ging from present
data, they are on a par vocally with our better
concert-singers; and a further hearing may place them in
rank with more pretentious vocalists."

Having at this _musicale_ satisfied the critics, they were spoken of
in words of warmest praise by the public press; and their subsequent
performances in Boston created, after all, the same enthusiasm as that
awakened in the West and in New York. I copy from "The Boston Journal"
the following:--

"The young California singers, Miss Anna and Emma Hyers,
gave their last concert at Tremont Temple last evening. The
audience was both large and enthusiastic; and a duet from 'I
Masnadieri,' 'Home, Sweet Home,' by Miss Anna, a duet from
'La Traviata,' a cavatina from 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' and
'The Last Rose of Summer,' also by Miss Anna, appeared to
give great satisfaction. The young ladies have made a very
marked impression in their concerts here.... Mr. Wallace
King has a pure, sweet tenor voice of remarkable compass,
and sings with excellent taste."

In Boston they made many warm personal friends, receiving from many of
its most cultured people very flattering attentions; and here, too,
were pointed out to them, in a candid and friendly spirit, such slight
defects in their voices, or manner of singing, as only those skilled
in the highest _technique_ of the musical art could detect. All such
suggestions were readily received by the young ladies, who, acting
upon the same, made much advancement in the technical requirements of
the lyrical art. They lingered long in Boston, being loath to leave
its congenial art-circles, and to leave behind its many facilities for
improvement in their profession.

Finally deciding to start again on their travels, they visited many of
the towns and cities of Massachusetts, and sang also in the principal
cities of Rhode Island and Connecticut. Their singing everywhere gave
the utmost satisfaction; and cultivated New England confirmed, in
words of highest praise, the verdict of the West and of New York.

A writer in "The Springfield (Mass.) Republican" thus spoke of the
troupe:--

"One of the largest, and certainly one of the best pleased
audiences of the whole season, attended the concert of the
Hyers sisters at the Opera House last evening. The voice of
the soprano, Miss Anna Hyers, is beautifully pure and liquid
in its higher range; an