ian and Christian gentleman, Asa B. Hutchinson, I add the
following beautiful tribute from his pen:--

GENEVA, O., Dec. 15, 1875.

In regard to our dear friends the Lucas, I am glad to state
that it was our pleasure to associate with them in public
concerts "in the cruel days of the prejudiced past;" and
this is our testimony: that, in all our concertizing for
thirty-five years, we never formed an alliance with any
musical people with whom we fraternized so pleasantly, and
loved so well, and who evinced so much real genuine talent
in their profession, and such courtesy and Christian culture
"in their daily walk and conversation." Our dear lamented
Cleveland was a thoroughly educated pianist, and won the
enthusiastic admiration of the scientific musicians in every
city and town we visited. He executed most rapidly, at
sight, any and all of the difficult and new compositions
that were presented to him by his friends, to their
astonishment and our mutual joy; and when the three
brothers, "Alex.," John, and Cleveland, united their
respective instruments and voices in one grand choral, the
effect was intensely thrilling and electrical. In some of
our concerted pieces, where they united with us, we carried
our reformatory sentiments and songs to a successful
termination; and, notwithstanding the then great and bitter
prejudice of our audiences against us all for daring thus
publicly to associate together, they cheered our combined
efforts with loud applause and frequent encores.

And now that each of our bands are broken by death, still
believing that the freed spirits of the departed loved ones
are re-united in "singing the songs of the redeemed" in that
realm of light, liberty, and love beyond, it is a great
satisfaction to me, a poor lingering pilgrim, to revert to
one of the sweetest experiences of our entire
concert-life,--the acquaintance and fellowship of the Luca
family.

ASA B. HUTCHINSON.

VII.

HENRY F. WILLIAMS,

COMPOSER, BAND-INSTRUCTOR, ETC.

"Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed."

"His lyre well tuned to rapturous sounds."

A writer in "The Progressive American" for July 17, 1872, said,--

"Having occasion to visit Boston, I attended one of the
unrivalled concerts at the Coliseum, where, to my gre