The Island of the Fay

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌⁠Nullus enim locus sine genio est.—Servius.

“La musique,” says Marmontel, in those “Contes Moraux” (*1) which in all our translations, we have insisted upon calling “Moral Tales,” as if in mockery of their spirit—“la musique est le seul des talents qui jouissent de lui-même; tous les autres veulent des temoins.” He here confounds the pleasure derivable from sweet sounds with the capacity for creatin