The Musical Messenger is the finest journal of the kind ever issued in the South. It is full of good matter, written by some of the best people in the country.—Herald (Montgomery).
Miss A. L. Tilghman, the well-known Washington prima donna, is the editor and proprietor of the Musical Messenger.—Washington Critic.
We welcome to our exchange list the IMusical Messenger, by Miss A. L. Tilghman. Another woman joins the profession. May it be hers to enjoy much prosperity.—Virginia Lancet.
Miss Tilghman publishes the Musical Messenger, the first paper devoted to music ever published by the race.—People's Advocate.
Miss Tilghman, editing the Musical Messenger, and formerly a teacher in the public schools of Washington, possesses musical talent of no mean order.—New Orleans Pelican.
The Musical Messenger is the name of a monthly journal published by Miss A. L. Tilghman. She is a graduate of Howard University, and was a successful teacher at Washington for several years.—A. M. E. Church.
The colored race have several newspapers of first-class merit; but, musical as they are, none of them, until now, have started a musical journal. The new venture is the Musical Messenger, a monthly of considerable promise.—American Machinist (N. Y.).
We are in receipt of the Musical Messenger, a monthly published in Washington, D. C, by Miss A. L. Tilghman, and devoted to "the highest moral, social and intellectual interest of the people." That the race stands sadly in need of such a journal should be freely admitted. It is our earnest hope that the editor's hands may be strengthened and her soul fortified in this very creditable venture.—Tribune (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Miss Tilghman was correspondent for Our Women and Children, published by the lamented William J. Simmonds, who was a faithful and energetic worker for the race. As a writer, as well as a singer, Miss Tilghman stands in the front rank of our young Afro-American women. She has composed several very fine poems.
