The editor of the Ann Arbor Courier in h...

The editor of the Ann Arbor Courier in his critique on the produetion of " Iolanthe " íis lately fuiven in the "Atliens of the West,'1 iloes not scem lo fully appreciate the imisic as there rendered. Being a thorough mnsiciun hiniself, and with ;ui ear susceptible to the most delicate harmony, we iudeed wonder Chat he fails to comprehend the beauty of a prodnedon whieli has been so extremely popular as to have had 159 representations at the Hub, and over vvhicli Bostonians are in raptures. Come East, youiijr man, and haveyour musical tastes etherialized and your musical talents exalted.! - Norwood (Mass.) Review. The impulsive youth who wrote the above armed his quill with useless irony, tor he entirely misuiiderstood the force of our critique. We said: -'The music of the opera does not seem to have thatcatehing quality so distingiiishable in Sullivan's music of 'Pinafore,' the 'Piratesor even ' Patience.' We believe it is considered of a higher order, liowever, and thus destined to iniprove on further hearing-." In this idea we are backed by the beaneatersof Boston themselves, for while they have submitted to 159 representations of " lolanthe," they have given crowded hmises toovertóOreprcsentationsof "Pinufore," aud soiue 250 of the "Pirates." This is proof conclusive to show tliat the uiusicians of the Hub entirely agree with us. AnothiT proof lies in the fact that nearly every one who has heard the two operas can hum or whistle four airs from "Piiüifore" to one from "lolanthe.'' If the editor of the Coühier does "come Eust " about the first music that will strike his ear will be the death-howl of the editor of the Review. Our tomahawk is loaded and it may go off.