. Letters from Italy and Switzerland. iT- ^-^iJ-zfi-LtF-i eres. ^§^5S £1 ,-5 ^^ 16 MENDELSSOHN S LETTERS. -U sf\ *-^-2-r —i(n*r-—m •-«—?—^-^—1 1—1— *-»——?—I 1 dolce. ^ ^ r f espress. sf tJ-==5^ 1/ --J -J ^ TROUBLES OF TRAVELLING. 17 -^*f »——0 ^ 0^9-0 -0 1— «»>??. Linz, August lith, 1830, Dearest Mother, How a travelling musician bore liis bad luck iu Salzburg. A fragment from the unwritten Journal of Count F. M. B. (continuation.) After I liad finisbed my last letter to you, a regul-ar day of mis- fortunes commenced for me. I took up my pencil, and so entirely destroyed two of my pet s


. Letters from Italy and Switzerland. iT- ^-^iJ-zfi-LtF-i eres. ^§^5S £1 ,-5 ^^ 16 MENDELSSOHN S LETTERS. -U sf\ *-^-2-r —i(n*r-—m •-«—?—^-^—1 1—1— *-»——?—I 1 dolce. ^ ^ r f espress. sf tJ-==5^ 1/ --J -J ^ TROUBLES OF TRAVELLING. 17 -^*f »——0 ^ 0^9-0 -0 1— «»>??. Linz, August lith, 1830, Dearest Mother, How a travelling musician bore liis bad luck iu Salzburg. A fragment from the unwritten Journal of Count F. M. B. (continuation.) After I liad finisbed my last letter to you, a regul-ar day of mis- fortunes commenced for me. I took up my pencil, and so entirely destroyed two of my pet sketches, taken in the Bavariau mountains, that I was obliged to tear tliem from my book, and to tlirow tlicm out2-x- 18 mendelssohns letters. of tlie Window. This provoked me exceediiio:ly; soto divert my mind, I went to the Capuchin Hill: ofcourse I contrived to lose my way, and at the verymoment, when I at last found myself on the summit,it began to rain so furiously that I was forced torun down again with all speed under the shelter ofan umbrella. Well! I resolved at all events tohave a look at the monastery at the foot of thehill, so I rang the bell, when I suddeuly recollectedthat I had not sufiBcient money to give the monkwho was to show the building, and a


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