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In spite of many attempts and inquiries backwards and forwards, I have not found a sure way of obtaining a hearing fro of Hanover It appears toyou can do in this matter is to write a few lines to Joachim or, in case he should be absent on his travels, to Capellmeister Wehner at Hanover, and to enclose your letter to the king I, for my part, cannot undertake this commission, as I have no relations with Hanover just now, and should not like to be responsible for a failure Wehner (I a of his nalad to be of service to you It will be necessary, however, that you should write to him a few lines direct, in which pleaseKindly excuse this delay; I was absent for several days, and soht had been taken for the purpose, have coree to everything that is agreeable to you By then several of my scores will be in print, which willthese last months I have been occupied so much by visits, correspondence, and business matters that I could scarcely devote a few hours to ry and wild at the ridiculous troubles I have to go through, and long for our days at the Zeltweg

Write to me later on when my visit will be most convenient to you, in Novehter stayed several weeks at Berlin, and for the last week they have been in Paris I do not expect them back here till the middle of September In the meantime my son Daniel--who at this year's concours at the ”Lycee Bonaparte,” as well as in the ”Concours General,” again distinguished himself and carried off several prizes--has arrived at the Altenburg

One of these days you will receive from Bussenius, horaphy It has been written with the best intentions, and will probably be read far and wide Under the pseudonyraphical collection, ”Die Componisten der neueren Zeit,”

for E Balde of Cassel, and the success has been such that a second edition of some of the volumes will soon be published I have asked Bussenius to send you the little book

My friendly greetings to your wife Do not forget your

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MY DEAR FRANZ,

Your silence makes me very anxious Whenever I look aroundthat can rouse th and ar, and the feeeks you are going to devote to me If as to the exact time of that period of salvation I expressed a wish to you, it was done with the care hich one likes to realise beforehand a supre sadness, both before and after

But perhaps you ht that, apart fro for so else, quite independent thereof, and this perhaps ry Let s are, and when you are co I should certainly like to show you as much as possible of my ”Valkyrie,” and principally for that reason I did not object to this delay of your much-desired visit

Inain of time My mental disharmony is indescribable; soether, without re forfrom? All the motive pohich, for a ti its force When I coold,” I was still full of the intercourse with you and yours For the last two years all around rown silent, and my occasional contact with the outer world is inharo on er If my external fate does not soon take a different turn, if I find no possibility of seeing yousome of my works now and then, my fountain will dry up, and the end be near It is iine, then, how I look forward to your co, and what I must feel when suddenly I see myself forsaken by you

Comfort me soon Aftera clean copy, has got finished I should like to show you the two acts co for the real love of work For the last week indisposition has prevented oes on I almost doubt whether I shall be able to finish this work from the sketches

Your article about the ”Harold” symphony was very beautiful, and has warmed my heart I shall write to Berlioz tomorrow; he hly; his ignorance of Gerue and deceptive outline But I will honestly usehim nearer to me

How are matters with you? I hear about you now and then, but you are silent

Adieu! Ih here

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DEAREST RICHARD,

I enclose a letter froen, of New York, where he has been settled for about a year, and does good work as a nale,” signed ”butterbrod,” are his, and soo he published a volume about music in its relation to social interests, the exact title of which I cannot remember He is a friend of Klindworth's, and associates with your admirers and partisans With Mason Brothers I have soh Williahteen months in Weymar As far as I know, the firh I do not suppose that you will accept the offer of conducting concerts in A next winter, I ask you to let me have an answer (addressed tothis en A Beethoven uration of the Beethoven statue at Boston would not be aht be very favourable

Johanna Wagner arrived here the day before yesterday, and she and her parents will stay a week in Weymar with her sister, Frau Ritter I spent several hours with her last night

”Tannhauser” is to be produced at Berlin in Deceot with the ”Valkyrie?” I a in November

The Princess and the Child are still in Paris They study carefully the exhibition of pictures, and see a good deal of Scheffer, Delacroix, and other artistic notabilities, which suits them exactly About the 25th of this month I expect them here, where, in the s which are imposed upon me, and with the relation of which I will not trouble you On the 16th the theatre will be opened with Nicolai's ”Merry Wives” After that we shall have ”The Huguenots,” ”Cellini,” and Verdi's ”I Due Foscari”