, 1869-04-18

~NNN s"AS aAO'A VI M PGNlu43 AEuUGla9QQDt&l2,
shIt they give ny only Mcnde;ssohn as tho musI.
can, win little or nothing about him as q man.
Ills musical life Is complete, and we would now
Know snms1h,ng about bis social life and his fam.
ny 1his want Is partly met By the little book be
iose eA In hcF former works, especially II the
Gnt1eA SA.tche%," i" the author has Laid herself
f..uef NkHaT open to the fault OF over-rutap.
-"' y nor o. rhapsody, In handling The ptac:t-
-. =. ~ u'S'aphS, although II is but simple jus-
Ing, hraase always sincere an6 .4,f ft.nit.-sa -,
oeAlh& ~Hh etlaEaeicr 80 rrrfcc, mn th., -,
EeH1ee$aihs, tUwcver, We Nh. pr.,,-.a o.
accept riaI'eHly. which, in hts .,sa
1sths unA Nbe canho. write OF Mcnhc,.,ohr
or think Of him without going Int, r.,n.o1,. ss
has any admiration for The highest type OF poesf.
nEs nor'fF md dignity In hunapNt. or r,rSos
1of 1nc gfAniest Development OF art wt,s
PtlIh fsDS gives US plaus charming n,c+nnas -,
Aendtiss<'lne life. and Of her own rrla,lon. w,tn
htm *hilc stut:tlng vocRl music under his ,nstrnc
Ihht SIC makes no prctensions u uterl!y s,,lr
or eEeet, bat tells Us In her OWL natural enthp.
ElAAlA elfd desicL uully galrnlous war, aud with a
eshH"r Snh>h ft11ls OF any eelf-coocett both what
nc s21a 10 the great musician What he esd In
nes' ano ~nas Others said to her OF him. We
sn"asd hkc, had We the spsrc to make nurur,or,
c1tzc1s f:um The WORK, urt We 1c,vp ,h. ,,s..s,.s
OF pernsd 10 the nalcr, and consen. nnrse,,..
WIN hanS1e OLE, IN which Jenny Lind il ,utrn-
Allccd tn Berlin The writer ssxs.
Sin October, ls+4, she tJcnnr J,,s,
d<us IN the Royal Upcra llVqse l. Vs.a mAae aef
~ Frtha in Aetcrf'eess .FehiIn-er: -: aHu taea
degree OF enthusiasm qalte Unparalleled M H y
11arls, either before OF since Va Muse
"Wben khe appeared In le!pz1p m 1,o,...,
16ta The cotceft public were In 4 statr ~ II
excitement; and when, at Length. she r,,e esetlsh
ward On the ra!Eed platform, q alender gt,sSs to,
1osua, with iH1t1Aut fAir hair dressed In nins ,r
Ind white and pink caneaa On her breasf 49, =.
hcf hatr, In all the chastc gyaee OF her denars- -
nent, and 20 utteIly des Old Of ali pretens,nn ~.
Nteu wAa dissolved. and the tuost JOYOUS acciama-
1iDnR en&neu
AJcnnJ 14nd oaly looked beautiful when sbe
6an&. and zlsu In the portrait doue Of her ny Nae
nus in Berlin, now in The possession u Pro1essor
WesctEaa, and which may well be called = gior1-
led one She wxs pale and had no ffeshnes, or
complexion, nor WegE hcr features either regular
or IN any way remarkable Music alone, aud noth-
ing clar, tsEllsEl:u1td her face 80 wonderfully; 1t
then ttcanH ac1Gslly transparent the soul within
1laElnS brightly through the earthly veil In the
mt Z. Enchanting manner.
And II WAS thus slr Sang, on that evening In
thr GeNallhaus, Nelllni's "Gasta DIVA the duct
trum The "Noatecct! L Eapu,etu1" ale fuegtne"
with Mtss Dolby, thu Letter aria from Mozart.
Don Ju:o, and two Of Aendtlssohu1 sopEG
"Auf F7ugrln dcs Gesaages" Ant .sLc4se zicnt
du1rh metn Genuth."
II cannot zrraembcs how got home after that
conccrf; only know FRAT temhled and wew
And never closed my eyea oil night II va not
ado7ulaeut xld noetd gTaeeA; not the loreiy Gu
lIetts nor the stately Douna Anna Y ho haunted nv
thougtiA. and whom seemed ever TO hear; II wss