mplimented by several of the papers of that city.

"The Gazette," Nov. 4, 1874, said,--

"Miss Nellie Brown, born and bred among the lulls of New
Hampshire, possesses a voice of rare power and beauty, which
she has diligently labored to cultivate and improve by close
and unremitting study. She has also a rare charm of manner,
which, united with her exquisite singing, won for her an
enthusiastic reception."

Another paper thus referred to her:--

"Miss Brown is not a New-Yorker, but resides at Dover, N.H.,
where she is the leading soprano in the principal church.
Her stage presence is quite prepossessing. She sang 'Salve
Maria,' and 'Robert toi que j'aime,' with very good effect,
besides assisting in several duets and quartets. She
possesses a very good voice; and, although of light calibre,
it is even now able to fill a hall like Steinway."

She has appeared at concerts in Washington, D.C., Portland, Me.,
Baltimore, Md., and St. John, N.B. In December, 1874, Miss Brown
visited the national capital, where she sang in a series of concerts
given in Lincoln Hall under the auspices of the Abt Society. Of the
part taken by her in one of these "The National Republican" said,--

"'La Prima Vera,' by Miss Nellie E. Brown, was beautifully
and artistically rendered, the lady possessing a beautiful,
full, round voice, which blended harmoniously with the
perfect ease and faultless execution which graced her
performance. It being her first appearance before a
Washington audience, the expectation formed of her
excellence in an artistic sense was more than realized.
'Nobody at Home but Me,' sung by the same lady in reply to
an encore, more fully, if it were necessary, stamped her as
an artist of the first class."

I believe I have already intimated that the very high esteem in which
Miss Brown is held arises not alone from her possession of charming
lyric qualities, but also from her obliging disposition and engaging
manners. She has ever been the true artist; earnestly devoted to the
fullest development of her own musical powers, but not envying those
of others; loving music intensely, as something sacred, and always
anxious to aid in extending its benign influence. The people of Dover,
of Haverhill, of Boston, and other places, hold her in grateful
remembrance for a frequent exercise of those generous impulses t