[38] Overture to “Ruy Blas.”
[39] The letter alluded to is not amongst the copies of Moscheles’s letters in the possession of the editor.
[40] Op. 81.
[41] After all, Mrs. Mendelssohn was prevented from going to England.
[42] St. Pancras was the church at which Mendelssohn stood godfather to Felix Moscheles.
[43] [See Illustration, No. 21.]
[44] [See Illustration, No. 22.]
[45] [See Illustration, No. 23.]
[46] Little Carl was Mendelssohn’s eldest child. Moscheles used to amuse him by playing a tune on the piano with his fists.