingly pronounce Messrs. STEINWAY & SONS' Pianos superior to them all. S. B. MILIS, ROBERT GOLDBECK, WM. MASON, CARL ANSCHUTZ, B. WOLLENHAUPT, F. VON BREUNING, STEINWAY & SONS, WAREROOMS, Nos. 71 & 73 EAST FOURTEENTH STREET, Between Union square and Irving place, New York. CONTENTS OF NO. XXV. 1. Life of Socrutes (Sokrates, als Mensh, als Bürger und als Philosoph). 2. The Apology of Socrates: the Crito and Part of the Piel, with Notes from Stallbaum, and Schleiermacher's Introductions. 3. Initia Philosophia Platonica. By P. VAN HEUSDE. 4. History of the Literature of Ancient Greece. By K. O. MUELLER. 5. Opera Platonis, Græce et Latine. 6. Xenophontis Scripta quæ supersunt Græce et Latine. 7. The Clouds of Aristophanes (Apióropavos Nepɛlar), with Notes Critical and Explanatory. By T. MITCHELL, A.M. 8. Geschichte der Philosophie (History of Philosophy.) Von Dr. HEIN- 1. Systema Saturnium. By CHRISTIAN HUYGENS. 2. On the Rings of Saturn. By G. P. BOND. GOULD'S Astronomical Journal, vii., pp. 5-10, May, 1851. 3. On the Constitution of Saturn's Rings. By BENJAMIN PIERCE, LL.D. GOULD'S Astronomical Journal, vol. ii., pp. 17-19, June, 1851. 4. On the Adams Prize-Problem for 1856. By BENJAMIN PIERCE, LL.D. GOULD's Astronomical Journal, vol. iv., pp. 110-112, 5. On the Stability of the Motions of Saturn's Rings. An Essay which 1. Heinrich Heine's Sämmtliche Werke. (The Complete Works of 2. Historie Littérarie de l'Allemagne. Par JULIEN SCHMIDT. 3. Feuilles pour la Conversation Littéraire. Par H. MARGRAFF. 4. The Poems of Heine complete; translated in the Original Metres, with a Sketch of Heine's Life. By EDGAR ALFRED BOWRING. 5. Heinrich Heine's Pictures of Travel. Translated from the German. IV. WHY THE OPERA FAILS IN NEW YORK 1. History of the Italian Opera. By M. ARTEAGA. 2. Lives and Labors of Musical Composers. From the German of J. V. BUDDHISM AND ITS INFLUENCE.... 1. History of Buddhism in India and China. By REV. J. E. NASH, 2. Asiatic Researches. By SIR WILLIAM JONES. 90 VI. THE SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLIC, AND THE MONROE DOCTRINE.. 5. Collection des Documens relatifs á la découverte de l'Amerique, &c. Publiée par la Societe des Antiquaires du Nord. 6. Journal des Observations faites en Amerique. Par L. FEUILLE. THE NATIONAL QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. XXV. JUNE, 1866. ART. I.-1. Life of Socrates. By Dr. G. WIGGERS. (Sokrates, als Mensch, als Bürger und als Philosoph.) 8vo. London. 2. The Apology of Socrates: the Crito and Part of the Phado, with Notes from Stallbaum, and Schleiermacher's Introductions. 12mo. London. 3. Initia Philosophic Platonicæ. P. VAN HEUSDE. 8vo. 4. History of the Literature of Ancient Greece. MUELLER. London. 5. Opera Platonis, Græce et Latine. Paris: Didot. 6. Xenophontis Scripta quæ supersunt Græce et Latine. Didot. By K. O. Paris : 4. The Clouds of Aristophanes (Αριστοφανους Νεφέλαι), with Notes Critical and Explanatory. By T. MITCHELL, A.M. London. 8. Geschichte der Philosophie (History of Philosophy). Von Dr. HEINRICH RITTER. Hamburg. Ir is a sad commentary on the boasted reason and wisdom. of mankind that they treat none worse than their greatest benefactors. This strange caprice has not been confined to any age or country; memorable examples of it have been furnished by Jews, Greeks, and Scythians alike, and by Christians as well as Pagans. But next to Jesus Christ its most illustrious victim has been Socrates, than whom a better or wiser man has never lived; nor has any man lived to whom true philosophy owes more, or who has contributed. more to the development of the human mind. It is not strange, then, that the greatest thinkers of all ages and countries have mourned his execution as a disgrace to humanity, and that men like Cicero have confessed that they could never read his story without shedding tears.* Yet few were born with gloomier prospects than Socrates. His father, Sophronicus, was but a poor village statuary, who was not able to su port his family without the aid of his wife Phænarete, who had to earn what she could as a midwife, Both parents were, however, honest and industrious; and if they could not give him money or value to pay for his education, they at least gave him good advice and kind treatment; the rest he did himself. From his earliest youth he gave evidence of superior intellect, but he did not devote himself the less assiduously on this account to the humble trade of his father; and we are told, so well did he succeed, that his statues of the Graces were honored with a place in the citadel of Athens. Another proof of his success is to be found in the fact that his aid enabled his father to accumulate some money, so that at his death he left the future philosopher eighty minæ, a sum equal to about fifteen hundred dollars. This, though small, would have been considerable to one so frugal as Socrates, but through the dishonesty of a relative in whose hands it had been left he lost all. He had now nothing but his daily labor as a statuary; and this was a business which, it seems was badly paid at the time, for it must not be confounded with the more aristocratic and remunerative art of the sculptor, which had just then obtained such lustre under the fostering care of Pericles. But if Socrates had only been taught to prepare the figures in outline for artists like Phidias, he was not the less careful to spare a portion of his earnings to pay for instructions in science and philosophy. For a time he could only attend the humblest schools; but Crito, a wealthy Athenian, had the perception to see that he was no ordinary youth, and the generosity to give him whatever pecuniary aid was necessary to secure the assistance of a good teacher. Thus encouraged, Socrates did not hesitate to place himself under the tuition of Anaxagoras, one of the greatest philosophers of his time; and soon after his patron enabled him to receive tuition from several other eminent educators. From Theodorus he received lessons in geometry, from Prodicus lessons in eloquence, from Evenus lessons in poetry, and from Damo lessons in music; and at the same time he commenced *** Quid dicam de Socrate? cujus illachrymare soleo Platonem legen s." Cic., De Nat. Deor., lib. viii. |