[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.

[47] [See Illustration, No. 20.]