[28] This Letter was written a short time before his betrothal.

[29] This project was never fulfilled, but the letter is inserted, as it proves the deep earnestness with which Mendelssohn treated such subjects.

[30] Mendelssohn’s marriage.

[31] “St. Paul” was performed for the first time in England at this Festival.

[32] A provincial mode of pronouncing ‘Birmingham.’

[33] See Letter of October 6th, 1835.

[34] It appeared afterwards under the title of “Serenade and Allegro Giojoso,” Op. 43.

[35] Hanover.

[36] A habit of Mendelssohn’s.

[37] Just before his Sister’s journey to Italy.