Your grateful and attached
F. Liszt
From the middle of April until August I shall stay at Weimar, with the exception of some excursions of a few days' duration. Please let me know a couple of weeks beforehand when your friendly visit will take place.
330. To Baroness Wrangel in St. Petersburg
[This lady had begged Liszt for a contribution to an album which it was intended to present to Henselt on the occasion of a festival in honor of his having been 25 years General Music Inspector of the Imperial Schools in St. Petersburg, Moscow, etc. This is Liszt's answer.]
Madame la Baronne,
For thirty years past I have entirely abstained from adding to collections of autographs and of writing my name in any albums whatever. Nevertheless I willingly make an exception today, while thanking you for your kind words, and begging you to transmit to my honored friend A. Henselt the short copy enclosed herewith.
A renowned diplomatist once said to me, "To princes one should offer only flowers gathered from their own gardens."
Henselt belongs to the princes, and will accept the souvenir of one of the most beautiful flowers of his own noble gardening.
Very humble respects.