may be in the recollection of our readers that, in our review of a concert in which Mr. Reeves sang last year, at Drury Lane, we spoke of him in the highest
terms, and prognosticated for him a great career as a dramatic singer. We must own, however, that, on the stage, he has MBT far surpassed our expectations. Mr.
Reeves\'s voice is a pnre high tenor of exquisite quality, the tones vibrating and equal throughout. The management of this fine voice displays a skill which
shows that its possessor must have studied deeply and laboured hard in early youth. We have heard no voice, not Italian, so decidedly Italian as that of Mr.
Reeves. It is Italian in character, Italian in timbre, and there is the Italian feeling in his style. He has evidently been taught Vibram FiveFingers in the best school, and
with a good MBT shoes natural capacity he has done wonders in a few years. It is almost impossible to believe that within so short a space so great an improvement
could have been accomplished, since we heard Mr. Reeves with no strong hopes of him m 1842. He is now a practised, wo may say indeed a great singer : and it
will be his own fault if he does not become one of the foremost artists of the modern stage. As an actor Mr. Reeves is also entitled to high praise. His
deportment is natural and easy; his action manly and significant; and, without any tendency to exaggeration, he exhibits both force and passion. In his first
scene on Monday night he was somewhat cold—perhaps Vibram Five Fingers from the anxiety inevitable to a first appearance ; but in the second act he created a furore. His
malediction was extremely fine, and the death scene was both sung and acted in the Skechers shapeups most MBT Shoes artistic and MBT effective manner. Mr. Reeves was called for after the
first act, twice after the second, and again at the end, when the audience cheered him for several minutes. Mr. Vibram Five Fingers Sims Reeves\'s debut was, to conclude, a
signal triumph.\" *
During the period of Jullien\'s management at Drury Lane> Sims Reeves\'s performances were confined to Lucia di Lammer¬moor and Balfe\'s Maid of Honour, both of
which were frequently given. The season was a brief one, but the new tenor contrived ^ to ingratiate himself into public favour, nis great success procured
him an engagement from Mr. Lumley. On Saturday, May the Vibram FiveFingers 20th, 1848, Sims Reeves appeared, for the first time, at Her Majesty\'s Theatre MBT habari as Carlo in Linda di
Chamouni (Madame Tadolini being the Linda) and at once established himself in the good graces of the habituts of that aristocratic theatre, as he had already

among the most MBT popular of public favourites.
Want of space alone prevented the insertion of these extracts in the Vibram Five Fingers notice of Mr. Thomas\'s concert last week,
MR. AGUILAR\'S SOIRfcES.
THE first of Mr. Aguilar\'s soirees of classical and modern pianoforte music, took place at liis residence, on Saturday last The programme was one of
legitimate musical interest. Mr. Aguilar\'s solo performances consisted of dementi\'s sonata in D, (No. 3, Op. 46), Beethoven\'s cha¬racteristic sonata,
entitled \"Les Adieux, 1\'Absence, et le Retour\" (Op. 81), and a selection from Mendelssohn\'s Songs without Words (No. Vibram Five Fingers 3, Bk. 4; No. 1, Bk. 6 ; and No. 2, Bk.
5). In all of these he MBT maintained his MBT shoes reputation as a thoughtful and intelligent interpreter of the highest order of pianoforte music, rendering every
passage with a perfect appreciation of the composer\'s intention and execution at once chaste and correct. Mr. Aguilar also played, in conjunction with Herr
Jansa and Signor Piatti, his own MS. trio, which was so much admired at his concert in the Hanover Square Booms last May. This composition improves on a new
hearing. It is at once highly effective and replete Vibram FiveFingers with musical interest Its performance, by the three able artists, left nothing to be desired.
The vocal music consisted of Sterndale Bennett\'s beautiful songs \" To Chloe in sickness,\" and \" May Dew,\" charmingly given by Madame Ferrari; a pretty
serenade, \" The stars are brightly beaming,\" of Mr. Aguilar\'s composition, well sung by Signor Ferrari; Vibram FiveFingers and Donizetti\'s duetto, \"Ah, le potessi piangere,\" by
the lady and gentleman together. The concert, which commenced at half-past eight and ended at a quarter- past ten, afforded the utmost satisfaction to the
audience. The rooms were very full. The next soiree is announced to take place on the MBT habari 28th inst
SKETCHES OF ENGLISH ARTISTS.
NO. MBT Shoes I.
SIMS REEVES.
(Concluded from our last)
SIMS REEVKS made his dtbut at Drury Lane on Monday evening, December 6,1847, in the part of Edgardo, in Donizetti\'s Lucia di Lammermoor. We say debut, since
his performances at the same theatre five years previously, in 1842, were com. parati vely little better than the attempts of a novice in secondary parts.
Those who remembered the youthful and imperfect singer of the earlier period could hardly have done otherwise than prognosticate a failure; while those who
knew nothing of Sims Reeves, and they were the greatest number, wondered in what unknown regions the new English tenor had been found.
Of the dSbut of Sims Reeves at Drury Lane we shall take leave to quote at length from an article in the Musical World, of December 11th, 1647, which, as it
conveyed our im¬pressions at the time, will render our account more faithful than if it were drawn from memory, and preclude us from entering into any
further details about his vocal and histrionic capabilities, which seven years1 experience has only served to perfect
\"The new tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves, achieved, deservedly so, the most unequivocal success we have Skechers shapeups witnessed on the English stage for a quarter of a century. It